Identifying Malware Devices with Domain Name System (DNS) Queries

Patent №

US 11,601,466

Granted

2023-03-07

Filed 2017

Owner

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

Lab

AI components

2

nlp · kr

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

15703072

Various examples described herein are directed to identifying a particular computing device, such as a computing device having malware. A DNS query may be received with a token identifying an originating computing device. The DNS query may be compared to a list of domain names associated with particular characteristics, such as having malware. The token may be used to identify the originating computing device and perform further actions.

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AI classification

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Ownership

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

assignment · 435900433

Assignors

LEE, YIU LEUNG

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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