Patents by Inventor Christian Elihu Navarrete Discua

Christian Elihu Navarrete Discua 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: 20240039889
    Abstract: Techniques for Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 heuristic detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 heuristic detection includes monitoring HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) network traffic at a firewall; prefiltering the monitored HTTP network traffic at the firewall to select a subset of the HTTP network traffic to forward to a cloud security service; determining whether the subset of the HTTP network traffic is associated with Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 traffic activity based on a plurality of heuristics; and performing an action in response to detecting the Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 traffic activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Yanhui Jia, Christian Elihu Navarrete Discua, Durgesh Madhavrao Sangvikar, Ajaya Neupane, Yu Fu, Shengming Xu
  • Patent number: 11770361
    Abstract: Techniques for Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 heuristic detection are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system/process/computer program product for Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 heuristic detection includes monitoring HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) network traffic at a firewall; prefiltering the monitored HTTP network traffic at the firewall to select a subset of the HTTP network traffic to forward to a cloud security service; determining whether the subset of the HTTP network traffic is associated with Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 traffic activity based on a plurality of heuristics; and performing an action in response to detecting the Cobalt Strike Beacon HTTP C2 traffic activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Yanhui Jia, Christian Elihu Navarrete Discua, Durgesh Madhavrao Sangvikar, Ajaya Neupane, Yu Fu, Shengming Xu