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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2015
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Michael Shavell, Merrimack, NH (US);
Matt Boucher, Merrimack, NH (US);
Christopher Robichaud, Belmont, MA (US);
Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The disclosed computer-implemented method for detecting illegitimate devices on wireless networks may include (1) identifying a baseline signal strength for a wireless network, (2) monitoring a signal strength of the wireless network to obtain at least one additional signal strength measurement, (3) determining that the additional signal strength measurement varies from the baseline signal strength beyond a threshold, (4) determining, in response to determining that the additional signal strength measurement varies from the baseline signal strength, that an illegitimate device is present on the wireless network, and (5) initiating, in response to determining that the illegitimate device is present on the wireless network, a security action. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.