Patent ID: 9667651
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method in a module implemented by one or more electronic devices for setting a trap to detect a compromise of a client end station by an intruder, the method comprising: causing, by the module, a honey token to be located on the client end station secluded within a browser local storage, wherein the browser local storage is used by a web browser and has stored therein either a cookie, a proprietary storage format data element, or a username and password, wherein the honey token includes information that appears to permit the web browser to access enterprise data provided by a server executing on a server end station but does not actually allow access to the enterprise data, wherein the honey token is a reverse honey token in that it exists on the client end station and not on the server, and wherein said causing the honey token to be located on the client end station comprises causing instructions to be transmitted to the client end station based on a type of the client end station which, when executed by the client end station, place the honey token within the browser local storage; and causing, by the module, a set of one or more attribute values to be installed on a security gateway coupled between the client end station and the server, wherein the set of attribute values are to be utilized for a security rule that causes the security gateway to,