Patent ID: 9648029
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for active remediation and/or passive protection against cyberattacks, the method comprising: monitoring at least a portion of network data between at least one first network and at least one second network to detect one or more attacks and/or unauthorized access to at least one first agent in the at least one first network by at least one initiating agent in the at least one second network; initiating a traceback to an identified source of the attack for generating a range of possible rogue agents compromised by unauthorized accesses and used by the identified source for the attack in the second network and sending a message to the range of possible rogue agents comprising notification to rogue agent administrators that their computer is being used in an attack; and sending a response to the identified source of the attack, wherein requested data is replaced with protected data comprising a protection module embedded within non-confidential data, which is executed when the protected data is accessed to create an evidentiary trail for legal prosecution of the unauthorized access.