Patents by Inventor Fabian Newman Monrose

Fabian Newman Monrose 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).

  • Methods, systems, and computer readable media for preventing code reuse attacks
    Patent number: 10628589
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for preventing code reuse attacks are disclosed. According to one method, the method includes executing, on a processor, code in a memory page related to an application, wherein the memory page is protected. The method also includes detecting a read request associated with the code. The method further includes after detecting the read request, modifying, without using a hypervisor, at least one memory permission associated with the memory page such that the code is no longer executable after the code is read.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignees: THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, THE RESEARCH FOUNDATION FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
    Inventors: Jan Jakub Werner, Kevin Zachary Snow, Nathan Michael Otterness, Robert John Dallara, Georgios Baltas, Fabian Newman Monrose, Michalis Polychronakis
  • Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting malicious network traffic
    Patent number: 9992217
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting malicious network traffic are disclosed. According to one method, the method includes caching network traffic transmitted between a client and a server, wherein the network traffic includes a uniform resource locator (URL) for accessing at least one file from the server. The method also includes determining whether the at least one file is suspicious. The method further includes in response to determining that the at least one file is suspicious, determining whether the at least one file is malicious by replaying the network traffic using an emulated client and an emulated server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Inventors: Teryl Paul Taylor, Kevin Zachary Snow, Nathan Michael Otterness, Fabian Newman Monrose
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR PREVENTING CODE REUSE ATTACKS
    Publication number: 20170213039
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for preventing code reuse attacks are disclosed. According to one method, the method includes executing, on a processor, code in a memory page related to an application, wherein the memory page is protected. The method also includes detecting a read request associated with the code. The method further includes after detecting the read request, modifying, without using a hypervisor, at least one memory permission associated with the memory page such that the code is no longer executable after the code is read.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Jan Jakub Werner, Kevin Zachary Snow, Nathan Michael Otterness, Robert John Dallara, Georgios Baltas, Fabian Newman Monrose, Michalis Polychronakis
  • METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR DETECTING MALICIOUS NETWORK TRAFFIC
    Publication number: 20170195353
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting malicious network traffic are disclosed. According to one method, the method includes caching network traffic transmitted between a client and a server, wherein the network traffic includes a uniform resource locator (URL) for accessing at least one file from the server. The method also includes determining whether the at least one file is suspicious. The method further includes in response to determining that the at least one file is suspicious, determining whether the at least one file is malicious by replaying the network traffic using an emulated client and an emulated server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Teryl Paul Taylor, Kevin Zachary Snow, Nathan Michael Otterness, Fabian Newman Monrose