Patents by Inventor Michael Edward Weber

Michael Edward Weber 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).

  • Publication number: 20240048579
    Abstract: The technology presented herein enables the use of a clustering algorithm to identify additional malicious domains based on known malicious domains. A domain identifier system identifies a first plurality of domain names associated with a malicious domain campaign and seeding a first clustering algorithm with the first plurality of domain names. After seeding the first clustering algorithm, the domain identifier system uses the first clustering algorithm to process passive domain name system (DNS) records to identify and group a second plurality of domain names associated with the malicious domain campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Michael Edward Weber, Jun Wang, Yuchen Zhou, Wei Xu
  • Patent number: 11818151
    Abstract: The technology presented herein enables the use of a clustering algorithm to identify additional malicious domains based on known malicious domains. A domain identifier system identifies a first plurality of domain names associated with a malicious domain campaign and seeding a first clustering algorithm with the first plurality of domain names. After seeding the first clustering algorithm, the domain identifier system uses the first clustering algorithm to process passive domain name system (DNS) records to identify and group a second plurality of domain names associated with the malicious domain campaign.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Edward Weber, Jun Wang, Yuchen Zhou, Wei Xu
  • Publication number: 20190238576
    Abstract: The technology presented herein enables the use of a clustering algorithm to identify additional malicious domains based on known malicious domains. In a particular embodiment, a method provides identifying a first plurality of domain names associated with a malicious domain campaign and seeding a first clustering algorithm with the first plurality of domain names. After seeding the first clustering algorithm, the method provides using the first clustering algorithm to process passive domain name system (DNS) records to identify and group a second plurality of domain names associated with the malicious domain campaign.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Edward Weber, Jun Wang, Yuchen Zhou, Wei Xu