Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080201337 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING INFORMATION FROM COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON A TRUSTED RELATIONSHIP - A method and system for retrieving data from devices in a way that seeks to preserve privacy and ensure the integrity of the retrieved data is provided. A retrieval system is implemented on a network of devices that communicate with each other via a secure communications link. Each device is directly connected to one or more “friend” devices that it trusts. The retrieval system operates by forwarding a request for data from one friend device to another friend device. Each friend device may optionally add data to the request until all the requested data is added. The request with the retrieved data is returned to the device that initiated the request. | 08-21-2008 |
20080313648 | PROTECTION AND COMMUNICATION ABSTRACTIONS FOR WEB BROWSERS - Systems and methodologies for accessing resources associated with a Web-based application in accordance with one or more embodiments disclosed herein may include a browser that obtains at least first resources from a first domain and second resources from a second domain and a resource management component that facilitates controlled communication between the first resources and the second resources and prevents the first resources and the second resources from accessing other resources that the first resources and the second resources are not permitted to access. The resource management component may be further operable to contain restricted services in a sandbox containment structure and/or to isolate access-controlled resources in a service instance. In addition, the resource management component may be operable to facilitate the flexible display of resources from disparate domains and/or controlled communication therebetween. | 12-18-2008 |
20090006645 | Automatic Reverse Engineering of Message Formats From Network Traces - A system for automatic inference of message formats from network packets is described. Each network message from a set of network messages is split into one or more tokens based on the types of bytes in the network messages. The set of network messages can then be classified into clusters based on token patterns. The network messages in each cluster can then be further sub-clustered recursively based on the message formats. Further, the messages with a similar message format across the sub-clusters can be merged into a cluster. The set of formatted clusters thus obtained correspond to a set of message formats that can be used further for protocol reverse engineering. | 01-01-2009 |
20090070663 | PROXY ENGINE FOR CUSTOM HANDLING OF WEB CONTENT - Processes and techniques for protecting web users from malicious executable code are described. A proxy engine is implemented that intercepts communications between a web browser and a script engine. The proxy engine can invoke a variety of custom event handlers that are configured to handle specific types of events (e.g., script events) that occur in the processing of web content. A script shield event handler detects the presence of script in pre-defined script-free zones and prevents the script from being executed on a user's device. | 03-12-2009 |
20090070869 | PROXY ENGINE FOR CUSTOM HANDLING OF WEB CONTENT - Processes and techniques for protecting web users from malicious executable code are described. A proxy engine is implemented that intercepts communications between a web browser and a script engine. The proxy engine can invoke a variety of custom event handlers that are configured to handle specific types of events (e.g., script events) that occur in the processing of web content. A script shield event handler detects the presence of script in pre-defined script-free zones and prevents the script from being executed on a user's device. | 03-12-2009 |
20090083363 | REMOTE MONITORING OF LOCAL BEHAVIOR OF NETWORK APPLICATIONS - Computer-executable instructions comprising some or all of a program can be delivered to a client for execution on a real-time basis such that the client receives anew the computer-executable instructions for each new execution of the program. Such an environment enables instrumentation instructions to be inserted into the computer-executable instructions after a request and prior to the delivery of the computer-executable instructions. The inserted instrumentation instructions can be spread across multiple deliveries of the same computer-executable instructions, and they can be modified to account for information received from previously inserted instrumentation instructions. The instrumentation instructions can be inserted as part of the server process, the client process, or as part of a proxy server that can be used at the discretion of the program developer. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083409 | REMOTE MONITORING OF LOCAL BEHAVIOR OF NETWORK APPLICATIONS - Computer-executable instructions comprising some or all of a program can be delivered to a client for execution on a real-time basis such that the client receives anew the computer-executable instructions for each new execution of the program. Such an environment enables instrumentation instructions to be inserted into the computer-executable instructions after a request and prior to the delivery of the computer-executable instructions. The inserted instrumentation instructions can be spread across multiple deliveries of the same computer-executable instructions, and they can be modified to account for information received from previously inserted instrumentation instructions. The instrumentation instructions can be inserted as part of the server process, the client process, or as part of a proxy server that can be used at the discretion of the program developer. | 03-26-2009 |
20090083714 | REMOTE MONITORING OF LOCAL BEHAVIOR OF NETWORK APPLICATIONS - Computer-executable instructions comprising some or all of a program can be delivered to a client for execution on a real-time basis such that the client receives anew the computer-executable instructions for each new execution of the program. Such an environment enables instrumentation instructions to be inserted into the computer-executable instructions after a request and prior to the delivery of the computer-executable instructions. The inserted instrumentation instructions can be spread across multiple deliveries of the same computer-executable instructions, and they can be modified to account for information received from previously inserted instrumentation instructions. The instrumentation instructions can be inserted as part of the server process, the client process, or as part of a proxy server that can be used at the discretion of the program developer. | 03-26-2009 |
20090089879 | SECURING ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE WITH VIRTUALIZATION - The subject disclosure relates to systems and methods that secure anti-virus software through virtualization. Anti-virus systems can be maintained separate from user applications and operating system through virtualization. The user applications and operating system run in a guest virtual machine while anti-virus systems are isolated in a secure virtual machine. The virtual machines are partially interdependent such that the anti-virus systems can monitor user applications and operating systems while the anti-virus systems remain free from possible malicious attack originating from a user environment. Further, the anti-virus system is secured against zero-day attacks so that detection and recovery may occur post zero-day. | 04-02-2009 |
20090144827 | AUTOMATIC DATA PATCH GENERATION FOR UNKNOWN VULNERABILITIES - The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or method that generates data patches for vulnerabilities. The system can include devices and components that examine exploits received or obtained from data streams, constructs probes and determines whether the probes take advantage of vulnerabilities. Based at least in part on such determinations data patches are dynamically generated to remedy the hitherto vulnerabilities. | 06-04-2009 |
20090254891 | AUTOMATIC REVERSE ENGINEERING OF INPUT FORMATS - Systems and methods for automatically reverse engineering an input data format using dynamic data flow analysis. Combining input data with a simulated execution of the binary program using the input data and analyzing the use of the data by the program to generate a BNL-like grammar representing the input data format. The input data can be application level protocols, network protocols or formatted files. | 10-08-2009 |
20100017883 | LOCKBOX FOR MITIGATING SAME ORIGIN POLICY FAILURES - Systems and methods to manage same-origin-policy (SOP) failures that occur in a computing environment are provided. In an illustrative implementation, an exemplary computing environment comprises a lockbox module, and an instruction set comprising at least one instruction directing the lockbox module to process data and/or computing application execution commands representative of and a request for a selected operation/feature according to a selected SOP management paradigm. In the illustrative implementation, the SOP management paradigm comprises one or more instructions to deploy a “lockbox” computing application element allowing for the management, monitoring, and control of computing application features/operations operable under a same origin policy. | 01-21-2010 |
20130055396 | SECURING ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE WITH VIRTUALIZATION - The subject disclosure relates to systems and methods that secure anti-virus software through virtualization. Anti-virus systems can be maintained separate from user applications and operating system through virtualization. The user applications and operating system run in a guest virtual machine while anti-virus systems are isolated in a secure virtual machine. The virtual machines are partially interdependent such that the anti-virus systems can monitor user applications and operating systems while the anti-virus systems remain free from possible malicious attack originating from a user environment. Further, the anti-virus system is secured against zero-day attacks so that detection and recovery may occur post zero-day. | 02-28-2013 |
20130145043 | MAPPING NETWORK ADDRESSES TO GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS - A network address mapping system is described. The network address mapping system can identify a set of Web pages, collects information from the Web pages indicating geographical locations (“geolocations”), and correlate the geolocations with the network addresses from which the identified Web pages are served. The collected information can be weighted based on various factors, such as its relative position in a Web page. The collected information can then be used to identify a geolocation. The network mapping system can deduce geolocations for portions of ranges of network addresses based on the score, and can infer geolocations for other portions based on the deduced geolocations. This mapping can then be stored in a database and provided as a geomapping service. The network address mapping system is able to map network addresses to geographical locations. Thereafter, when a user's client computing device accesses a Web server, the Web server can easily and accurately determine a geographical location by querying the database storing the mapping or a geomapping service. | 06-06-2013 |