Patents by Inventor John D. Teddy

John D. Teddy 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: 11270015
    Abstract: A request is received from a security tool, the request relating to an event involving data records in a storage device. An application programming interface (API) is used to interface with secure storage functionality of the storage device, the secure storage functionality enabling a set of secure storage operations. A security operation is caused to be performed at the storage device involving the data records based at least in part on the request. In one aspect, the set of secure storage operations can include a direct read operation, a direct write operation, a copy-on-write operation, and a save-attempted-write operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Atul Kabra, Michael Hughes, John D. Teddy
  • Patent number: 11063974
    Abstract: A collection of techniques is disclosed to allow for the detection of malware that leverages pattern recognition and machine learning to effectively provide “content-less” malware detection, i.e., detecting a process as being an ‘anomaly’ not based on its particular content, but instead based on comparisons of its behavior to known (and characterized) ‘trusted’ application behaviors, i.e., the trusted applications' “phenotypes” and/or the phenotypes of known malware applications. By analyzing the patterns of normal behavior performed by trusted applications as well as malware applications, one can build a set of sophisticated, content-agnostic behavioral models (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Cedric Cochin, John D. Teddy, Ofir Arkin, James Bean, Joel R. Spurlock, Carl Woodward
  • Patent number: 10834124
    Abstract: An opportunity to assist with remediation of a file at a remote particular host device is identified. One or more remediation techniques are identified that can be applied to assist with remediation of the file at the particular host device. In one aspect, one or more remediation scripts are identified from a plurality of remediation scripts for remediation of the file and provided to the particular host device for execution on the particular host device. In another aspect, a remediation tool is identified and launched on a computing device remote from the particular host device with operations of the remediation tool applied to resources of the particular host device. In another aspect, at least a portion of the remediation techniques are remotely initiated to be performed locally at the particular host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: John D. Teddy, James Douglas Bean, Gregory William Dalcher, Jeff Hetzler
  • Publication number: 20200067960
    Abstract: A collection of techniques is disclosed to allow for the detection of malware that leverages pattern recognition and machine learning to effectively provide “content-less” malware detection, i.e., detecting a process as being an ‘anomaly’ not based on its particular content, but instead based on comparisons of its behavior to known (and characterized) ‘trusted’ application behaviors, i.e., the trusted applications' “phenotypes” and/or the phenotypes of known malware applications. By analyzing the patterns of normal behavior performed by trusted applications as well as malware applications, one can build a set of sophisticated, content-agnostic behavioral models (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Cedric Cochin, John D. Teddy, Ofir Arkin, James Bean, Joel R. Spurlock, Carl Woodward
  • Patent number: 10476899
    Abstract: A collection of techniques is disclosed to allow for the detection of malware that leverages pattern recognition and machine learning to effectively provide “content-less” malware detection, i.e., detecting a process as being an ‘anomaly’ not based on its particular content, but instead based on comparisons of its behavior to known (and characterized) ‘trusted’ application behaviors, i.e., the trusted applications' “phenotypes” and/or the phenotypes of known malware applications. By analyzing the patterns of normal behavior performed by trusted applications as well as malware applications, one can build a set of sophisticated, content-agnostic behavioral models (i.e.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Cedric Cochin, John D. Teddy, Ofir Arkin, James Bean, Joel R. Spurlock, Carl Woodward
  • Publication number: 20190332794
    Abstract: A request is received from a security tool, the request relating to an event involving data records in a storage device. An application programming interface (API) is used to interface with secure storage functionality of the storage device, the secure storage functionality enabling a set of secure storage operations. A security operation is caused to be performed at the storage device involving the data records based at least in part on the request. In one aspect, the set of secure storage operations can include a direct read operation, a direct write operation, a copy-on-write operation, and a save-attempted-write operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Atul Kabra, Michael Hughes, John D. Teddy
  • Publication number: 20190166136
    Abstract: An opportunity to assist with remediation of a file at a remote particular host device is identified. One or more remediation techniques are identified that can be applied to assist with remediation of the file at the particular host device. In one aspect, one or more remediation scripts are identified from a plurality of remediation scripts for remediation of the file and provided to the particular host device for execution on the particular host device. In another aspect, a remediation tool is identified and launched on a computing device remote from the particular host device with operations of the remediation tool applied to resources of the particular host device. In another aspect, at least a portion of the remediation techniques are remotely initiated to be performed locally at the particular host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: John D. Teddy, James Douglas Bean, Gregory William Dalcher, Jeff Hetzler
  • Patent number: 10205744
    Abstract: An opportunity to assist with remediation of a file at a remote particular host device is identified. One or more remediation techniques are identified that can be applied to assist with remediation of the file at the particular host device. In one aspect, one or more remediation scripts are identified from a plurality of remediation scripts for remediation of the file and provided to the particular host device for execution on the particular host device. In another aspect, a remediation tool is identified and launched on a computing device remote from the particular host device with operations of the remediation tool applied to resources of the particular host device. In another aspect, at least a portion of the remediation techniques are remotely initiated to be performed locally at the particular host device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: John D. Teddy, James Douglas Bean, Gregory William Dalcher, Jeff Hetzler
  • Patent number: 10083295
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to acquire a plurality of reputations related to an object and combine the plurality of reputations to create a total reputation for the object. The object can include a plurality of sub-objects and each of the plurality of reputations can correspond to one of the sub-objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Joel R. Spurlock, John D. Teddy
  • Patent number: 10043003
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to acquire a plurality of reputations related to an object and combine the plurality of reputations to create a total reputation for the object. The object can include a plurality of sub-objects and each of the plurality of reputations can correspond to one of the sub-objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Joel R. Spurlock, John D. Teddy
  • Publication number: 20180083983
    Abstract: An opportunity to assist with remediation of a file at a remote particular host device is identified. One or more remediation techniques are identified that can be applied to assist with remediation of the file at the particular host device. In one aspect, one or more remediation scripts are identified from a plurality of remediation scripts for remediation of the file and provided to the particular host device for execution on the particular host device. In another aspect, a remediation tool is identified and launched on a computing device remote from the particular host device with operations of the remediation tool applied to resources of the particular host device. In another aspect, at least a portion of the remediation techniques are remotely initiated to be performed locally at the particular host device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2017
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: John D. Teddy, James Douglas Bean, Gregory William Dalcher, Jeff Hetzler
  • Patent number: 9769186
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to monitor network traffic to and from a device, compare the monitored network traffic to characteristics of the device to determine if the monitored traffic is outside the characteristics of the device, and take remedial action if the monitored traffic is outside the characteristics of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Teddy, Ramnath Venugopalan, Cedric Cochin, Joel R. Spurlock
  • Patent number: 9723006
    Abstract: There is disclosed in an example a computing apparatus, including: a process deprivilging engine operable for: recognizing that a process has an undetermined reputation; intercepting a first access request directed to a first resource; determining that the first resource is not owned by the process; and at least partially blocking access to the first resource. There is further disclosed a method of providing the process deprivileging engine, and one or more computer-readable mediums having stored thereon executable instructions for providing the process deprivileging engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Zhang, John D. Teddy, Craig D. Schmugar, Erdem Aktas, Clint R. Merrill, Kunal Mehta
  • Publication number: 20170093897
    Abstract: A collection of techniques is disclosed to allow for the detection of malware that leverages pattern recognition and machine learning to effectively provide “content-less” malware detection, i.e., detecting a process as being an ‘anomaly’ not based on its particular content, but instead based on comparisons of its behavior to known (and characterized) ‘trusted’ application behaviors, i.e., the trusted applications' “phenotypes” and/or the phenotypes of known malware applications. By analyzing the patterns of normal behavior performed by trusted applications as well as malware applications, one can build a set of sophisticated, content-agnostic behavioral models (i.e.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Cedric Cochin, John D. Teddy, Ofir Arkin, James Bean, Joel R. Spurlock, Carl Woodward
  • Publication number: 20170061164
    Abstract: In an example, there is disclosed a system and method for a two-device scrambled display. A first device displays content in a scrambled form. A second device acts as an interpreter, including an input driver for receiving a scrambled input; an output driver for displaying an organically perceptible output; and one or more logic elements comprising a unscrambling engine operable for: receiving an input on the input driver; detecting that at least a portion of the input is scrambled; unscrambling the scrambled portion of the input; and outputting an unscrambled analog of the scrambled input via the output driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig D. Schmugar, Clint R. Merrill, Erdem Aktas, James Bean, Cedric Cochin, John D. Teddy
  • Publication number: 20160381024
    Abstract: There is disclosed in an example a computing apparatus, including: a process deprivilging engine operable for: recognizing that a process has an undetermined reputation; intercepting a first access request directed to a first resource;determining that the first resource is not owned by the process; and at least partially blocking access to the first resource. There is further disclosed a method of providing the process deprivileging engine, and one or more computer-readable mediums having stored thereon executable instructions for providing the process deprivileging engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Zheng Zhang, John D. Teddy, Craig D. Schmugar, Erdem Aktas, Clint R. Merrill, Kunal Mehta
  • Publication number: 20160180084
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to acquire a plurality of reputations related to an object and combine the plurality of reputations to create a total reputation for the object. The object can include a plurality of sub-objects and each of the plurality of reputations can correspond to one of the sub-objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Joel R. Spurlock, John D. Teddy
  • Publication number: 20160182538
    Abstract: Particular embodiments described herein provide for an electronic device that can be configured to monitor network traffic to and from a device, compare the monitored network traffic to characteristics of the device to determine if the monitored traffic is outside the characteristics of the device, and take remedial action if the monitored traffic is outside the characteristics of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: John D. Teddy, Ramnath Venugopalan, Cedric Cochin, Joel R. Spurlock
  • Patent number: 9311126
    Abstract: A method is provided in one example embodiment that includes rebasing a module in a virtual partition to load at a fixed address and storing a hash of a page of memory associated with the fixed address. An external handler may receive a notification associated with an event affecting the page. An internal agent within the virtual partition can execute a task and return results based on the task to the external handler, and a policy action may be taken based on the results returned by the internal agent. In some embodiments, a code portion and a data portion of the page can be identified and only a hash of the code portion is stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Edwards, Gregory W. Dalcher, John D. Teddy
  • Patent number: 9311480
    Abstract: An antimalware support system is provided to support one or more host-based antimalware clients. A query is received from a particular host device that identifies a file detected by an antimalware tool local to the particular host device. Reputation data is determined for the file, and a response to the query is sent to the particular host device. The query response includes the reputation data determined for the file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: John D. Teddy, James Douglas Bean, Gregory William Dalcher, Jeff Hetzler, Andrew Arlin Woodruff