Patents by Inventor Ben Phung

Ben Phung 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: 11463463
    Abstract: The disclosed computer-implemented method for identifying security risks posed by application bundles may include (i) intercepting, using a VPN client of the computing device, network traffic of the computing device, wherein an operating system of the computing device restricts applications into a sandboxed environment, (ii) storing, on the computing device, a copy of at least a portion of the network traffic of the computing device within a sandbox associated with the VPN client, (iii) identifying, by analyzing the copy of the network traffic, an application bundle within the network traffic, (iv) determining, by analyzing the application bundle in the sandbox associated with the VPN client, that the application bundle poses a security risk, and (v) in response to determining that the application bundle poses a security risk, performing a security action to remedy the security risk. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: NortonLifeLock Inc.
    Inventors: Ben Phung, Movses Margaryan, Joshua Opos