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Class 726/22 - MONITORING OR SCANNING OF SOFTWARE OR DATA INCLUDING ATTACK PREVENTION


Subclass of Class 726 - Information security
Definition: Subject matter comprising systems, methods, and apparatus
No. of patents: 1109
Last issue date: 05/29/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8191136Connection based denial of service detection
A system for detecting network intrusions and other conditions in a network is described. The system includes a plurality of collector devices that are disposed to collect data and statistical information on packets that are sent between nodes on a network. An aggre...
05/29/2012
8191138Addressee-based whitelisting
In some embodiments, techniques for filtering electronic messages may include receiving an email message, determining a non-recipient email addressee associated with the email message, wherein the non-recipient email addressee has an address that is unaffiliated wit...
05/29/2012
8191137System and method for identification and blocking of malicious use of servers
A system and method to protect web applications from malicious attacks and, in particular, a system and method for identification and blocking of malicious DNS servers. The system includes a central processing unit and first program instructions. The first program i...
05/29/2012
8185953Detecting anomalous network application behavior
System and Method for detecting anomalous network application behavior. Network traffic between at least one client and one or more servers may be monitored. The client and the one or more servers may communicate using one or more application protocols. The network ...
05/22/2012
8185540Visual structuring of multivariable data
Providing visual structuring of multivariable data sets in records includes: defining a key field for sorting the records; sorting the records by the key field to find patterns; grouping equivalent field values of the key field in an equivalent field value group; fo...
05/22/2012
8185952Static and dynamic firewalls
A system comprising control logic adapted to activate multiple security levels for the system. The system further comprises a storage coupled to the control logic and comprising a stack, the stack associated with one, but not all, of the multiple security levels. Th...
05/22/2012
8185954Resisting the spread of unwanted code and data
A method or system of receiving an electronic file containing content data in a predetermined data format, the method comprising the steps of: receiving the electronic file, determining the data format, parsing the content data, to determine whether it conforms to t...
05/22/2012
8181246System and method for preventing web frauds committed using client-scripting attacks
A method for detecting and blocking Javascript hijacking attacks, comprising checking if an incoming request belongs to a valid session established between a client and a trusted server. When said incoming request does belong to a valid session, it is checked if a R...
05/15/2012
8181245Proxy-based malware scan
A system that employs out-of-process (‘out-of-proc’) architectures with respect to malware scanning related to network services applications is provided. The ‘out-of-proc’ malware (e.g., virus) scanning is employed in connection with a web conferencing serve...
05/15/2012
8181244Backward researching time stamped events to find an origin of pestware
A system and method for identifying an origin of suspected pestware activity on a computer is described. One embodiment includes establishing a time of interest relating to a suspicion of pestware on the computer, identifying, based upon the time of interest, indici...
05/15/2012
8181247System and method for protecting a computer system from the activity of malicious objects
Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for protecting a computer from activities of malicious objects. The method comprises: monitoring events of execution of one or more processes on the computer; identifying auditable events among the monitor...
05/15/2012
8176413Method and apparatus for processing a parseable document
A data processing method comprises receiving an electronically parseable document, scanning the document according to at least one predefined rule to determine if the document is suspicious, and, if the document is determined not to be suspicious, parsing the docume...
05/08/2012
8176551Detection of observer programs and countermeasures against observer programs
A system for detecting an observing program on a computer system is disclosed as including accessing instructions that access observer data. The observer data includes data descriptive of the observer program. The observer program is programmed to observe a user's a...
05/08/2012
8176552Computer system, computer program product and method for assessing a profile of a computer system
A method for maintaining a computer system on the basis of an access profile and a change profile is disclosed. The computer system includes at least one workstation computer and a maintenance computer. The invention further relates to a method for providing an acce...
05/08/2012
8171547Method and system for real time classification of events in computer integrity system
Method and system using a designated known secure computer for real time classification of change events in a computer integrity system are disclosed. In the embodiment of the invention, the known secure computer is dedicated for providing permissible change events,...
05/01/2012
8171544Method and system for preventing, auditing and trending unauthorized traffic in network systems
A method and system for preventing, auditing and trending unauthorized traffic in a network system is provided. The unauthorized traffic is detected at the router level. An attacker transmits an attack vector to the network system. The attack vector is detected at t...
05/01/2012
8171545Process profiling for behavioral anomaly detection
An anomalous process behavior manager uses statistical information concerning running processes to detect and manage process behavioral anomalies. The anomalous process behavior manager collects per process statistical data over time, such as resource allocation sta...
05/01/2012
8171546Keyboard security status check module and method
A keyboard security status check module and method are provided. The module is provided to enable a user to easily check the operating status of a keyboard security program installed in a user terminal. The module includes a keyboard security monitor linked to the k...
05/01/2012
81715480-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...
05/01/2012
8166543Apparatus and method for detecting malicious file in mobile terminal
Provided is an apparatus and method for detecting a malicious file that attempts to initiate communication in a mobile terminal without a user's approval. The method of detecting a malicious file in a mobile terminal includes: determining whether a file to be examin...
04/24/2012
8161551System, method, and computer program product for enabling communication between security systems
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for enabling communication between security systems. In use, a first communication protocol of a first security system and a second communication protocol of a second security system are identified, where t...
04/17/2012
8161552White list creation in behavior monitoring system
A white list (or exception list) for a behavior monitoring system for detecting unknown malware on a computing device is maintained automatically without human intervention. A white list contains process IDs and other data relating to processes that are determined t...
04/17/2012
8161547Monitoring traffic to provide enhanced network security
A communication system includes a traffic monitoring element that monitors network traffic between network components. The network traffic monitoring element monitors for security anomalies and, upon detecting a security anomaly, may respond appropriately. For examp...
04/17/2012
8161553System for efficiently handling cryptographic messages containing nonce values in a wireless connectionless environment without comprising security
A system for determining the validity of a received cryptographic message while ensuring for out-of-order messages is utilized to provide for secure communications among peers in a network. In particular, a secure communication module may be configured to accept the...
04/17/2012
8161549Method for defending against denial-of-service attack on the IPV6 neighbor cache
A method of defending against a denial-of-service (DoS) attack on an IPv6 neighbor cache includes steps of determining a number of neighbor cache entries currently stored in the neighbor cache and then determining whether the number of entries exceeds a neighbor cac...
04/17/2012
8161548Malware detection using pattern classification
A malware classifier uses features of suspect software to classify the software as malicious or not. The classifier uses a pattern classification algorithm to statistically analyze computer software. The classifier takes a feature representation of the software and ...
04/17/2012
8161550Network intrusion detection
Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to monitor communications between network nodes coupled to each other via at least one network, and map the communications to one or more communications graphs which are physically distributed over ...
04/17/2012
8156552Method, computer software, and system for providing end to end security protection of an online transaction
A method for implementing an online transaction security product includes downloading an online transaction security product program from a web site to an information handling system. The security product program includes an anti-malicious code program configured to...
04/10/2012
8156555Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information providing medium, information decryption apparatus, and information recording medium
An information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and an information providing medium are provided. Encrypted information, an encrypted first key for decrypting the encrypted information, and a second key for decrypting the first key are process...
04/10/2012
8156553Systems and methods for correlating log messages into actionable security incidents and managing human responses
Systems and methods for correlating log messages into actionable incidents. Some embodiments implement a method which includes comparing a plurality of disparate log messages to a plurality of incident descriptions. The disparate log messages can be parsed. When the...
04/10/2012
8156554Method and system for verifying identification of an electronic mail message
A method and system for verifying identification of an electronic mail message. An electronic mail message including a signature and a key is received, the signature identifying a domain from which the electronic mail message originated and the key for verifying the...
04/10/2012
8151349Masking mechanism that facilitates safely executing untrusted native code
This disclosure presents a system that uses masking to safely execute native code. This system includes a processing element that executes the native code and a memory which stores code and data for the processing element. The processing element includes a masking m...
04/03/2012
8151350Method and device for detecting unknown network worms
A method and device for detecting a network worm on the network allows early detection of an unknown network worm with less computational quantity based on a change of randomness occurring to network traffic without using a pattern-matching-based worm detecting meth...
04/03/2012
8151348Automatic detection of reverse tunnels
Presently disclosed are methods and apparatus for analyzing packets and packet flows to detect covert communications channels (including reverse tunnels) in real time. These systems actively probe a suspicious connection in ways that are not possible in prior art lo...
04/03/2012
8146159Methods for inspecting security certificates by network security devices to detect and prevent the use of invalid certificates
Disclosed are methods and media for inspecting security certificates. Methods include the steps of: scanning, by a network security device, messages of a security protocol between a server and a client system; detecting the messages having a security certificate; de...
03/27/2012
8146157Method and apparatus for secure transport and storage of surveillance video
Security information such as fixed or dynamically received camera location information, laser signature information, timestamp information, and network information, may be used to secure the transport and storage of surveillance video. Where the surveillance video i...
03/27/2012
8146158Extensible activation exploit scanner
An extensible activation exploit scanner may have a modular structure, such that capabilities of the activation exploit scanner may be updated easily. The extensible activation exploit scanner may include an exploit data file, at least one detection module, at least...
03/27/2012
8141147System, method and apparatus for use in monitoring or controlling internet access
An apparatus, method and system for use in categorizing Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) when controlling or monitoring access to the Internet from a client. A request message is generated to request categorization of a specified URL. The request message comprises a...
03/20/2012
8141148Method and system for tracking machines on a network using fuzzy GUID technology
A method for querying a knowledgebase of malicious hosts numbered from 1 through N. The method includes providing a network of computers, which has a plurality of unknown malicious host machines. In a specific embodiment, the malicious host machines are disposed thr...
03/20/2012
8141149Keyword obfuscation
Embodiments of the invention provide novel systems, methods and software for searching and/or analyzing text, based on a list of one or more keywords of interest. In a set of embodiments, a first computer generates a regular expression satisfied by a particular keyw...
03/20/2012
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