Hiran V Nath
Assistant Professor
MB209, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Calicut, NIT Campus PO, Calicut, Kerala - 673601, India +91-0495-2286819 hiranvnath[at]nitc[dot]ac[dot]in (email)
System and method for detection and prevention of data breach and ransomware attacks
- Citation:
- Viswanath, H, Mehtre BM. 2019. System and method for detection and prevention of data breach and ransomware attacks. : Google Patents
Patent Number:
US 10,262,139B2Abstract:
The embodiments herein disclose a system and method for detecting a ransomware and preventing data breach. The method identifies whether a process for file access is initiated and executed by a user or by a malware program. The method uses keystrokes, mouse events along with OCR output extracted from recorded background screen image for checking if user has initiated the process. If a new process or file replication request is initiated automatically without any pattern in Key Strokes, Mouse Strokes and background screen, then the process is identified as a ransomware or data breach.
Notes:
US Patent App. 15/821,902
