Patents by Inventor Changsha MA

Changsha MA 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).

  • Publication number: 20240028721
    Abstract: Systems and methods include performing inline monitoring of production traffic between users, the Internet, and cloud services via a cloud-based system; utilizing a trained machine learning model to inspect static properties of files in the production traffic; and classifying the traffic as one of malicious or benign based on the trained machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Nirmal Singh, Naveen Selvan, Tarun Dewan, Uday Pratap Singh, Deepen Desai, Bharath Meesala, Rakshitha Hedge, Parnit Sainion, Shashank Gupta, Narinder Paul, Rex Shang, Howie Xu
  • Patent number: 11861472
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving a trained machine learning model that has been processed with training information removed therefrom, wherein the training information is utilized in training of the trained machine learning model; monitoring traffic, inline at the node, including processing the traffic with the trained machine learning model; obtaining a verdict on the traffic based on the trained machine learning model; and performing an action on the traffic based on the verdict.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Zscaler, Inc.
    Inventors: Rex Shang, Dianhuan Lin, Changsha Ma, Douglas A. Koch, Shashank Gupta, Parnit Sainion, Visvanathan Thothathri, Narinder Paul, Howie Xu
  • Publication number: 20230376592
    Abstract: Systems and methods of sandboxing a file include responsive to receiving a file associated with a user, obtaining policy for the user; analyzing the file with a machine learning model; and based on a combination of the policy for the user and a verdict of the machine learning model, one of quarantining the file for analysis in a sandbox and allowing the file to the user. The present disclosure presents a smart quarantine with a goal of minimizing the number of files quarantined, the number of malicious files passed through to an end user, and a number of files scanned by a sandbox.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Rex Shang, Douglas A. Koch, Dianhuan Lin, Howie Xu, Bharath Kumar, Shashank Gupta, Parnit Sainion, Narinder Paul, Deepen Desai
  • Patent number: 11803641
    Abstract: Systems and methods include determining a plurality of features associated with executable files, wherein the plurality of features are each based on static properties in predefined structure of the executable files; obtaining training data that includes samples of benign executable files and malicious executable files; extracting the plurality of features from the training data; and utilizing the extracted plurality of features to train a machine learning model to detect malicious executable files.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Zscaler, Inc.
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Nirmal Singh, Naveen Selvan, Tarun Dewan, Uday Pratap Singh, Deepen Desai, Bharath Meesala, Rakshitha Hedge, Parnit Sainion, Shashank Gupta, Narinder Paul, Rex Shang, Howie Xu
  • Patent number: 11785022
    Abstract: Systems and methods include obtaining file identifiers associated with files in production data; obtaining lab data from one or more public repositories of malware samples based on the file identifiers for the production data; and utilizing the lab data for training a machine learning process for classifying malware in the production data. The obtaining file identifiers can be based on monitoring of users associated with the files, and only the file identifiers are maintained based on the monitoring. The lab data can include samples from the one or more public repositories matching the corresponding file identifiers for the production data. The lab data can include samples from the one or more public repositories that have features closely related to features of the production data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Zscaler, Inc.
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Dianhuan Lin, Rex Shang, Douglas A. Koch, Dong Guo, Howie Xu
  • Patent number: 11755726
    Abstract: Systems and methods include obtaining a file associated with a user for processing; utilizing a combination of policy for the user and machine learning to determine whether to i) quarantine the file and scan the file in a sandbox, ii) allow the file to the user and scan the file in the sandbox, and iii) allow the file to the user without the scan; responsive to the quarantine of the file and the sandbox determining the file is malicious, blocking the file; and, responsive to the quarantine of the file and the sandbox determining the file is benign, allowing the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Zscaler, Inc.
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Rex Shang, Douglas A. Koch, Dianhuan Lin, Howie Xu, Bharath Kumar, Shashank Gupta, Parnit Sainion, Narinder Paul, Deepen Desai
  • Patent number: 11669779
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving a content item between a user device and a location on the Internet or an enterprise network; utilizing a trained machine learning ensemble model to determine whether the content item is malicious; responsive to the trained machine learning ensemble model determining the content item is malicious or determining the content item is benign but such determining is in a blind spot of the trained ensemble model, performing further processing on the content item; and, responsive to the trained machine learning ensemble model determining the content item is benign with such determination not in a blind spot of the trained machine learning ensemble model, allowing the content item. A blind spot is a location where the trained machine learning ensemble model has not seen any examples with a combination of features at the location or has examples with conflicting labels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Zscaler, Inc.
    Inventors: Dianhuan Lin, Rex Shang, Changsha Ma, Kevin Guo, Howie Xu
  • Publication number: 20230018188
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving a trained machine learning model that has been processed with training information removed therefrom, wherein the training information is utilized in training of the trained machine learning model; monitoring traffic, inline at the node, including processing the traffic with the trained machine learning model; obtaining a verdict on the traffic based on the trained machine learning model; and performing an action on the traffic based on the verdict.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Rex Shang, Dianhuan Lin, Changsha Ma, Douglas A. Koch, Shashank Gupta, Parnit Sainion, Visvanathan Thothathri, Narinder Paul, Howie Xu
  • Patent number: 11475368
    Abstract: Systems and methods include training a machine learning model with data for identifying features in monitored traffic in a network; analyzing the trained machine learning model to identify information overhead therein, wherein the information overhead is utilized in part for the training; removing the information overhead in the machine learning model; and providing the machine learning model for runtime use for identifying the features in the monitored traffic, with the removed information overhead from the machine learning model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Zscaler, Inc.
    Inventors: Rex Shang, Dianhuan Lin, Changsha Ma, Douglas A. Koch, Shashank Gupta, Parnit Sainion, Visvanathan Thothathri, Narinder Paul, Howie Xu
  • Publication number: 20220083659
    Abstract: Systems and methods include determining a plurality of features associated with executable files, wherein the plurality of features are each based on static properties in predefined structure of the executable files; obtaining training data that includes samples of benign executable files and malicious executable files; extracting the plurality of features from the training data; and utilizing the extracted plurality of features to train a machine learning model to detect malicious executable files.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Nirmal Singh, Naveen Selvan, Tarun Dewan, Uday Pratap Singh, Deepen Desai, Bharath Meesala, Rakshitha Hedge, Parnit Sainion, Shashank Gupta, Narinder Paul, Rex Shang, Howie Xu
  • Publication number: 20220083661
    Abstract: Systems and methods include, based on monitoring of content including Office documents, determining distribution of malicious Office documents between documents having malicious macros and documents having malicious embedded objects; determining features for the documents having malicious macros and for the documents having malicious embedded objects; selecting training data for a machine learning model based on the distribution and the features; and training the machine learning model with the selected training data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Nirmal Singh, Naveen Selvan, Tarun Dewan, Uday Pratap Singh, Deepen Desai, Bharath Meesala, Rakshitha Hedge, Parnit Sainion, Shashank Gupta, Narinder Paul, Rex Shang, Howie Xu
  • Publication number: 20210392146
    Abstract: Systems and methods include utilizing a grouping model to identify a function of a user of a tenant; utilizing one or more behavior models to identify normal behavior and abnormal behavior of the user based on the function; and utilizing an orchestration model with a plurality of rules to score one or more of current and historical behavior of the user, based on the one or more behavior models; and utilizing an active learning model to improve the efficiency of the orchestration model The systems and methods can further include causing a security technique based on the score. The systems and methods can further include providing feedback based on the score to the one or more behavior models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Dianhuan Lin, Changsha Ma, Xuan Qi, Rex Shang, Douglas A. Koch, Birender Singh, Howie Xu
  • Publication number: 20210392147
    Abstract: Systems and methods include obtaining file identifiers associated with files in production data; obtaining lab data from one or more public repositories of malware samples based on the file identifiers for the production data; and utilizing the lab data for training a machine learning process for classifying malware in the production data. The obtaining file identifiers can be based on monitoring of users associated with the files, and only the file identifiers are maintained based on the monitoring. The lab data can include samples from the one or more public repositories matching the corresponding file identifiers for the production data. The lab data can include samples from the one or more public repositories that have features closely related to features of the production data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Dianhuan Lin, Rex Shang, Douglas A. Koch, Dong Guo, Howie Xu
  • Publication number: 20210377304
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving a domain for a determination of a likelihood the domain is a command and control site; analyzing the domain with an ensemble of a plurality of trained machine learning models including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) model that analyzes lexical features of a hostname of the domain and an artifact model that analyzes content features of a webpage associated with the domain; and combining results of the ensemble to predict the likelihood the domain is a command and control site.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Loc Bui, Dianhuan Lin, Rex Shang, Bryan Lee, Shudong Zhou, Howie Xu, Naveen Selvan, Nirmal Singh, Deepen Desai, Parnit Sainion, Narinder Paul
  • Publication number: 20210377303
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving a domain for a determination of a likelihood the domain is malicious or benign; obtaining data associated with the domain including log data from a cloud-based system that performs monitoring of a plurality of users; analyzing the domain with a plurality of components to assess the likelihood, wherein at least one of the plurality of components is a trained machine learning model; and combining results of the plurality of components to predict the likelihood the domain is malicious or benign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Loc Bui, Dianhuan Lin, Changsha Ma, Rex Shang, Howie Xu, Bryan Lee, Martin Walter, Deepen Desai, Nirmal Singh, Narinder Paul, Shashank Gupta
  • Publication number: 20210049413
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving content for classification; classifying the content as one of benign and malicious utilizing a model that has been trained with a training set of data including benign data and malicious data; determining a first pattern associated with the content; comparing the first pattern with a second pattern that is associated with one of the benign data and the malicious data; and determining an uncertainty of the classifying based on a distance between the first pattern and the second pattern. The systems and methods can include discarding the classification if the distance is greater than a configurable threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Dianhuan Lin, Rex Shang, Kevin Guo, Howie Xu
  • Publication number: 20210004726
    Abstract: Systems and methods include training a machine learning model with data for identifying features in monitored traffic in a network; analyzing the trained machine learning model to identify information overhead therein, wherein the information overhead is utilized in part for the training; removing the information overhead in the machine learning model; and providing the machine learning model for runtime use for identifying the features in the monitored traffic, with the removed information overhead from the machine learning model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Rex Shang, Dianhuan Lin, Changsha Ma, Douglas A. Koch, Shashank Gupta, Parnit Sainion, Visvanathan Thothathri, Narinder Paul, Howie Xu
  • Publication number: 20200320438
    Abstract: Systems and methods include receiving a content item between a user device and a location on the Internet or an enterprise network; utilizing a trained machine learning ensemble model to determine whether the content item is malicious; responsive to the trained machine learning ensemble model determining the content item is malicious or determining the content item is benign but such determining is in a blind spot of the trained ensemble model, performing further processing on the content item; and, responsive to the trained machine learning ensemble model determining the content item is benign with such determination not in a blind spot of the trained machine learning ensemble model, allowing the content item. A blind spot is a location where the trained machine learning ensemble model has not seen any examples with a combination of features at the location or has examples with conflicting labels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Dianhuan Lin, Rex Shang, Changsha Ma, Kevin Guo, Howie Xu
  • Publication number: 20200320192
    Abstract: Systems and methods include obtaining a file associated with a user for processing; utilizing a combination of policy for the user and machine learning to determine whether to i) quarantine the file and scan the file in a sandbox, ii) allow the file to the user and scan the file in the sandbox, and iii) allow the file to the user without the scan; responsive to the quarantine of the file and the sandbox determining the file is malicious, blocking the file; and, responsive to the quarantine of the file and the sandbox determining the file is benign, allowing the file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Changsha Ma, Rex Shang, Douglas A. Koch, Dianhuan Lin, Howie Xu, Bharath Kumar, Shashank Gupta, Parnit Sainion, Narinder Paul, Deepen Desai
  • Publication number: 20190079965
    Abstract: An apparatus has a processor and random access memory connected to the processor. The random access memory stores instructions executed by the processor to capture database transaction data from a database transaction log. Transaction log aggregated information that augments the database transaction data into a format that does not exist in the database transaction log is formed. The format includes a new transaction log parameter added to an existing transaction log parameter. An anomaly report is issued in response to a discrepancy between the transaction log aggregated information and a model of normative database transaction log activity. The transaction log aggregated information is written to persistent memory after the issue of the anomaly report.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Alok PAREEK, Rajkumar SEN, Bhushan KHALADKAR, Ali KUTAY, Changsha MA