Patents by Inventor Sebastian Thoene

Sebastian Thoene 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).

  • Mitigation of malware
    Patent number: 10482247
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in example embodiments for mitigating malicious calls. The system can be configured to determine a series of checksums for a file, compare the series of checksums to a checksum tree, where the checksum tree includes a plurality of nodes that each include a fuzzy checksum of known malware, and assign one or more classifications to the file, where each of the one or more classifications is based on each node of the checksum tree that matches a checksum in the series of checksums and includes whether the file includes malware or benign checksums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Alme, Slawa Hahn, Sebastian Thoene
  • MITIGATION OF MALWARE
    Publication number: 20190228152
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in example embodiments for mitigating malicious calls. The system can be configured to determine a series of checksums for a file, compare the series of checksums to a checksum tree, where the checksum tree includes a plurality of nodes that each include a fuzzy checksum of known malware, and assign one or more classifications to the file, where each of the one or more classifications is based on each node of the checksum tree that matches a checksum in the series of checksums and includes whether the file includes malware or benign checksums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Alme, Slawa Hahn, Sebastian Thoene
  • Mitigation of malware
    Patent number: 10275594
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in example embodiments for mitigating malicious calls. The system can be configured to determine a series of checksums for a file, compare the series of checksums to a checksum tree, where the checksum tree includes a plurality of nodes that each include a fuzzy checksum of known malware, and assign one or more classifications to the file, where each of the one or more classifications is based on each node of the checksum tree that matches a checksum in the series of checksums and includes whether the file includes malware or benign checksums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: McAfee, LLC
    Inventors: Christoph Alme, Slawa Hahn, Sebastian Thoene
  • MITIGATION OF MALWARE
    Publication number: 20170046511
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in example embodiments for mitigating malicious calls. The system can be configured to determine a series of checksums for a file, compare the series of checksums to a checksum tree, where the checksum tree includes a plurality of nodes that each include a fuzzy checksum of known malware, and assign one or more classifications to the file, where each of the one or more classifications is based on each node of the checksum tree that matches a checksum in the series of checksums and includes whether the file includes malware or benign checksums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph Alme, Slawa Hahn, Sebastian Thoene
  • Mitigation of malware
    Patent number: 9465939
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in example embodiments for mitigating malicious calls. The system can be configured to determine a series of checksums for a file, compare the series of checksums to a checksum tree, where the checksum tree includes a plurality of nodes that each include a fuzzy checksum of known malware, and assign one or more classifications to the file, where each of the one or more classifications is based on each node of the checksum tree that matches a checksum in the series of checksums and includes whether the file includes malware or benign checksums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph Alme, Slawa Hahn, Sebastian Thoene
  • MITIGATION OF MALWARE
    Publication number: 20150379264
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided in example embodiments for mitigating malicious calls. The system can be configured to determine a series of checksums for a file, compare the series of checksums to a checksum tree, where the checksum tree includes a plurality of nodes that each include a fuzzy checksum of known malware, and assign one or more classifications to the file, where each of the one or more classifications is based on each node of the checksum tree that matches a checksum in the series of checksums and includes whether the file includes malware or benign checksums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: McAfee, Inc.
    Inventors: Christoph Alme, Slawa Hahn, Sebastian Thoene