Patent ID: 11956263
Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 9:
10. A method comprising:
choosing, by a computing system, a hostname that is known to not exist on a network, wherein the network includes a plurality of production endpoint devices, each of which perform production operations on behalf of users of the network not related to security;
causing, by the computing system, a production endpoint device of the plurality of production endpoint devices to generate network activity that uses the hostname so that the network activity will not invoke a response by any of the plurality of production endpoint devices that are operating normally on the network, wherein causing the production endpoint device to generate the network activity includes sending, over the network to the production endpoint device, a set of instructions including information sufficient to enable the production endpoint device to generate the network activity;
identifying, by the computing system, a device that responded to the network activity; and
performing, by the computing system, a security response operation that includes instructing each of the plurality of production endpoint devices on the network to avoid interaction with the device that responded to the network activity.