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| 8117657 | Detection and mitigation of rapidly propagating threats from P2P, IRC and gaming A network switch detects at least two simultaneous connections on a single network port. The simultaneous connections use different protocols despite using the same port. The network switch mirrors network traffic associated with the simultaneous connections to a se... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117658 | Access point, mobile station, and method for detecting attacks thereon A mobile station (STA) communicates with a WLAN device over a communication system includes a storage system, at least one processor, a detection module, an address determination module, a transmission module, and a response module. The STA detects a MAC management ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112803 | IPv6 malicious code blocking system and method An agent on a network is preconfigured to automatically respond to neighborhood discovery by sending an advertisement having a spoof IPv6 address. A spoof IPv6 address includes a spoof NIC value that is a value that identifies a network interface card not being used... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112804 | Malignant BOT confrontation method and its system A method for dealing with attacks of malicious BOTs in a network security system includes detecting and analyzing a domain name receiving excessive DNS queries to judge the infection of a malicious BOT, registering the corresponding domain name as normal or abnormal... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8112805 | Methods and systems that selectively resurrect blocked communications between devices Data communications between devices are selectively blocked and resurrected based on error notifications. Data communications from one or more source devices to one or more intended destination devices are selectively blocked based on content of the data communicati... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108931 | Method and apparatus for identifying invariants to detect software tampering Various embodiments of a method and an apparatus for identifying invariants to detect software tampering is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of identifying invariants associated with a software package comprises applying a machine learning technique to a plura... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108929 | Method and system for detecting intrusive anomalous use of a software system using multiple detection algorithms A target software system is instrumented to generate behavior data representing a current observation or observation aggregate. A method then determines whether the current observation or observation aggregate warrants a second level examination; preferably, this de... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8108930 | Secure self-organizing and self-provisioning anomalous event detection systems An approach for providing managed security services is disclosed. A database, within a server or a pre-existing anomalous event detection system, stores a rule set specifying a security policy for a network associated with a customer. An anomalous detection event mo... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099783 | Security method for data protection An integrated circuit (IC) security apparatus with complementary security traces and a method for producing such an apparatus is disclosed. The security apparatus comprises a pattern generator, and a plurality of security traces. The arrangement of security trace pa... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8099784 | Behavioral detection based on uninstaller modification or removal To evade heuristic detection, malware is often designed to trick users into installing the malware by being packaged in a standard installer known to the user's computer for typically installing legitimate software. To prevent removal of the malware, the malware mod... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095981 | Worm detection by trending fan out The invention detects stealth worm propagation by comparing the repeat elements in sets of destinations of a source in multiple time windows to a fitted distribution of same, stored as a benchmark plot. Measurements are performed over N time windows, wherein a repre... | 01/10/2012 |
| RE43103 | System and method for protecting a computer system from malicious software In a computer system, a first electronic data processor is communicatively coupled to a first memory space and a second memory space. A second electronic data processor is communicatively coupled the second memory space and to a network interface device. The second ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8091131 | Method and apparatus for communicating intrusion-related information between internet service providers Disclosed is a system and method for the sharing of intrusion-related information. The sharing of intrusion-related information occurs via a peering relationship between a first Internet Service Provider (ISP) and a second ISP. A first node associated with a first I... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8091132 | Behavior-based traffic differentiation (BTD) for defending against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks Embodiments are directed toward a method for Behavior-based Traffic Differentiation (BTD) that initially receives incoming packets and performs traffic classification to determine the protocol of the incoming packets. In addition, BTD performs bandwidth division/all... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8091133 | Apparatus and method for detecting malicious process Provided are an apparatus and method for detecting a malicious process. The apparatus includes: a process monitoring unit for monitoring a process generated in a computing environment; a target process setting unit for previously setting a test target process among ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8091130 | Geographical intrusion response prioritization mapping system Systems and methods for geographically mapping an intrusion into a network having one or more network points include receiving intrusion information identifying a intrusion into a point of the network, correlating the intrusion information with location information ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082586 | Snoop echo response extractor A mechanism is provided for identifying a snooping device in a network environment. A snoop echo response extractor generates an echo request packet with a bogus MAC address that will only be received by a snooping device. The snoop echo response extractor also uses... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8079083 | Method and system for recording network traffic and predicting potential security events Recording network traffic is disclosed. Data associated with a network flow are monitored. If it is determined that the data associated with the network flow satisfy a first criterion based at least in part on a prediction value that reflects a likelihood that the n... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8074277 | System and methodology for intrusion detection and prevention System and methodology for intrusion detection and prevention is described. In one embodiment, for example, a method is described for detecting and preventing network intrusion, the method comprises steps of: defining intrusion descriptions specifying exploits that ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074279 | Detecting rogue access points in a computer network Detecting an unauthorized wireless access point in a network uses a detector. A rogue access point detector receives an incoming data packet which is scanned for a time expiration value. The time expiration value may be a Time To Live (TTL) value as used in Internet... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074278 | Apparatus and methods for intrusion protection in safety instrumented process control systems Apparatus and methods for intrusion protection in safety instrumented process control systems are disclosed. An example method of protecting a safety instrumented system includes receiving legitimate information from a component of a process control system wherein t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8074280 | Detection of undesired computer files in archives Systems and methods for an anti-virus detection module that can detect known undesired computer files in archives that may be encrypted, compressed and/or password-protected are provided. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for detection of malicious o... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069484 | System and method for determining data entropy to identify malware Systems and methods for performing malware detection for determining suspicious data based on data entropy are provided. The method includes acquiring a block of data, calculating an entropy value for the block of data, comparing the entropy value to a threshold val... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8069483 | Device for and method of wireless intrusion detection A device for and method of detecting intrusion into a wireless network that includes a configuration file, a rules files, a main processor, a set packet processor, an initialize preprocessor, a parse rules file, an interface thread unit, a process packet unit, a dec... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065734 | Code module operating system (OS) interactions intercepting system and method A method includes creating an intercept function for a tracked Dynamic Link Library (DLL) function of a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) being loaded into a suspicious module. Further, the import address table entry for the tracked DLL function is replaced with the respec... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065735 | Method of securing a calculation of an exponentiation or a multiplication by a scalar in an electronic device A cryptographic operation includes calculating a multiplication of an element of an additively denoted group by a scalar. After two registers R0+R1, are initialized, iterations are carried out over the components Ki of the scalar K. ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8065733 | Method for evolving detectors to detect malign behavior in an artificial immune system A system, apparatus, and method are directed to evolving detectors in an Artificial Immune System for use in detecting unauthorized computing activities. In one embodiment, a population of detectors is generated with a matching value and expectation value of zero. T... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8056131 | Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture for intercepting, examining and controlling code, data and files and their transfer Apparatus, methods and articles of manufacture are disclosed for intercepting, examining and controlling proscribed or predetermined code, data and files and their transfers. A preprocessing component, code decomposition component, valuation component and comparison... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8056132 | Client-side technique for detecting software robots Software robots (“bots”) may be detected in a client computer using a client-side bot detector. The client-side bot detector may be configured to receive bot event profiles indicating IP (Internet Protocol) addresses involved in malicious online activities perpe... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8051482 | Nullification of malicious code by data file transformation To nullify any malicious code potentially contained within a data file, a transformation engine randomly selects a transformation from a number of available file transformations each arranged to alter the bit pattern of a file to which it is applied while still enab... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8046832 | Spam detector with challenges A system and method facilitating detection of unsolicited e-mail message(s) with challenges is provided. The invention includes an e-mail component and a challenge component. The system can receive e-mail message(s) and associated probabilities that the e-mail messa... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046833 | Intrusion event correlation with network discovery information A policy component includes policy configuration information. The policy configuration information contains one or more rules. Each rule and group of rules can be associated with a set of response actions. As the nodes on the monitored networks change or intrusive a... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8046374 | Automatic training of a database intrusion detection system A database intrusion detection system (DIDS) automatically trains itself to account for changes to the database. The DIDS monitors upstream queries sent to the database and downstream data provided in response to the queries. The DIDS classifies an upstream query as... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8042183 | Method and apparatus for detecting computer-related attacks Disclosed is a method and apparatus for detecting prefix hijacking attacks. A source node is separated from a destination network at a first time via an original path. The destination network is associated with a prefix. At a second time, a packet is transmitted fro... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8042182 | Method and system for network intrusion detection, related network and computer program product A system for providing intrusion detection in a network wherein data flows are exchanged using associated network ports and application layer protocols. The system includes a monitoring module configured for monitoring data flows in the network, a protocol identific... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8037532 | Application protection from malicious network traffic A program, method and system for embedding a programmable packet filter into an application to protect the application against malicious network packets are disclosed. Traditional packet filtering techniques to protect against malicious packets designed to exploit d... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8037533 | Detecting method for network intrusion A detecting method for network intrusion includes: selecting a plurality of features contained within plural statistical data by a data-transforming module; normalizing a plurality of feature values of the selected features into the same scale to obtain a plurality ... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8037531 | Dynamic network security system and control method thereof A dynamic network security system and a control method thereof in a router where an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) and a Voice over Internet Protocol Application Level Gateway (VoIP ALG) are integrated, system including: a VoIP ALG module for acquiring VoIP IP/por... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8037530 | Method and apparatus for providing adaptive self-synchronized dynamic address translation as an intrusion detection sensor A translator is provided for translating predetermined portions of packet header information including an address of a data packet according to a cipher algorithm keyed by a cipher key derived by a key exchanger. A mapping device is also provided for mapping the add... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8032936 | Systems and methods for detecting a security breach in a computer system The present invention provides systems and methods for applying hard-real-time capabilities in software to software security. For example, the systems and methods of the present invention allow a programmer to attach a periodic integrity check to an application so t... | 10/04/2011 |
