Patents by Inventor Pedro Silva do Nascimento Neto

Pedro Silva do Nascimento Neto 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).

  • Icon based malware detection
    Patent number: 10885401
    Abstract: In one respect, there is provided a system for training a neural network adapted for classifying one or more scripts. The system may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The memory may include program code that provides operations when executed by the at least one memory. The operations may include: extracting, from an icon associated with a file, one or more features; assigning, based at least on the one or more features, the icon to one of a plurality of clusters; and generating, based at least on the cluster to which the icon is assigned, a classification for the file associated with the icon. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Cylance Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Wolff, Pedro Silva do Nascimento Neto, Xuan Zhao, John Brock, Jian Luan
  • Icon Based Malware Detection
    Publication number: 20190286952
    Abstract: In one respect, there is provided a system for training a neural network adapted for classifying one or more scripts. The system may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The memory may include program code that provides operations when executed by the at least one memory. The operations may include: extracting, from an icon associated with a file, one or more features; assigning, based at least on the one or more features, the icon to one of a plurality of clusters; and generating, based at least on the cluster to which the icon is assigned, a classification for the file associated with the icon. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Matthew Wolff, Pedro Silva do Nascimento Neto, Xuan Zhao, John Brock, Jian Luan
  • Icon based malware detection
    Patent number: 10354173
    Abstract: In one respect, there is provided a system for training a neural network adapted for classifying one or more scripts. The system may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The memory may include program code that provides operations when executed by the at least one memory. The operations may include: extracting, from an icon associated with a file, one or more features; assigning, based at least on the one or more features, the icon to one of a plurality of clusters; and generating, based at least on the cluster to which the icon is assigned, a classification for the file associated with the icon. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Cylance Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Wolff, Pedro Silva do Nascimento Neto, Xuan Zhao, John Brock, Jian Luan
  • ICON BASED MALWARE DETECTION
    Publication number: 20180144130
    Abstract: In one respect, there is provided a system for training a neural network adapted for classifying one or more scripts. The system may include at least one processor and at least one memory. The memory may include program code that provides operations when executed by the at least one memory. The operations may include: extracting, from an icon associated with a file, one or more features; assigning, based at least on the one or more features, the icon to one of a plurality of clusters; and generating, based at least on the cluster to which the icon is assigned, a classification for the file associated with the icon. Related methods and articles of manufacture, including computer program products, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew Wolff, Pedro Silva do Nascimento Neto, Xuan Zhao, John Brock, Jian Luan