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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7093290 | Security system for networks and the method thereof Disclosed are a system and method of sharing intrusion detection information detected at different networks and tracking the intrusion, to thereby defense against the intrusion on a network to which an intruder belongs, and a computer-readable medium storing a progr... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093163 | Processing takeover method in multiple computer system In a data center, when a server is disconnected from the Internet because of illegal manipulation of a file, valid files (not manipulated) are copied to a standby server and the processing is resumed after a short period of disconnection. According to the invention,... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093149 | Tiered secondary memory architecture to reduce power consumption in a portable computer system A computer system that optimizes the power efficiency of a portable computer system is described. Specifically, the secondary memory of the system is partitioned. A standard hard disk drive is used to store lower utilization applications, while a micro storage unit ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093135 | Software virus detection methods and apparatus The present invention is a system and method for identifying and securing code, as well as providing virus detection and code authentication. This detection and authentication occurs through modules or components which utilize certification identifiers to authentica... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093002 | Handling of malware scanning of files stored within a file storage device of a computer network The present invention provides a load balancing device, computer program product, and method for balancing the load across a plurality of proxy devices arranged to perform malware scanning of files stored within a file storage device of a computer network. The compu... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093121 | Transferring data via a secure network connection A request for secure data sent from a client computer 2 to a webtsite server computer 4 is redirected to a proxy computer 6. A secure connection is established with the proxy computer 6 using a protocol such as HTTP and Certificate Exchan... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089588 | Performance path method and apparatus for exchanging data among systems using different data formats Delivery components allow data read, write or operation requests and data responses to pass between a client software application and access components. Each delivery component is developed specifically for each client application. Furthermore, data views (that is, ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089590 | Systems and methods for adaptive message interrogation through multiple queues The present invention is directed to systems and methods for enhancing electronic communication security. An electronic communication is received and stored. A plurality of risk assessments are made with respect to the received communication thereby generating a ris... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089420 | Authentication method and system The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the production and labeling of objects in a manner suitable for the prevention and detection of counterfeiting. Thus, the system incorporates a variety of features that make unauthorized reproduction difficul... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089591 | Generic detection and elimination of marco viruses A computer-implemented method, apparatus, and computer readable medium for detecting publicly identified and publicly unidentified macro viruses within code (15) adapted for use on a digital computer (1). A detection module (17) analyzes the cod... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7089589 | Method and apparatus for the detection, notification, and elimination of certain computer viruses on a network using a promiscuous system as bait A method, computer program product, and network data processing system for identifying, locating, and deleting viruses is provided. In one embodiment, the network data processing system includes a local server, several client data processing systems, and a bait serv... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085378 | Countermeasure method in an electronic component using a secret key cryptographic algorithm The invention concerns a countermeasure method in an electronic component using a secret key K cryptographic algorithm with sixteen computing cycles to supply an encrypted message (C) from an input message (M), each cycle using first means TC0 to supply a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7086089 | Systems and methods for network security A network security system includes a system data store capable of storing a variety of data associated with a wireless computer network and communication transmitted thereon, a communication interface supporting communication over a communication channel and a syste... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7086088 | Preventing stack buffer overflow attacks A method and system for preventing stack buffer overflow attacks in a computer system are disclosed. A computer system can prevent stack buffer overflow attacks by encrypting return addresses prior to pushing them onto the runtime stack. When an encrypted return add... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7086066 | System and method for exception handling The present invention provides a system and method for providing exception handling for a computer program. In architecture, the system includes a class creator that establishes a plurality of classes of exception types, and an exception capture mechanism that captu... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080000 | Method and system for bi-directional updating of antivirus database A method for maintaining updated antivirus files within a computer network comprising at least one user computer and at least one central service computer. Each of the user computer and central service computer has an antivirus database and the network is connected ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080407 | Virus detection and removal system and method for network-based systems An enhanced virus detection monitoring (VDM) system and method suitable for use with network systems, and in particular electronic document control systems (EDCS) is disclosed. The VDM system intercepts files and documents before they are made available to other use... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7076803 | Integrated intrusion detection services Improvements in intrusion detection are disclosed by providing integrated intrusion detection services. Preferably, these services are integrated into a system or server that is the potential target of attack. Stack-based security processing is leveraged for access ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076804 | Automated program resource identification and association This invention provides methods and apparatus for determining a set of authorization usage for collection of code. By using a program graph, the present invention identifies the code within in bounded paths in the program graph that use authorization. The level of p... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076802 | Trusted system clock Methods, apparatus and computer readable medium are described that attempt increase trust in a system time provided by a system clock. In some embodiments, a detector detects activities that may be associated with attacks against the system clock. Based upon whether... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7073197 | Methods and apparatus for protecting information System, methods and apparatus are applicable to enable owners and vendors of software to protect their intellectual property and other rights in that software. The system also enables vendors or distributors of software to charge per-use for an instance of software.... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072895 | Audit system and method The invention provides a system and method for reducing and potentially eliminating the review of source documents by auditors to determine whether there is compliance of an audited subject area with a predetermined set of rules. The inventive system and method prov... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7069588 | System and method for protecting computer device against overload via network attack The present invention protects network devices from overload and from network packet flood attacks (such as Denial of Service and Distributed Denial of Service attacks) that would otherwise consume available resources, and possibly cause system failure or compromise... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069316 | Automated Internet Relay Chat malware monitoring and interception A method, system, and computer program product for providing monitoring and interception of malwares in Internet Relay Chat (IRC), which is secure, does not require significant system resources, and is capable of monitoring multiple IRC networks and servers. A metho... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069445 | System and method for migration of a version of a bootable program A computer system (e.g., a personal computer (PC)) is loaded with multiple versions of the bootable program (e.g., an operating system (OS)). The boot record for each bootable program version is hashed to produce a digest and the digest is signed using the cryptogra... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7069512 | Command line interface with indication of network element status A method of providing an ongoing indication of at least one piece of current status information about a network element through the use of status indicators in the command line prompt displayed on a command line interface display monitor. Optionally, the pop-up mess... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068998 | Methodology for the detection of intrusion into radio frequency (RF) based networks including tactical data links and the tactical internet The present invention provides strategies for detecting intrusions in wireless environments, and the strategies are based on innovative applications of information analysis as well as other information correlating techniques. The key to detecting intrusions in a RF ... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065787 | Publishing content in connection with digital rights management (DRM) architecture A packager packages digital content for a user and a licensor issues a digital license to the user for the content such that the user renders the content only in accordance with the license. The licensor and packager share a Secret to allow the packager and the lice... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7065680 | Method and a system for evaluating the reliability of a program in an electronic device, and an electronic device A method and associated system and electronic device for evaluating the reliability of a program (401) stored in a storage memory of an electronic device (1) having a processing memory (3b) for processing programs, wherein the program ( | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062782 | Overlay network for tracking denial-of-service floods in unreliable datagram delivery networks An approach for tracking denial-of-service (DoS) flood attacks using an overlay IP (Internet Protocol) network is disclosed. One or more tracking routers form an overlay tracking network over the network of an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The ISP network include... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058978 | Security component for a computing device A security component determines whether a request for a resource poses a security risk to a computing device and verifies the integrity of the requested resource before the request is allowed. For a request having arguments and a resource path with a filename that i... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058968 | Computer security and management system The present invention provides a generic distributed command, control, and communication framework that allows computer systems, devices, and operational personnel to interact with the network as a unified entity. The present invention provides these services by bui... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058709 | Enabling surveillance of network connected device The invention enables the surveillance of computer-like devices while they are connected to a communications network. This latter includes a Network Surveillance Server (NSS). Upon joining said communications network, a device is first required to log-in to NSS. Aft... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058975 | Method and system for delayed write scanning for detecting computer malwares A method, system, and computer program product provides on-access anti-virus scanning of data files, which can be performed without introducing significant performance degradation and provides delayed file write operation scanning upon interception of a file write o... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055174 | Method and system for wiretapping of packet-based communications A method and system for wiretapping a packet-based communication, such as a voice communication for instance. When a node in the normal path of packet-transmission between a source and destination receives packets of the communication, the node can conventionally ro... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7051369 | System for monitoring network for cracker attack A sensor is provided at the gateway of a local area network for successively acquiring IP packets passing through the gateway. The sensor detects various cracker attacks against the network based on the acquired IP packets. Information as to attacks detected by the ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7051367 | Dynamically controlling packet processing A router includes a detection module to detect a presence of the network attack, such as a denial of service (DOS) attack. The detection module may, for example, include counters indicating a number of packets processed for various network protocols supported by the... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7047343 | System and method for communication of keyboard and touchpad inputs as HID packets embedded on a SMBus Integrated pointing device and integrated keyboard inputs are accepted at a microcontroller that formats the inputs to the HID protocol and embeds the HID formatted inputs into SMBus messages for transfer over an SMBus to processing components of an information hand... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7047303 | Apparatus and method for using a network processor to guard against a “denial-of-service” attack on a server or server cluster A system comprising a network resource server or a server farm formed by a plurality of computer systems and a network processor which transfers data exchanged with an external network supported by the server farm at a data rate substantially the same as the data fl... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043757 | System and method for malicious code detection A system for malicious code detection includes a front-end processor, multiple scanning computer systems, and a detection management system. During operation, the multiple scanning computer systems scan content for malicious code and generate an alarm when the conte... | 05/09/2006 |
