Patents by Inventor Karl A. McCabe

Karl A. McCabe 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: 10129278
    Abstract: Disclosed are various systems, methods, and other embodiments directed to detection of malware in content items. To detect the malware, for example, one or more content items are identified in association with the rendering of a network page in a simulated environment. A plurality of tests are applied to the one or more content items to detect an existence of malware associated with the content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon A. McClintock, Eric J. Martin, Karl A. McCabe, Thibault Candebat, Adam J. Cecchetti, David Erdmann
  • Publication number: 20160261623
    Abstract: Disclosed are various systems, methods, and other embodiments directed to detection of malware in content items. To detect the malware, for example, one or more content items are identified in association with the rendering of a network page in a simulated environment. A plurality of tests are applied to the one or more content items to detect an existence of malware associated with the content items.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Jon A. McClintock, Eric J. Martin, Karl A. McCabe, Thibault Candebat, Adam J. Cecchetti, David Erdmann
  • Patent number: 9348977
    Abstract: Disclosed are various systems, methods, and other embodiments directed to detection of malware in content items. To detect the malware, for example, one or more content items are identified in association with the rendering of a network page in a simulated environment. A plurality of tests are applied to the one or more content items to detect an existence of malware associated with the content items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon A. McClintock, Eric J. Martin, Karl A. McCabe, Thibault Candebat, Adam J. Cecchetti, David Erdmann
  • Patent number: 9021310
    Abstract: A policy-driven automatic network remediation service is described, which resides on the network and is triggered when a network fault is detected. Once triggered, the service automatically connects to network devices in the topological locale of the detected fault and collects diagnostic information from the affected area, running diagnostics which are appropriate to the fault type. The service can validate a set of preconditions prior to taking remedial action. For example, the service can empirically validate that the network topology is actually as expected and that automatic remediation would be safe and would not compromise network availability or redundancy. Diagnostic information can be recorded in a trouble ticket to support post-event auditing. Once the preconditions have been validated, the service can automatically take corrective action based on the type of the fault, such as shutting down an interface on a particular network device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl A. McCabe, Brian White, Brian J. Callan, Robert Kennedy
  • Patent number: 8910284
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for determining a source of malware. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving browsing data from a plurality of client devices, the data being sent by the plurality of client devices, in response to a determination of malware on the plurality of client devices and determining, from the browsing data, a source for the malware. Further, some embodiments include determining whether the source for the malware is associated with a predetermined network site and in response to determining that the source of the malware is associated with a predetermined network site, preventing download of at least a portion of the predetermined network site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Erdmann, Karl A. McCabe, Jon A. McClintock
  • Patent number: 8621613
    Abstract: Disclosed are various systems, methods, and other embodiments directed to detection of malware in content items. To detect the malware, for example, an environment is simulated in a computing device configured to render a network page having a container for content placement. The existence of malware in a content item is detected in the computing device by implementing a rendering of the network page in the environment with the content item inserted in the container to detect an unauthorized action by the content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon A. McClintock, Eric J. Martin, Karl A. McCabe, Thibault Candebat, Adam J. Cecchetti, David Erdmann
  • Patent number: 8595843
    Abstract: Techniques described and suggested herein include systems and methods for identifying potential sources of infections of devices by unauthorized code. In an embodiment, network traffic is logged. A plurality of computing devices that include unauthorized code is identified. The logged traffic is used to identify information sources accessed by the identified affected devices. The identified information sources may be refined. Refinement of the identified information sources may include excluding information sources that have been accessed by uninfected devices. A user interface that allows a user to further refine the identified information sources may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl A. McCabe, Jon A McClintock, David Erdmann
  • Patent number: 8364811
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for determining a source of malware. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving browsing data from a plurality of client devices, the data being sent by the plurality of client devices, in response to a determination of malware on the plurality of client devices and determining, from the browsing data, a source for the malware. Further, some embodiments include determining whether the source for the malware is associated with a predetermined network site and in response to determining that the source of the malware is associated with a predetermined network site, preventing download of at least a portion of the predetermined network site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David Erdmann, Karl A. McCabe, Jon A. McClintock