Graphic display of security threats based on indications of access to newly registered domains
AssigneeSplunk Inc.
InventorMunawar Monzy Merza
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Abstract
Domain names are determined for each computational event in a set, each event detailing requests or posts of webpages. A number of events or accesses associated with each domain name within a time period is determined. A registrar is further queried to determine when the domain name was registered. An object is generated that includes a representation of the access count and an age since registration for each domain names. A client can interact with the object to explore representations of domain names associated with high access counts and recent registrations. Upon determining that a given domain name is suspicious, a rule can be generated to block access to the domain name.
Claims30
A method, comprising:
- retrieving data from one or more events in a data store having time stamps that fall within an identified time period, each of the one or more events including information relating to an access to a domain name;
- displaying a visual representation of the retrieved data in a scatter plot for the identified time period that includes selectable points, each selectable point representing a domain name;
- wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that retrieves data from one or more events in a data store having time stamps that fall within an identified time period, each of the one or more events including information relating to an access to a domain name;
- a subsystem, implemented at least partially in hardware, that displays a visual representation of the retrieved data in a scatter plot for the identified time period that includes selectable points, each selectable point representing a domain name.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions, wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors causes the one or more processors to perform:
- retrieving data from one or more events in a data store having time stamps that fall within an identified time period, each of the one or more events including information relating to an access to a domain name;
- displaying a visual representation of the retrieved data in a scatter plot for the identified time period that includes selectable points, each selectable point representing a domain name;
- wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.