Identification of Infected Devices in Broadband Environments
AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
InventorsMichael Glenn, Donald J. Smith, John Butala
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Abstract
Novel solutions for detecting and/or treating malware on a subscriber's premise network. Such solutions can include, but are not limited to, tools and techniques that can detect, and/or enable the detection of, malware infections on individual subscriber devices within the subscriber's network. In a particular embodiment, for example, a premise gateway, or other device on the subscriber's premise network, is configured to analyze packets traveling through the premise gateway and, based on that analysis, identify one or more subscriber devices that are infected with malware.
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A method of identifying a malware infection, the method comprising:
- providing, with a premise gateway, communication between a premise network at a customer premises and an external network outside the customer premises, the premise network comprising a plurality of customer devices;
- analyzing, with a malware detection device at the customer premises, network traffic between the premise network and the external network;
- identifying, with the malware detection device, one or more infected customer devices that are infected with malware, based on analysis of the network traffic;
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- taking, with at least one of the malware detection device or the premise gateway, one or more actions to notify the customer of an identification of the one or more infected customer devices.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by a malware detection device for programming the malware detection device to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising:
- instructions to provide communication between a premise network at a customer premises and an external network outside the customer premises, the premise network comprising a plurality of customer devices;
- instructions to analyze network traffic between the premise network and the external network;
- instructions to identify one or more infected customer devices that are infected with malware, based on analysis of the network traffic;
- and
- instructions to take one or more actions to notify the customer of an identification of the one or more infected customer devices.
A malware detection device, comprising:
- a first communication interface in communication with a premise network at a customer premises;
- a second communication interface to provide communication with an external network outside the customer premises;
- one or more processors in communication with the first and second communication interfaces;
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- a computer readable medium in communication with the one or more processors, the computer readable medium having encoded thereon a set of instructions executable by the processor for programming the malware detection device to perform one or more operations, the set of instructions comprising:
- instructions to provide communication between a premise network at a customer premises and an external network outside the customer premises, the premise network comprising a plurality of customer devices;
- instructions to analyze network traffic between the premise network and the external network;
- instructions to identify one or more infected customer devices that are infected with malware, based on analysis of the network traffic;
- and
- instructions to take one or more actions to notify the customer of an identification of the one or more infected customer devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.