Patents by Inventor Farshad Rostamabadi

Farshad Rostamabadi 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).

  • Patent number: 10972493
    Abstract: Techniques for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract features associated with malware; clustering the plurality of samples based on the extracted features; and performing an action based on the clustering output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, William Redington Hewlett, II, Farshad Rostamabadi
  • Publication number: 20200162494
    Abstract: Techniques for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract features associated with malware; clustering the plurality of samples based on the extracted features; and performing an action based on the clustering output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, William Redington Hewlett, II, Farshad Rostamabadi
  • Patent number: 10581892
    Abstract: Techniques for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract features associated with malware; clustering the plurality of samples based on the extracted features; and performing an action based on the clustering output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, William Redington Hewlett, II, Farshad Rostamabadi
  • Patent number: 10554736
    Abstract: Techniques for categorizing mobile uniform resource locators (URLs) that are used by mobile applications are disclosed. A URL is extracted from a mobile application. A category for the URL is determined based on a categorization of the mobile application. The URL and its determined category are then generated as output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Seokkyung Chung, Farshad Rostamabadi, William Redington Hewlett, II, Zhi Xu, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Lin Xu, Lee Klarich
  • Patent number: 10530789
    Abstract: Techniques for alerting and tagging using a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for alerting and tagging using a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract artifacts associated with the log files; determining whether a tag matches any of the plurality of samples based on the artifacts; and performing an action based on whether the tag matches any of the plurality of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Rostamabadi, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, Bilal Malik
  • Patent number: 10484404
    Abstract: Techniques for alerting and tagging using a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for alerting and tagging using a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract artifacts associated with the log files; determining whether a tag matches any of the plurality of samples based on the artifacts; and performing an action based on whether the tag matches any of the plurality of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Rostamabadi, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, Bilal Malik
  • Publication number: 20190268357
    Abstract: Techniques for alerting and tagging using a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for alerting and tagging using a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract artifacts associated with the log files; determining whether a tag matches any of the plurality of samples based on the artifacts; and performing an action based on whether the tag matches any of the plurality of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Farshad Rostamabadi, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, Bilal Malik
  • Patent number: 10333948
    Abstract: Techniques for alerting and tagging using a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for alerting and tagging using a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract artifacts associated with the log files; determining whether a tag matches any of the plurality of samples based on the artifacts; and performing an action based on whether the tag matches any of the plurality of samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Rostamabadi, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, Bilal Malik
  • Publication number: 20190158525
    Abstract: Techniques for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract features associated with malware; clustering the plurality of samples based on the extracted features; and performing an action based on the clustering output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, William Redington Hewlett, II, Farshad Rostamabadi
  • Patent number: 10230749
    Abstract: Techniques for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for automatically grouping malware based on artifacts includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract features associated with malware; clustering the plurality of samples based on the extracted features; and performing an action based on the clustering output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, William Redington Hewlett, II, Farshad Rostamabadi
  • Patent number: 10200390
    Abstract: Techniques for automatically determining whether malware samples are similar are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for automatically determining whether malware samples are similar includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; comparing the log files based on the automated malware analysis; determining whether any of the plurality of samples are similar based on the comparison of the log files based on the automated malware analysis; and performing an action based on determining that at least two samples are similar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, Farshad Rostamabadi
  • Patent number: 10200389
    Abstract: Techniques for a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to determine artifacts associated with malware; and performing an action based on an artifact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Rostamabadi, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan
  • Publication number: 20190014169
    Abstract: Techniques for categorizing mobile uniform resource locators (URLs) that are used by mobile applications are disclosed. A URL is extracted from a mobile application. A category for the URL is determined based on a categorization of the mobile application. The URL and its determined category are then generated as output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventors: Seokkyung Chung, Farshad Rostamabadi, William Redington Hewlett, II, Zhi Xu, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Lin Xu, Lee Klarich
  • Patent number: 10079876
    Abstract: Categorizing mobile uniform resource locators (URLs) used by a mobile application is disclosed. A plurality of URLs is extracted from the mobile application. A category is assigned to at least one URL included in the plurality of URLs. The category is assigned to the URL based on a categorization of the mobile application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Seokkyung Chung, Farshad Rostamabadi, William Hewlett, Zhi Xu, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Lin Xu, Lee Klarich
  • Patent number: 10003574
    Abstract: A first unclassified uniform resource locator (URL) is received. An originally primary bloom filter is initialized. A second bloom filter is initialized. In response to receiving a “no match” result from querying the primary bloom filter for the received first unclassified URL, insert operations are performed on both the originally primary bloom filter and the secondary bloom filter. At a time subsequent to inserting the first unclassified URL into both the originally primary and secondary bloom filters, a determination is made that a false positive rate associated with the originally primary bloom filter exceeds a threshold. In response to the determination, the secondary bloom filter is designated as a replacement primary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Rostamabadi, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh
  • Publication number: 20170251003
    Abstract: Techniques for automatically determining whether malware samples are similar are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for automatically determining whether malware samples are similar includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; comparing the log files based on the automated malware analysis; determining whether any of the plurality of samples are similar based on the comparison of the log files based on the automated malware analysis; and performing an action based on determining that at least two samples are similar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, Farshad Rostamabadi
  • Publication number: 20170250997
    Abstract: Techniques for alerting and tagging using a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for alerting and tagging using a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to extract artifacts associated with the log files; determining whether a tag matches any of the plurality of samples based on the artifacts; and performing an action based on whether the tag matches any of the plurality of samples.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Farshad Rostamabadi, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan, Bilal Malik
  • Publication number: 20170251002
    Abstract: Techniques for a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system, process, and/or computer program product for a malware analysis platform for threat intelligence made actionable includes receiving a plurality of samples for performing automated malware analysis to generate log files based on the automated malware analysis; processing the log files to determine artifacts associated with malware; and performing an action based on an artifact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Farshad Rostamabadi, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh, Sudarshan Vasudevan
  • Patent number: 9634992
    Abstract: A first unclassified uniform resource locator (URL) is received. An originally primary bloom filter is initialized. A second bloom filter is initialized. In response to receiving a “no match” result from querying the primary bloom filter for the received first unclassified URL, insert operations are performed on both the originally primary bloom filter and the secondary bloom filter. At a time subsequent to inserting the first unclassified URL into both the originally primary and secondary bloom filters, a determination is made that a false positive rate associated with the originally primary bloom filter exceeds a threshold. In response to the determination, the secondary bloom filter is designated as a replacement primary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Farshad Rostamabadi, Shadi Rostami-Hesarsorkh