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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2014
Skycure Ltd, Tel Aviv, IL;
Adi Sharabani, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Yair Amit, Tel-Aviv, IL;
SKYCURE LTD, Tel Aviv, IL;
Abstract
A method, apparatus and product for potential attack detection based on dummy network traffic. One embodiment includes a method comprising analyzing an activity, wherein the activity is performed in response to a message, wherein the message is transmitted by a first application that is executed by a computing device, wherein the computing device is connected to a computerized network, wherein the first application is configured to transmit the message in order to induce a potential attacker to perform a malicious activity, wherein said analyzing comprises comparing the activity to a predetermined expected activity in response to the message; and determining, based on the analysis of the activity, that a second application is under a potential attack; whereby an operation of the first application is capable of exposing potential attacks on the second application without monitoring network traffic of the second application.