Patents by Inventor Joseph Aboukhalil

Joseph Aboukhalil 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: 12657299
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to provide ransomware detection using variable levels of encryption. In one implementation, a computing device identifies a set of files, wherein the set of files each comprise a label indicative of whether the file is representative of a safe file or a file attacked by ransomware, and wherein the set of files comprises unencrypted files, partially encrypted files, and fully encrypted file. The computing device further identifies features associated with the set of files and generates a machine learning model that outputs a determination of whether a new file has been attacked based at least on the features in relation to whether a file in the set of files was labeled as attacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: NetApp, Inc.
    Inventors: Muneem Shahriar, Mesfin Dema, Arunkumar Gururajan, Kiran Doreswamy, Joseph Aboukhalil, Gagan Gulati, Gaurav Makkar
  • Publication number: 20250133108
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to implement multi-level ransomware detection via file processing. In one example, a computing device conducts a first level of ransomware detection on a file, wherein the first level of ransomware detection comprises identifying features of the file that include a measure of randomness in the file. The computing device further inputs the features to a machine learning model that outputs a determination of whether the file has been attacked. The computing device further determines whether to conduct a second level of ransomware detection based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Mesfin Dema, Muneem Shahriar, Arunkumar Gururajan, Kiran Doreswamy, Joseph Aboukhalil, Gagan Gulati, Gaurav Makkar
  • Publication number: 20250131091
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to implement cloud ransomware detection. In one example, a computing device receives features of a file from a second computing device remote from the cloud environment, the features comprising at least a measure of randomness for the file and an identifier for a user associated with a modification to the file. The computing device further user information associated with a user of the modified the file and applies a machine learning model to determine whether the file was attacked based on the features and the user information. The computing device also communicates a notification to the second computing device indicating whether the file was attacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Muneem Shahriar, Mesfin Dema, Arunkumar Gururajan, Kiran Doreswamy, Joseph Aboukhalil, Gagan Gulati, Gaurav Makkar
  • Publication number: 20250131090
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to implement ransomware detection by varying chunk size in files. In one example, a computing device extracts a first set of chunks from a file, the first set of chunks each representing a first sized portion of the file. The computing device further first features in association with the first set of chunks, the first features comprising a measure of randomness associated with the first set of chunks. The computing device also inputs the first features to a machine learning model that outputs a determination of whether the file has been attacked and determines whether to reduce the first sized portion based on the determination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Muneem Shahriar, Mesfin Dema, Arunkumar Gururajan, Kiran Doreswamy, Joseph Aboukhalil, Gagan Gulati, Gaurav Makkar
  • Publication number: 20250131088
    Abstract: Described herein are systems, methods, and software to provide ransomware detection using variable levels of encryption. In one implementation, a computing device identifies a set of files, wherein the set of files each comprise a label indicative of whether the file is representative of a safe file or a file attacked by ransomware, and wherein the set of files comprises unencrypted files, partially encrypted files, and fully encrypted file. The computing device further identifies features associated with the set of files and generates a machine learning model that outputs a determination of whether a new file has been attacked based at least on the features in relation to whether a file in the set of files was labeled as attacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Muneem Shahriar, Mesfin Dema, Arunkumar Gururajan, Kiran Doreswamy, Joseph Aboukhalil, Gagan Gulati, Gaurav Makkar
  • Patent number: 6442378
    Abstract: A power level determination device provides an output voltage usable as a specific reference power level corresponding to each RF input power level. The device includes a peak detector, which detects a pulse-type signal at its input and provides a non-pulse-type signal at its output. N comparators are provided, where N is an integer. Each of the N comparators has an output, a first input coupled to the output of the peak detector, and a second input coupled to a respectively different threshold voltage. The first one of the N comparators has a maximum threshold voltage. The threshold voltages decrease monotonically from No. 1 to No. N. N exclusive-OR components are provided. A first one of the N exclusive-OR components is coupled to ground and to the output of a first one of the N comparators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp
    Inventors: Joseph Aboukhalil, Boris Aleiner, Boris Bark