Patents by Inventor Brett Hardin

Brett Hardin 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).

  • Systems and methods for automating blind detection of computational vulnerabilities
    Patent number: 9369480
    Abstract: Methods for blind detection of computational vulnerabilities include the submission by a detecting system of potentially interpretable information to a target system; measurement of the timing characteristics of the output from the target system by the detecting system; and diagnosis of the vulnerabilities of the target system by the detecting system as based on the timing characteristics, optionally in conjunction with auxiliary data. Invented systems provide reference implementations of these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Oliphant, Ben Tyler, Gabriel Pack, Brett Hardin
  • Method and system for detection of remote file inclusion vulnerabilities
    Patent number: 8910292
    Abstract: A method for detecting remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in a web application includes altering of extracted resource references from a web application, submission of altered references as HTTP requests to the web application, inspection of corresponding HTTP responses, and diagnosis of vulnerability. A computer system or systems can implement the disclosed embodiments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Oliphant, Ben Tyler, Gabriel Richard Pack, Brett Hardin
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING BLIND DETECTION OF COMPUTATIONAL VULNERABILITIES
    Publication number: 20140317749
    Abstract: Methods for blind detection of computational vulnerabilities include the submission by a detecting system of potentially interpretable information to a target system; measurement of the timing characteristics of the output from the target system by the detecting system; and diagnosis of the vulnerabilities of the target system by the detecting system as based on the timing characteristics, optionally in conjunction with auxiliary data. Invented systems provide reference implementations of these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventors: Brett Oliphant, Ben Tyler, Gabriel Pack, Brett Hardin
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATING BLIND DETECTION OF COMPUTATIONAL VULNERABILITIES
    Publication number: 20140130172
    Abstract: Methods for blind detection of computational vulnerabilities include the submission by a detecting system of potentially interpretable information to a target system; measurement of the timing characteristics of the output from the target system by the detecting system; and diagnosis of the vulnerabilities of the target system by the detecting system as based on the timing characteristics, optionally in conjunction with auxiliary data. Invented systems provide reference implementations of these methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Inventors: Brett Oliphant, Ben Tyler, Gabriel Pack, Brett Hardin
  • Systems and methods for automating blind detection of computational vulnerabilities
    Patent number: 8631497
    Abstract: Methods for blind detection of computational vulnerabilities include the submission by a detecting system of potentially interpretable information to a target system; measurement of the timing characteristics of the output from the target system by the detecting system; and diagnosis of the vulnerabilities of the target system by the detecting system as based on the timing characteristics, optionally in conjunction with auxiliary data. Invented systems provide reference implementations of these methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Oliphant, Ben Tyler, Gabriel Richard Pack, Brett Hardin
  • System and method of web application discovery via capture and analysis of HTTP requests for external resources
    Patent number: 8286248
    Abstract: A method for discovering the structure, state transitions, and patterns of behavior of users of a web application includes a method for causing the web application to make HTTP requests for resources from an external supplier; capture of the requests for the external resources; extraction of meaningful data from the captured requests; and analysis to draw conclusions based on the extracted data. A system of invention provides a reference implementation of the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Oliphant, Ben Tyler, Gabriel Richard Pack, Brett Hardin
  • Method and system for detection of remote file inclusion vulnerabilities
    Patent number: 8239952
    Abstract: A method for detecting remote file inclusion vulnerabilities in a web application includes altering of extracted resource references from a web application, submission of altered references as HTTP requests to the web application, inspection of corresponding HTTP responses, and diagnosis of vulnerability. A system of invention implements the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Oliphant, Ben Tyler, Gabriel Richard Pack, Brett Hardin