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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7788719 | Graph buffering Providing network security is disclosed. If it is determined that a next portion of a data stream being reconstructed has more than one possible data value, each possible data value for the next portion is stored in a corresponding storage location associated with t... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7788720 | Techniques for providing security protection in wireless networks by switching modes Techniques for security protection of a wireless network are provided. An access point is operated in a first mode. The first mode is a mode of operation that allows access to resources of a network. A security event for a client is detected while operating the acce... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7788721 | Traffic control method, apparatus, and system Flow information of excessive traffic detected by a traffic monitor of a packet forwarding apparatus is entirely delivered to a manager server. By combining input/output port information of the flow and topology information, the manager server calculates from where ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7779463 | Systems and methods for correlating and distributing intrusion alert information among collaborating computer systems Systems and methods for correlating and distributing intrusion alert information among collaborating computer systems are provided. These systems and methods provide an alert correlator and an alert distributor that enable early signs of an attack to be detected and... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7779470 | Server denial of service shield A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for responding to a denial of service attack. The method comprising from a remote data processing system detects an occurrence of the denial of service attack in which invalid credentials are presented to the data proce... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7779467 | N grouping of traffic and pattern-free internet worm response system and method using N grouping of traffic Provided are N grouping of traffic and pattern-free Internet worm response system and method. According to the method, traffic factors generated by respective worms are grouped into N groups so that a great quantity of Information may be effectively understood and a... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7779466 | Systems and methods for anomaly detection in patterns of monitored communications The present invention is directed to systems and methods for enhancing electronic communication security. A communication transmitted over a communications network is received and tested by a collection engine to generate data associated with the received communicat... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7779464 | System security approaches utilizing a hierarchical memory system A method and system for ensuring system security is disclosed. Based on the content of the data units the method and system monitor, the method and system retrieve the states and the dependency relationships among these states that are representative of unwanted pat... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7779465 | Distributed peer attack alerting A system and method for distributed peer attack alerting is disclosed. The method includes accessing a peer community wherein the peer community comprises a plurality of nodes comprising a network and wherein at least one of the plurality of nodes comprises an attac... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7779468 | Intrusion detection and vulnerability assessment system, method and computer program product A system and associated method/computer program product are provided including an intrusion detection tool for determining whether network communications violate at least one of a plurality of policies. Such policies are defined to detect potential attacks in the ne... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7779469 | Provisioning an operating environment of a remote computer Systems and techniques are provided for controlling requests for resources from remote computers. A remote computer's ability to access a resource is determined based upon the computer's operating environment. The computer or computers responsible for controlling ac... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7774843 | System, method and computer program product for preventing the execution of unwanted code A system, method and computer program product are provided for preventing the execution of unwanted code. An indicator is initially received which is representative of an amount of data to be read from a stack. An amount of data is then read from the stack based on ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774842 | Method and system for prioritizing cases for fraud detection An approach provides detection of unauthorized use of data services. A fraud case is created for a data call that is determined to be potentially fraudulent based on a fraud alert. A fraud score is determined for the case according to the fraud alert. The fraud scor... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774840 | Computer virus screening methods and systems A virus screening method includes steps of routing a call between a calling party and a called party of a telephone network, receiving computer data from a first party of the calling party and the called party, and detecting a virus in the computer data. In response... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774841 | System and method for protecting network resources from denial of service attacks The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for protecting network resources from denial of service attacks. In one exemplary embodiment, a responder stores an access filter value used to determine whether an incoming message frame has been tran... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7774839 | Feedback mechanism to minimize false assertions of a network intrusion A graphical user interface for an intrusion detection system is described. The graphical user interface includes a field that depicts a summary of anomalies identified as part of a event that is detected in a network, the summary indicating event severity details of... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7770222 | Creating an interrogation manifest request Systems and techniques are provided for controlling requests for resources from remote computers. A remote computer's ability to access a resource is determined based upon the computer's operating environment. The computer or computers responsible for controlling ac... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7770221 | Method and apparatus for combining traffic analysis and monitoring center in lawful interception A method and apparatus for integrating intercepted information with information obtained from an at least one data retention source, the method comprising receiving intercepted information from an interception source, receiving information from a data retention sour... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7765594 | Dynamic security deputization Enhancing security capability of a network is described. In some embodiments, the method comprises detecting a security threat, sending a request to a networked device on the network to perform a deputized function that is not ordinarily performed by the networked d... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7765593 | Rule set-based system and method for advanced virus protection A system, method and computer program product are provided for preventing malware infection. In use, mass-mailing-type malware is prevented from sending electronic messages via a network. Malware is also prevented from communicating. Still yet, unrecognized attachme... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7765592 | Changed file identification, software conflict resolution and unwanted file removal As computer programs grow more complex, extensible, and connected, it becomes increasingly difficult for users to understand what has changed on their machines and what impact those changes have. An embodiment of the invention is described via a software tool, calle... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7765595 | Access control differentiation in trusted computer system A trusted computer system that offers Linux® compatibility and supports contemporary hardware speeds. It is designed to require no porting of common applications which run on Linux, to be easy to develop for, and to allow the use of a wide variety of modern develop... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7761916 | Systems and methods using cryptography to protect secure computing environments Secure computation environments are protected from bogus or rogue load modules, executables and other data elements through use of digital signatures, seals and certificates issued by a verifying authority. A verifying authority—which may be a trusted independent ... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7761915 | Terminal and related computer-implemented method for detecting malicious data for computer network A computer-implemented packet detection method includes a source at a first address transmitting packets to a terminal at a second address without transmitting the packets to any intermediate address during the transmission, the terminal receiving the packets, the t... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7761914 | Method and apparatus for facilitating adjustment of an audit state in a computing environment One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates adjusting an audit state in a computing environment. During operation the system receives a key from a third-party at an audit system. Note that the key is associated with a corresponding aud... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7757282 | System and method for distinguishing safe and potentially unsafe data during runtime processing The techniques and mechanisms described herein are directed to a taint mechanism. An object-based command declares a taint directive for a parameter within a command declaration. The taint directive is then associated with that parameter in a manner such that when a... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7757283 | System and method for detecting abnormal traffic based on early notification This method and system for detecting abnormal traffic in a communications network is based on classifying the traffic in risk and status categories and maintaining a service status table with this information for each service at a respective node. The risk categorie... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7756834 | Malware and spyware attack recovery system and method A method and computer program product with encoded instructions provides for repeatedly making data backups for files by making a series of snapshots of file storage volumes containing the files. The method and computer product further provide for determining that a... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7757284 | Threat-resistant installer An install control module allows installation of a software application onto a computer in presence of malicious code that is attempting to prevent installation. A metamorphic installation program is generated randomly to be substantially unique using metamorphic st... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7752662 | Method and apparatus for high-speed detection and blocking of zero day worm attacks A method for detection and blocking of zero day worm attacks is disclosed. A zero day worm attack is the initial appearance of a new or revised Web worm. The method compares a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request sent from an attacking computer (or server) to ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7752663 | Log analysis system, method and apparatus An analysis unit which effectively detects incidents on the basis of events detected by a security unit such as an intrusion detection system (IDS) or a firewall (FW) installed in a network stores statistical information that is frequency-distributed information of ... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7752664 | Using domain name service resolution queries to combat spyware An anti-spyware manager uses domain name service resolution queries to combat spyware. The anti-spyware manager maintains a list of domain names associated with spyware, monitors domain name service queries, and detects queries on domain names on the list. Responsiv... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7748036 | Methods for categorizing input data Methods are provided for categorizing input data into a selected data type category. Exemplary embodiments are directed to the categorization of binary input data, for example random input data, as either compressed or encrypted based on statistical analysis. To thi... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7743414 | System and method for executing a permissions recorder analyzer System and method for accurately determining security policy for an application based on dynamic code analysis of application runtime execution(s). A dynamic recorder, dynamic code analyzer and security policy analyzer can evaluate and determine the security decisio... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7743413 | Client apparatus, server apparatus and authority control method A client apparatus to which data or a function is provided from a server apparatus, including: a monitoring unit configured to monitor monitoring target software, and detect an abnormal state or unauthorized state of the target software; a server management unit con... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7739736 | Method and apparatus for dynamically isolating affected services under denial of service attack A method for controlling consumption of resources by a packet destination involves receiving a plurality of packets from a network, identifying the packet destination consuming greater than a pre-determined amount of resources to process the plurality of packets, an... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7735134 | Jumping application security system A jumping application security system and method provides known safe code for the jumping applications on each jump. A participating host specifies the desired code by describing the desired behavior. The security system provides the specified code on behalf of the ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7735136 | 0-touch and 1-touch techniques for improving the availability of computer programs under protection without compromising security Protected software, such as an application and/or DLL, is monitored by protective software to guard against attacks, while distinguishing spurious, benign events from attacks. In a 1-touch approach, the protected software is monitored in a testing environment to det... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7735135 | Hardware-based intrusion detection accelerator A system and method for intrusion detection and prevention processing are described. Spin state information associated with a signature may be prefetched by a network device having one or more buffers. The spin state information may be stored by the buffer. Context ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7730534 | Enterprise video intelligence and analytics management system and method A wireless surveillance system and methods of operating same including a server software application that enables automated and centralized video analytics data storage and reporting capabilities as well as digital video management and/or recording device (DVM) and ... | 06/01/2010 |
