Patents by Inventor Ross A. MacKinnon

Ross A. MacKinnon 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: 11868470
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting embedded malware from a device including a receiver for receiving embedded binary image; a memory for encoding and storing the received embedded binary image; and one or more processors coupled to the receiver. The method includes extracting statistical features from the encoded embedded binary image; producing gridded data from the statistical features, using SV; inputting the gridded data to a machine learning (ML) trained to detect embedded malware from the gridded data; and determining whether the embedded binary image is benign or malware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan Howard Thomson, Ross Mackinnon, Brandon Woolley
  • Publication number: 20220417041
    Abstract: A multi-die device a first die containing a plurality of first die signal path elements configured to propagate a stimulus signal and a second die containing a plurality of second die signal path elements configured to propagate the stimulus signal. The multi-die device further includes an interposer configured to establish signal communication between the first die and the second die so as to deliver the stimulus signal from the plurality of first die signal path elements to the plurality of second die signal path elements to generate a propagation delay. The propagation delay is used to generate a single unified PUF response that is indicative of the authenticity of the multi-die device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jennifer E. Howard, Colby K. Hoffman, Edward Escandon, Albert D. Marzullo, Ross MacKinnon, Maegen A. Forrer
  • Publication number: 20220222341
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting embedded malware from a device including a receiver for receiving embedded binary image; a memory for encoding and storing the received embedded binary image; and one or more processors coupled to the receiver. The method includes extracting statistical features from the encoded embedded binary image; producing gridded data from the statistical features, using SV; inputting the gridded data to a machine learning (ML) trained to detect embedded malware from the gridded data; and determining whether the embedded binary image is benign or malware.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan Howard Thomson, Ross Mackinnon, Brandon Woolley
  • Patent number: 11381599
    Abstract: A method of generating cyber chaff can include determining a cell of a grid of cells to which a first feature and a second feature of user data maps, identifying a cell type of the cell, the cell type indicating whether the cell is an active cell, an inactive cell, or a sub-process cell, and providing cyber chaff based on cyber chaff data associated with either (a) one or more cells of the inactive cell type or (b) one or more cells of the sub-process cell type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Holger M. Jaenisch, James W. Handley, Michael J. Lambert, Brandon Woolley, William L. Cram, Ross MacKinnon, Mark A. Bradbury, Guy G. Swope
  • Patent number: 11115430
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for testing a target device. A fuzzer and a monitor are connected to the target device via a tactical bus. The fuzzer records messages sent from a source device to the target device over the tactical bus, creates a first fuzzed message having a data structure of the recorded message, and sends the first fuzzed message to the target device over the tactical bus. A fuzzer monitor monitors the target device for an anomalous response to the first fuzzed message, and determines a vulnerability of the target device from the response to the first fuzzed message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Brandon Woolley, Ross MacKinnon, Eric Rammelsberg
  • Publication number: 20190312908
    Abstract: A method of generating cyber chaff can include determining a cell of a grid of cells to which a first feature and a second feature of user data maps, identifying a cell type of the cell, the cell type indicating whether the cell is an active cell, an inactive cell, or a sub-process cell, and providing cyber chaff based on cyber chaff data associated with either (a) one or more cells of the inactive cell type or (b) one or more cells of the sub-process cell type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Holger M. Jaenisch, James W. Handley, Michael J. Lambert, Brandon Woolley, William L. Cram, Ross MacKinnon, Mark A. Bradbury, Guy G. Swope
  • Publication number: 20180359273
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer-readable medium for testing a target device. A fuzzer and a monitor are connected to the target device via a tactical bus. The fuzzer records messages sent from a source device to the target device over the tactical bus, creates a first fuzzed message having a data structure of the recorded message, and sends the first fuzzed message to the target device over the tactical bus. A fuzzer monitor monitors the target device for an anomalous response to the first fuzzed message, and determines a vulnerability of the target device from the response to the first fuzzed message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: Brandon Woolley, Ross MacKinnon, Eric Rammelsberg
  • Patent number: 9798789
    Abstract: Content maintained in an online social network or other online communities is tracked for changes and updates. The content may include user profiles, digital photos, digital audio and video files, testimonials, and identification of users who are friends. When such change or update occurs, users of the online social network or online community are notified according to various criteria that they have set. The notification may be provided by e-mail, an RSS feed, or a web page when accessed. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users with efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent Lindstrom, Ross A. MacKinnon
  • Publication number: 20140164521
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, at a social-networking system, a query for content that has been changed, added to, or updated on the social-networking system by a first user of the social-networking system, wherein the query is received from a third-party system that is separate from and external to the social-networking system; determining, by the social-networking system, whether content associated with the first user has been changed, added to, or updated on the social-networking system; and sending information to the third-party system responsive to the query.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: William K. Tiu, Kent Lindstrom, Ross A. Mackinnon
  • Publication number: 20080065701
    Abstract: Content maintained in an online social network or other online communities is tracked for changes and updates. The content may include user profiles, digital photos, digital audio and video files, testimonials, and identification of users who are friends. When such change or update occurs, users of the online social network or online community are notified according to various criteria that they have set. The notification may be provided by e-mail, an RSS feed, or a web page when accessed. With this feature, users can browse through content of other users with efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2006
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Kent Lindstrom, Ross A. MacKinnon