Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for threat identification through analysis of communications signaling events, and participants
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Application No.: US16927464Application Date: 2020-07-13
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Publication No.: US11445060B2Publication Date: 2022-09-13
- Inventor: Lance Douglas
- Applicant: PINDROP SECURITY, INC.
- Applicant Address: US GA Atlanta
- Assignee: PINDROP SECURITY, INC.
- Current Assignee: PINDROP SECURITY, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US GA Atlanta
- Agency: Foley & Lardner LLP
- Main IPC: H04W12/08
- IPC: H04W12/08 ; H04M3/436 ; H04M3/22 ; H04L9/40 ; H04M7/00

Abstract:
Aspects of the invention determining a threat score of a call traversing a telecommunications network by leveraging the signaling used to originate, propagate and terminate the call. Outer-edge data utilized to originate the call may be analyzed against historical, or third party real-time data to determine the propensity of calls originating from those facilities to be categorized as a threat. Storing the outer edge data before the call is sent over the communications network permits such data to be preserved and not subjected to manipulations during traversal of the communications network. This allows identification of threat attempts based on the outer edge data from origination facilities, thereby allowing isolation of a compromised network facility that may or may not be known to be compromised by its respective network owner. Other aspects utilize inner edge data from an intermediate node of the communications network which may be analyzed against other inner edge data from other intermediate nodes and/or outer edge data.
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