US Patent Application 18303108. BLOCK-BASED PROTECTION FROM RANSOMWARE simplified abstract
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BLOCK-BASED PROTECTION FROM RANSOMWARE
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Philippe Armangau of Kalispell MT (US)
Wai C. Yim of Merrimack NH (US)
Nagasimha Haravu of Chapel Hill NC (US)
BLOCK-BASED PROTECTION FROM RANSOMWARE - A simplified explanation of the abstract
- This abstract for appeared for US patent application number 18303108 Titled 'BLOCK-BASED PROTECTION FROM RANSOMWARE'
Simplified Explanation
The abstract describes a method to protect data from ransomware attacks. It involves identifying a specific set of blocks of data that were written between two specific points in time. The method then analyzes the attributes of these blocks and determines if there is a high chance of a ransomware attack. If such an attack is likely, the method secures the data object to its state as of the first point in time, effectively preventing any potential damage caused by the attack.
Original Abstract Submitted
A technique of protecting data from ransomware attacks identifies a set of blocks written to a data object between first and second points in time, determines a set of attributes of the set of blocks, and, in response to the set of attributes indicating a likelihood of a ransomware attack, secures a state of the data object as of the first point in time.
