Patents by Inventor John Joseph Lambert

John Joseph Lambert 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: 10505954
    Abstract: Graph-based detection systems and techniques are provided to identify potential malicious lateral movement paths. System and security events may be used to generate a network connection graph and detect remote file executions and/or other detections, for use in tracking malicious lateral movement across a computer network, such as a compromised computer network. Lateral movement determination across a computer network may be divided into two subproblems: forensic analysis and general detection. With forensic analysis, given a malicious node, possible lateral movement leading into or out of the node is identified. General detection identifies previously unknown malicious lateral movement on a network using a remote file execution detector, and/or other detectors, and a rare path anomaly detection algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Wilson Stokes, III, Robert James Mead, Tim William Burrell, Ian Hellen, John Joseph Lambert, Weidong Cui, Andrey Marochko, Qingyun Liu
  • Publication number: 20180367548
    Abstract: Graph-based detection systems and techniques are provided to identify potential malicious lateral movement paths. System and security events may be used to generate a network connection graph and detect remote file executions and/or other detections, for use in tracking malicious lateral movement across a computer network, such as a compromised computer network. Lateral movement determination across a computer network may be divided into two subproblems: forensic analysis and general detection. With forensic analysis, given a malicious node, possible lateral movement leading into or out of the node is identified. General detection identifies previously unknown malicious lateral movement on a network using a remote file execution detector, and/or other detectors, and a rare path anomaly detection algorithm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Jack Wilson STOKES, III, Robert James MEAD, Tim William BURRELL, Ian HELLEN, John Joseph LAMBERT, Weidong CUI, Andrey MAROCHKO, Qingyun LIU
  • Patent number: 9871811
    Abstract: Most machines in an organization's computer network connect to the Internet and create web traffic logs which allow analysis of HTTP traffic in a simple, centralized way. The web traffic logs may contain error reports and error reports contain significant information that can be used to detect network security. By reviewing the error reports, significant information about a network and its security can be found as common sources of network security weakness may be watched for in the error reports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: John Joseph Lambert, Matthew Bucher, Darren Canavor, Matthew Ryan Miller
  • Patent number: 8413246
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for evaluating shellcode findings. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, shellcode findings can be evaluated to determine if the shellcode findings are legitimate, or if the shellcode findings are false positive shellcode findings. Legitimate shellcode findings can be determined based not simply upon patterns associated with the suspected shellcode itself, but also based upon a pattern of bit-level entropy in the memory around the suspected shellcode. Mathematical models of the memory can be generated and analyzed to determine if the shellcode finding is legitimate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jinwook Shin, John Joseph Lambert, Joshua Lackey
  • Publication number: 20110314544
    Abstract: Concepts and technologies are described herein for evaluating shellcode findings. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, shellcode findings can be evaluated to determine if the shellcode findings are legitimate, or if the shellcode findings are false positive shellcode findings. Legitimate shellcode findings can be determined based not simply upon patterns associated with the suspected shellcode itself, but also based upon a pattern of bit-level entropy in the memory around the suspected shellcode. Mathematical models of the memory can be generated and analyzed to determine if the shellcode finding is legitimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Jinwook Shin, John Joseph Lambert, Joshua Lackey
  • Publication number: 20110191848
    Abstract: A method disclosed herein includes acts of receiving code at a Just-in-Time compiler executing in an application on a computing device and compiling the code to generate machine code and causing the machine code to be placed on at least one page that is accessible by at least one processor on the computing device, wherein the Just-in-Time compiler compiles the code utilizing at least one technique for preventing a Just-in-Time spraying attack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Benjamin Goth Zorn, Benjamin Livshits, Reid Borsuk, John Joseph Lambert, Matthew Ryan Miller, Louis Lafreniere, Peter Stuart Beck, Joshua Theodore Goodman, Timothy William Burrell, Steven Edward Lucco
  • Publication number: 20100306847
    Abstract: Most machines in an organization's computer network connect to the Internet and create web traffic logs which allow analysis of HTTP traffic in a simple, centralized way. The web traffic logs may contain error reports and error reports contain significant information that can be used to detect network security. By reviewing the error reports, significant information about a network and its security can be found as common sources of network security weakness may be watched for in the error reports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Joseph Lambert, Matthew Bucher, Darren Canavor, Matthew Ryan Miller