Patents by Inventor Gregory Michael Heitzmann

Gregory Michael Heitzmann 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).

  • Mitigation of ransomware
    Patent number: 11941119
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to allow for the mitigation of ransomware. For example, the system can determine that an application begins to execute, determine that the application attempts to modify a file, determine a file type for the file, and create a security event if the application is not authorized to modify the file type. In another example, the system determines an entropy value between the file and the attempted modification of the file, and create a security event if the entropy value satisfies a threshold or determine a system entropy value that includes a rate at which other files on the system are being modified by the application, and create a security event if the system entropy value satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Craig D. Schmugar, Cedric Cochin, Andrew Furtak, Adam James Carrivick, Yury Bulygin, John J. Loucaides, Oleksander Bazhaniuk, Christiaan Beek, Carl D. Woodward, Ronald Gallella, Gregory Michael Heitzmann, Joel R. Spurlock
  • MITIGATION OF RANSOMWARE
    Publication number: 20210019411
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to allow for the mitigation of ransomware. For example, the system can determine that an application begins to execute, determine that the application attempts to modify a file, determine a file type for the file, and create a security event if the application is not authorized to modify the file type. In another example, the system determines an entropy value between the file and the attempted modification of the file, and create a security event if the entropy value satisfies a threshold or determine a system entropy value that includes a rate at which other files on the system are being modified by the application, and create a security event if the system entropy value satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Craig D. Schmugar, Cedric Cochin, Andrew Furtak, Adam James Carrivick, Yury Bulygin, John J. Loucaides, Oleksander Bazhaniuk, Christiaan Beek, Carl D. Woodward, Ronald Gallella, Gregory Michael Heitzmann, Joel R. Spurlock
  • Mitigation of ransomware
    Patent number: 10831893
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to allow for the mitigation of ransomware. For example, the system can determine that an application begins to execute, determine that the application attempts to modify a file, determine a file type for the file, and create a security event if the application is not authorized to modify the file type. In another example, the system determines an entropy value between the file and the attempted modification of the file, and create a security event if the entropy value satisfies a threshold or determine a system entropy value that includes a rate at which other files on the system are being modified by the application, and create a security event if the system entropy value satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Craig D. Schmugar, Cedric Cochin, Andrew Furtak, Adam James Carrivick, Yury Bulygin, John J. Loucaides, Oleksander Bazhaniuk, Christiaan Beek, Carl D. Woodward, Ronald Gallella, Gregory Michael Heitzmann, Joel R. Spurlock
  • MITIGATION OF RANSOMWARE
    Publication number: 20180018458
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to allow for the mitigation of ransomware. For example, the system can determine that an application begins to execute, determine that the application attempts to modify a file, determine a file type for the file, and create a security event if the application is not authorized to modify the file type. In another example, the system determines an entropy value between the file and the attempted modification of the file, and create a security event if the entropy value satisfies a threshold or determine a system entropy value that includes a rate at which other files on the system are being modified by the application, and create a security event if the system entropy value satisfies a threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig D. Schmugar, Cedric Cochin, Andrew Furtak, Adam James Carrivick, Yury Bulygin, John J. Loucaides, Oleksander Bazhaniuk, Christiaan Beek, Carl D. Woodward, Ronald Gallella, Gregory Michael Heitzmann, Joel R. Spurlock