Patent ID: 8966630
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network device comprising: a memory coupled to a processor; a processor-executable countermeasure engine operable to generate a plurality of countermeasures useable in at least substantially reducing a harm caused by a malware (hereafter “malware countermeasure”), the malware countermeasures generated responsive to an indication of the malware being present on a node of a plurality of networked nodes; a processor-executable decision module operable to select a generated malware countermeasure for distribution from among at least two of the generated malware countermeasures and to determine if a criterion for distribution of the selected generated malware countermeasure to the plurality of networked nodes is met, the criterion for distribution of the selected generated malware countermeasure is independent of the indication of the malware being present on the node of the plurality of networked nodes; and a processor-executable distribution module operable to transmit the selected generated malware countermeasure to a first set of nodes of the plurality of networked nodes if the criterion is met.