Patents by Inventor Frank Apap

Frank Apap has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System and methods for detecting intrusions in a computer system by monitoring operating system registry accesses
    Patent number: 7913306
    Abstract: A method for detecting intrusions in the operation of a computer system is disclosed which comprises gathering features from records of normal processes that access the files system of the computer, such as the Windows registry, and generating a probabilistic model of normal computer system usage based on occurrences of said features. The features of a record of a process that accesses the Windows registry are analyzed to determine whether said access to the Windows registry is an anomaly. A system is disclosed, comprising a registry auditing module configured to gather records regarding processes that access the Windows registry; a model generator configured to generate a probabilistic model of normal computer system usage based on records of a plurality of processes that access the Windows registry and that are indicative of normal computer system usage; and a model comparator configured to determine whether the access of the Windows registry is an anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Frank Apap, Andrew Honig, Hershkop Shlomo, Eleazar Eskin, Salvatore J. Stolfo
  • System and methods for detecting intrusions in a computer system by monitoring operating system registry accesses
    Publication number: 20090083855
    Abstract: A method for detecting intrusions in the operation of a computer system is disclosed which comprises gathering features from records of normal processes that access the files system of the computer, such as the Windows registry, and generating a probabilistic model of normal computer system usage based on occurrences of said features. The features of a record of a process that accesses the Windows registry are analyzed to determine whether said access to the Windows registry is an anomaly. A system is disclosed, comprising a registry auditing module configured to gather records regarding processes that access the Windows registry; a model generator configured to generate a probabilistic model of normal computer system usage based on records of a plurality of processes that access the Windows registry and that are indicative of normal computer system usage; and a model comparator configured to determine whether the access of the Windows registry is an anomaly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventors: Frank Apap, Andrew Honig, Hershkop Shlomo, Eleazar Eskin, Salvatore J. Stolfo
  • System and methods for detecting intrusions in a computer system by monitoring operating system registry accesses
    Patent number: 7448084
    Abstract: A method for detecting intrusions in the operation of a computer system is disclosed which comprises gathering features from records of normal processes that access the files system of the computer, such as the Windows registry, and generating a probabilistic model of normal computer system usage based on occurrences of said features. The features of a record of a process that accesses the Windows registry are analyzed to determine whether said access to the Windows registry is an anomaly. A system is disclosed, comprising a registry auditing module configured to gather records regarding processes that access the Windows registry; a model generator configured to generate a probabilistic model of normal computer system usage based on records of a plurality of processes that access the Windows registry and that are indicative of normal computer system usage; and a model comparator configured to determine whether the access of the Windows registry is an anomaly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York
    Inventors: Frank Apap, Andrew Honig, Hershkop Shlomo, Eleazar Eskin, Salvatore J. Stolfo