Systems and methods for recovering an infected endpoint

1. A computer-implemented method for recovering an infected endpoint, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

receiving an acoustic signal at an infected endpoint experiencing a denial of access to a user interface that persists until a user fulfills a ransom demand, the acoustic signal having encoded therein an embedded command for executing a security application, wherein the acoustic signal comprises ultrasound corresponding to an ultrasonic data over audio solution;

decoding the acoustic signal to obtain the embedded command; and

executing the embedded command to start a security application at the infected endpoint, the security application operable to mitigate the infected endpoint.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic signal further comprises at least one of additional embedded commands, metadata, and an authorization token.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising executing a virtual assistant for activating the security application.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the acoustic signal having the embedded command encoded therein is received from a mobile device transducer.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 4 , further comprising:

providing credentials to a security application provider, wherein the credentials are provided via a mobile device having the mobile device transducer; and

receiving the acoustic signal having the embedded command encoded therein in response to providing the credentials to the security application provider.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the security application by way of a remote application distribution platform pushing the security application to the infected endpoint.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 6 , further comprising installing the security application at the infected endpoint.

8. A system for recovering an infected endpoint, the system comprising:

at least one physical processor;

physical memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the physical processor, cause the physical processor to:

receive an acoustic signal at an infected endpoint experiencing a denial of access to a user interface that persists until a user fulfills a ransom demand, the acoustic signal having encoded therein an embedded command for executing a security application, wherein the acoustic signal comprises ultrasound corresponding to an ultrasonic data over audio solution;

decode the acoustic signal to obtain the embedded command; and

execute the embedded command to start a security application at the infected endpoint, the security application operable to mitigate the infected endpoint.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the acoustic signal further comprises at least one of additional embedded commands, metadata, and an authorization token.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the physical processor to execute a virtual assistant for activating the security application.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the acoustic signal having the embedded command encoded therein is received from a transducer communicating with a remote acoustic signal source.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the physical processor to:

receive credentials from the user; and

provide the acoustic signal to the user in response to receiving the credentials.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the physical processor to receive the security application by way of a remote application distribution platform pushing the security application.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the physical processor to install the security application at the infected endpoint.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive an acoustic signal at an infected endpoint experiencing a denial of access to a user interface that persists until a user fulfills a ransom demand, the acoustic signal having encoded therein an embedded command for executing a security application, wherein the acoustic signal comprises ultrasound corresponding to an ultrasonic data over audio solution;

decode the acoustic signal to obtain the embedded command; and

execute the embedded command to start a security application at the infected endpoint, the security application operable to mitigate the infected endpoint.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the acoustic signal further comprises at least one of additional embedded commands, metadata, and an authorization token.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computing device to execute a virtual assistant for activating the security application.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computing device to receive the security application by way of a remote application distribution platform pushing the security application.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computing device to install the security application at the infected endpoint.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computing device to:

receive credentials from the user; and

provide the acoustic signal to the user in response to receiving the credentials.