Patent ID: 10462672

Abstract:
The disclosed computer-implemented method for managing wireless-network deauthentication attacks may include (1) detecting, at the wireless access point, a deauthentication signal, transmitted over a wireless network that is managed at least in part by the wireless access point, that prompts a target computing device to disconnect from the wireless network, (2) determining both that the deauthentication signal is directed to the target computing device and that the deauthentication signal was not initiated by the wireless access point, (3) determining, based at least in part on the determination that the deauthentication signal was not initiated by the wireless access point, that the deauthentication signal represents an illegitimate deauthentication signal, and (4) performing, in response to determining that the deauthentication signal represents an illegitimate deauthentication signal, a security action to mitigate effects of the illegitimate deauthentication signal on the target computing device. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.