Patents by Inventor Steve McKinney

Steve McKinney 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).

  • Detecting domains generated by a domain generation algorithm
    Patent number: 9876814
    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques for determining whether a domain name has been generated by a domain generation algorithm (DGA) are disclosed. A first domain name is classified as either a likely domain generation algorithm (DGA) domain name or a likely non-DGA domain name, based on one or more features of the first domain name. In addition, statistics are determined regarding requests for the first domain name. Additional domain names are identified that share an infrastructure with the first domain name. A determination is made regarding whether the first domain name and/or one or more of the additional domain names are likely to have been generated by a DGA, based on a result of one or more of the classifying, the statistics, or the identifying. A security vulnerability related to one or more of the likely DGA domain names is then mitigated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Steve McKinney
  • Detecting Domains Generated By A Domain Generation Algorithm
    Publication number: 20160337391
    Abstract: Apparatus and techniques for determining whether a domain name has been generated by a domain generation algorithm (DGA) are disclosed. A first domain name is classified as either a likely domain generation algorithm (DGA) domain name or a likely non-DGA domain name, based on one or more features of the first domain name. In addition, statistics are determined regarding requests for the first domain name. Additional domain names are identified that share an infrastructure with the first domain name. A determination is made regarding whether the first domain name and/or one or more of the additional domain names are likely to have been generated by a DGA, based on a result of one or more of the classifying, the statistics, or the identifying. A security vulnerability related to one or more of the likely DGA domain names is then mitigated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Steve McKinney