Patents by Inventor Hesham Mekky

Hesham Mekky 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).

  • Patent number: 10038706
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems, devices, and computing-implemented methods for separating malware and background events to classify malware based on traffic data by receiving the traffic data that includes malware events and background noise, converting the traffic data into a feature vector, performing a signal processing algorithm on the feature vector to separate the malware events from the background noise, where the signal processing algorithm is associated with a malware family, determining a score for the malware events using a malware classification algorithm associated with the malware family, and applying a label associated with the malware family to the traffic data based on the score to classify the traffic data. Additionally, the malware application can be contained, removed, and/or the effects of a malware application can be neutralized based on the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: VERISIGN, INC.
    Inventors: Hesham Mekky, Abedelaziz Mohaisen
  • Patent number: 9912680
    Abstract: A method for detecting malicious HTTP redirections. The method includes obtaining, based on a single client IP address, HTTP flows triggered by visiting a website, extracting a sequence of URLs where a downstream URL is extracted from a child HTTP request that is triggered by a parent HTTP request containing an immediate upstream URL, analyzing the URL sequence to generate a statistical feature, and classifying, based on the statistical feature, the HTTP flows as containing at least one malicious HTTP redirection triggered by visiting the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Narus, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruben Torres, Hesham Mekky, Zhi-Li Zhang, Sabyasachi Saha, Antonio Nucci
  • Publication number: 20170085583
    Abstract: A method for detecting malicious HTTP redirections. The method includes obtaining, based on a single client IP address, HTTP flows triggered by visiting a website, extracting a sequence of URLs where a downstream URL is extracted from a child HTTP request that is triggered by a parent HTTP request containing an immediate upstream URL, analyzing the URL sequence to generate a statistical feature, and classifying, based on the statistical feature, the HTTP flows as containing at least one malicious HTTP redirection triggered by visiting the website.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: Narus, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruben Torres, Hesham Mekky, Zhi-Li Zhang, Sabyasachi Saha, Antonio Nucci
  • Patent number: 9531736
    Abstract: A method for detecting malicious HTTP redirections. The method includes obtaining, based on a single client IP address, HTTP flows triggered by visiting a website, extracting a sequence of URLs where a downstream URL is extracted from a child HTTP request that is triggered by a parent HTTP request containing an immediate upstream URL, analyzing the URL sequence to generate a statistical feature, and classifying, based on the statistical feature, the HTTP flows as containing at least one malicious HTTP redirection triggered by visiting the website.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Narus, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruben Torres, Hesham Mekky, Zhi-Li Zhang, Sabyasachi Saha, Antonio Nucci
  • Publication number: 20160127397
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems, devices, and computing-implemented methods for separating malware and background events to classify malware based on traffic data by receiving the traffic data that includes malware events and background noise, converting the traffic data into a feature vector, performing a signal processing algorithm on the feature vector to separate the malware events from the background noise, where the signal processing algorithm is associated with a malware family, determining a score for the malware events using a malware classification algorithm associated with the malware family, and applying a label associated with the malware family to the traffic data based on the score to classify the traffic data. Additionally, the malware application can be contained, removed, and/or the effects of a malware application can be neutralized based on the classification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Hesham Mekky, Abedelaziz Mohaisen