Patents by Inventor David Fiala

David Fiala 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).

  • Pre-identifying probable malicious rootkit behavior using behavioral contracts
    Patent number: 9323929
    Abstract: The various aspects provide for a computing device and methods implemented by the device to ensure that an application executing on the device and seeking root access will not cause malicious behavior while after receiving root access. Before giving the application root access, the computing device may identify operations the application intends to execute while having root access, determine whether executing the operations will cause malicious behavior by simulating execution of the operations, and pre-approve those operations after determining that executing those operations will not result in malicious behavior. Further, after giving the application root access, the computing device may only allow the application to perform pre-approved operations by quickly checking the application's pending operations against the pre-approved operations before allowing the application to perform those operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: David Fiala, Mihai Christodorescu, Vinay Sridhara, Rajarshi Gupta, Kassem Fawaz
  • Pre-identifying Probable Malicious Rootkit Behavior Using Behavioral Contracts
    Publication number: 20150150130
    Abstract: The various aspects provide for a computing device and methods implemented by the device to ensure that an application executing on the device and seeking root access will not cause malicious behavior while after receiving root access. Before giving the application root access, the computing device may identify operations the application intends to execute while having root access, determine whether executing the operations will cause malicious behavior by simulating execution of the operations, and pre-approve those operations after determining that executing those operations will not result in malicious behavior. Further, after giving the application root access, the computing device may only allow the application to perform pre-approved operations by quickly checking the application's pending operations against the pre-approved operations before allowing the application to perform those operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Applicant: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: David Fiala, Mihai Christodorescu, Vinay Sridhara, Rajarshi Gupta, Kassem Fawaz