US 12,470,595 B2
Cloud ransomware protection
Adam S. Hyder, Cupertino, CA (US); Raghuram Sri Sivalanka, San Ramon, CA (US); Atanu Podder, Dublin, CA (US); Thomas R. Gissel, Apex, NC (US); and Brian P. Morehead, Manteca, CA (US)
Assigned to Malwarebytes Corporate Holdco Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Malwarebytes Corporate Holdco Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/301,145.
Claims priority of application No. 202341006339 (IN), filed on Jan. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0259424 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC H04L 63/1466 (2013.01) [G06F 21/604 (2013.01); G06F 21/6218 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including stored instructions, the instructions, when executed by a computing system, causing the computing system to perform operations comprising:
obtaining scan results indicating a cloud storage object from a cloud storage platform is safe;
obtaining attributes of the cloud storage object;
determining, based on the attributes of the cloud storage object, to secure the cloud storage object against ransomware attacks, wherein determining to secure the cloud storage object against ransomware attacks comprises:
calculating a significance score of the cloud storage object using the attributes of the cloud storage object;
comparing the significance score to a threshold; and
determining to secure the cloud storage object against ransomware attacks responsive to the significance score exceeding the threshold; and
responsive to determining to secure the cloud storage object, replicating the cloud storage object to one or more additional cloud storage platforms.