Patents by Inventor Steffan Perry

Steffan Perry 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: 12212584
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for identifying other instances of messages corresponding to a reported malicious message. A report of a malicious message from a user of a plurality users using a messaging system is received. Responsive to the report of the malicious message, plain text of content selected from the malicious message is provided. Thereafter, one or more segments of the plain text are selected as key content for construction of a search. A search is then executed in the messaging system for one or more other malicious messages corresponding to the reported malicious message using the selected one or more segments of the plain text with one or more match criteria or no criteria. The one or more other malicious messages corresponding to the reported malicious message are identified in the messaging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventors: Mark William Patton, Steffan Perry, Amanda Lewis
  • Publication number: 20240333671
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for global blocklist curation based on crowdsourced indicators of compromise (IoC). One or more servers store the messages reported as suspicious into a message collection system. The server(s) classify he messages as one of clean, spam or threat. The server(s)) tag the messages responsive to the classification and determine a plurality of IoC from the messages classified and tagged as a threat. The server(s) determine one or more metrics for each of the plurality of IoC and selected, based at least on the one or more metrics, one or more of the plurality of IoC as blocklist entry (BLE) candidates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: KnowBe4, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Dinkar Bodke, Mark William Patton, Eric Howes, Steffan Perry
  • Publication number: 20240236098
    Abstract: Described herein are systems and methods to provide for blocklist recommendations based on reported threats. In an example embodiment, a method is described for receiving a selection of one or more messages from a plurality of messages identified as threats and identifying, based at least on the one or more messages, one or more candidate blocklist entries (BLEs). The method further includes determining, based at least on the one or more candidate BLEs, a recommendation of one or more BLEs to add to a blocklist. The method includes adding, by the one or more servers, the one or more BLEs to the blocklist, where the blocklist is used by an email system to block messages that match at least the one or more BLEs on the blocklist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicant: KnowBe4, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Dinkar Bodke, Eric Howes, Mark William Patton, Greg Kras, Christopher Cline, Brandon Scott Smith, Steffan Perry
  • Publication number: 20220166784
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for identifying other instances of messages corresponding to a reported malicious message. A report of a malicious message from a user of a plurality users using a messaging system is received. Responsive to the report of the malicious message, plain text of content selected from the malicious message is provided. Thereafter, one or more segments of the plain text are selected as key content for construction of a search. A search is then executed in the messaging system for one or more other malicious messages corresponding to the reported malicious message using the selected one or more segments of the plain text with one or more match criteria or no criteria. The one or more other malicious messages corresponding to the reported malicious message are identified in the messaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: KnowBe4, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark William Patton, Steffan Perry, Amanda Lewis