Patent ID: 11936664
Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A computer-readable storage medium configured with data and instructions which upon execution by a processor cause a computing system to perform an attack detection method for enhancing cloud cybersecurity, the method comprising:
determining that a credential used in a failed sign-in to a target account in a cloud computing environment from a source location is a weak credential;
in response to the determining, updating a measure of weak credential failed sign-ins;
ascertaining that the updated measure satisfies an access restriction condition; and
in response to at least the ascertaining, initiating an access restriction on at least one of the target account and the source location;
whereby the system enhances cybersecurity by detecting behavior which indicates an identity attack and by initiating an access restriction in response to the behavior, and wherein said detecting is based on at least both noting sign-in failure and determining credential weakness.