Systems and methods for filtering traffic

A system comprising memory and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory, the one or more processors configured to:

• monitor a network traffic associated with one or more devices;
• detect a predefined communication pattern in the monitored network traffic;
• upon detecting the predefined communication pattern, generate a blocking event, the blocking event configured to degrade the network traffic associated with a specific application or service;
• and
• implement the blocking event by instructing one or more network components to degrade the network traffic associated with the specific application or service, wherein the degradation reduces a communication quality over a predefined temporal period.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media including instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:

• monitor a network traffic associated with one or more devices;
• detect a predefined communication pattern in the monitored network traffic;
• upon detecting the predefined communication pattern, generate a blocking event, the blocking event configured to degrade the network traffic associated with a specific application or service;
• and
• implement the blocking event by instructing one or more network components to degrade the network traffic associated with the specific application or service, wherein the degradation reduces a communication quality over a predefined temporal period.