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DETECTING MALICIOUS BEHAVIOUR ON A NETWORK

  • US 20120278889A1
  • Filed: 11/19/2010
  • Published: 11/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of detecting malicious behaviour on a local network, the method comprising:

  • identifying incoming service requests destined for a target device forming part of the local network as either harmless or potentially suspicious and, in respect of each incoming service request identified as being potentially suspicious,monitoring the behaviour of the target device for a predetermined time for behaviour indicative of the target device operating as a proxy server, and, in the event that the monitored behaviour is indicative of the device acting as a proxy server, andgenerating a notification indicative of the observed behaviour.

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