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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7111285 | Method and system for protecting software applications against static and dynamic software piracy techniques An application module is rewritten by overwriting executable code at identified authorization points with control transfers to a managed challenge system such that a rewritten application module results. The managed challenge system is constructed to include the ove... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7111164 | Crisis management system, computer, and computer memory product A server computer simulates an incident, and accurately gathers information to be provided to communication terminal apparatuses 2a, 2b and 2c. The server computer 1 performs authentication based on biometric informat... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107442 | Method and apparatus for implementing a sleep proxy for services on a network One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for implementing a sleep proxy. The system starts by receiving a request at the sleep proxy for information pertaining to a service provided by a device. In response to this request, the system determines if ... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7107619 | System and method for the detection of and reaction to denial of service attacks Challenge-response and probative methods together or independent of each other enable detection of devices participating in denial of service (DOS) and distributed DOS (DDOS) attacks upon a network resource, and upon identification of devices participating in attack... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7103913 | Method and apparatus for determination of the non-replicative behavior of a malicious program Disclosed is a method, a computer system and a computer readable media product that contains a set of computer executable software instructions for directing the computer system to execute a process for determining a non-replicative behavior of a program that is sus... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096498 | Systems and methods for message threat management The present invention is directed to systems and methods for detecting unsolicited and threatening communications and communicating threat information related thereto. Threat information is received from one or more sources; such sources can include external securit... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7096499 | Method and system for simplifying the structure of dynamic execution profiles A real-time approach to detecting aberrant modes of system behavior induced by abnormal and unauthorized system activities indicative of abnormal activity of a software system is based on behavioral information obtained from a suitably instrumented computer program ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7093288 | Using packet filters and network virtualization to restrict network communications A network mediator corresponding to a computing device uses packet filters to restrict network communications. The network mediator includes a set of one or more filters, each filter having parameters that are compared to corresponding parameters of a data packet to... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093132 | Method and apparatus for protecting ongoing system integrity of a software product using digital signatures A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for protecting ongoing system integrity of a software product using digital signatures. A core product load manifest for protecting ongoing system integrity of a software product having a plurality of pie... | 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 |
| 7093297 | Method and apparatus for monitoring a network data processing system A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for identifying unauthorized users. User actions are monitored in an audit for an indication an unauthorized user logged into the data processing system with a valid user identifier and a valid password. An action is in... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093293 | Computer virus detection A computer virus outbreak is detected by comparing one or more measurement parameters determined over a measurement period against a threshold level. The measurement parameters can include a measurement of how many E-mail messages are sent having an identical file a... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093292 | System, method and computer program product for monitoring hacker activities A system, method and computer program product are provided for monitoring intrusion activity utilizing a plurality of firewalls. Initially, network communications are established with a plurality of computers with firewalls over a network. Such firewalls are adapted... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7093291 | Method and system for detecting and preventing an intrusion in multiple platform computing environments A method and a system by which to achieve authentication intrusion detection so as to effectively detect and prevent unauthorized access to and use of a local computer system, or the like, and take appropriate measures. The local system authentication process is red... | 08/15/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7089422 | Embedding data in an information signal The present invention controls copying of an information signal, comprises the steps of prior to recording and/or transmission, applying to the information signal a substantially imperceptible modification representing copy control data including a password securely... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7082117 | Mobile ad-hoc network with intrusion detection features and related methods A mobile ad-hoc network (MANET) may include a plurality of nodes for transmitting data therebetween using a media access layer (MAC), where each of the nodes has a respective MAC address associated therewith. The MANET may also include a policing node for detecting ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7082129 | Secure method and system to prevent external unauthorized remotely initiated power up events in computer In a computer network including a plurality of interconnected computers, one of the computers being a sleeping computer in a power down state, the sleeping computer listening for a packet associated with the sleeping computer, a method and system of waking the sleep... | 07/25/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7080406 | Method for transferring privilege access to a resource manager with subsequent loss of privilege by the initiating identity The present invention describes a privilege transfer method between programs in a computing system. This transfer method allows a resource manager such as a security manager to be initially started on the system by the system's native privileged user. This user has ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7080408 | Delayed-delivery quarantining of network communications having suspicious contents A system, method and computer program product are provided for network-based scanning for potentially malicious content. Incoming and/or outgoing network communications traveling over a network are monitored, preferably at a gateway. Potentially malicious content in... | 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 |
| 7073198 | Method and system for detecting a vulnerability in a network A system and method in accordance with the invention reliably and non-intrusively identifies various conditions of a network. In particular, an embodiment of the invention can identify an operating system, including version and patch level, and a service, including ... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7065788 | Encryption operating apparatus and method having side-channel attack resistance Ciphertext X and a constant C having relationships C>p and C>q with respect to secret keys p and q are input, and correction values C−dp and C−dq (dp=d mod (p−1), dq=d mod (q−1)) are obtained. Then, the ciphertext X is multiplied by the... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7062783 | Comprehensive enterprise network analyzer, scanner and intrusion detection framework A system and associated method and computer program product are provided for providing business rule-based network services utilizing a network. Initially, information relating to a plurality of computers is collected utilizing a plurality of agents coupled to the c... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7058015 | Distributed solution for regulating network traffic A number of sensors are distributively deployed in a network, either integrally disposed in a number of routing devices of the network or externally disposed and coupled to the routing devices, to monitor and report on network traffic routed through the routing devi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058976 | Intelligent feedback loop process control system There is disclosed a system and method for detecting attacks on a site in a communication network and for taking action to reduce or redirect such attacks. A monitor system reviews incoming data packets and sends directions to at least one router to change the data ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7058974 | Method and apparatus for preventing denial of service attacks A method and apparatus for preventing denial of service type attacks on data networks is described. The method involves scanning the contents of the data packets flowing over the data network using a traffic flow scanning engine. The data packets are reordered and r... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7051368 | Methods and systems for screening input strings intended for use by web servers Methods and systems of screening input strings that are intended for use by a Web server are described. In the described embodiment, an attack pattern is determined that can be used to attack a Web server. A search pattern is defined that can be used to detect the a... | 05/23/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7047564 | Reverse firewall packet transmission control system The invention is designed to eliminate or minimize the liability associated with “packet flooding” attacks originating from within a local area network connected to an external network such as one controlled by a university or governmental organization. In these... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043756 | Method and apparatus for detecting denial-of-service attacks using kernel execution profiles One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that detects denial-of-service attacks by using an execution profile for a kernel of a server computer system. The system produces a run-time execution profile by gathering statistics related to execution of ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043759 | Architecture to thwart denial of service attacks A system architecture for thwarting denial of service attacks on a victim data center is described. The system includes a first plurality of monitors that monitor network traffic flow through the network. The first plurality of monitors is disposed at a second plura... | 05/09/2006 |
| 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 |
