Patents by Inventor Vu Ta
Vu Ta 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).
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Publication number: 20260236582Abstract: An injected module (IM) is deployed in a process space executing on a computing device. The IM is then executed to inspect resources of the computing device and determine, based on the inspection of the resources, at least one hook to install in response to a ransomware attack. The process space then install the hook(s) to intercept calls within the process space. The hook(s) captures parameters characterizing techniques used in the ransomware attack. The process space reports at least a portion of the reported parameters to an anti-ransomware monitoring platform. An agent executed on the computing device can receive a decryption package from the anti-ransomware monitoring platform. This decryption package being responsive to the reported captured parameters. The agent can then decrypt one or more files in a computing environment associated with the computing device using the decryption package. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2025Publication date: August 13, 2026Inventors: Clark Lindsey, Robert Bushner, Alejandro Espinoza, Kristen Lamb, Seagen Levites, Jonathan Miller, Ryan Smith, Vu Ta, Chetan Varde
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Patent number: 12705354Abstract: An injected module (IM) is deployed in a process space executing on a computing device. The IM is then executed to inspect resources of the computing device and determine, based on the inspection of the resources, at least one hook to install in response to a ransomware attack. The process space then install the hook(s) to intercept calls within the process space. The hook(s) captures parameters characterizing techniques used in the ransomware attack. The process space reports at least a portion of the reported parameters to an anti-ransomware monitoring platform. An agent executed on the computing device can receive a decryption package from the anti-ransomware monitoring platform. This decryption package being responsive to the reported captured parameters. The agent can then decrypt one or more files in a computing environment associated with the computing device using the decryption package. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2025Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: Halcyon Tech, Inc.Inventors: Clark Lindsey, Robert Bushner, Alejandro Espinoza, Kristen Lamb, Seagen Levites, Jonathan Miller, Ryan Smith, Vu Ta, Chetan Varde
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Publication number: 20260134151Abstract: Information characterizing a security event is received from an agent executing on an endpoint computing device. The received information identifies a plurality of files encrypted as part of a ransomware attack and key material used when encrypting each of the files. Based on the received information, a surveyor package is generated which includes decryptor logic to decrypt at least a portion of the files. The surveyor package is deployed to the agent so that it can be unpacked and executed to decrypt at least a portion of the files. Once these files are decrypted, then can be transported to a safe computing environment Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2025Publication date: May 14, 2026Inventors: Alejandro Espinoza, Robert Bushner, Matthew Gosline, Kristen Lamb, Seagen Levites, Clark Lindsey, Jonathan Miller, Ryan Smith, Vu Ta
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Publication number: 20260073048Abstract: Applications and processes executing on an endpoint are monitored to identify behavior indicative of malicious activity such as a ransomware attack. Messages generated from this monitoring as well as messages derived from external sources are stored in a queue for routing. A router selects some messages from the queue based on a routing policy and sends them to a cloud-based platform that can initiate various actions based on received messages. The router also sends some messages from the queue to a module that analyzes the messages and reduces their size by aggregating, correlating, and detecting relevant information. The module puts the modified messages back into the queue for further routing by the router according to the policy. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2025Publication date: March 12, 2026Inventors: Robert Bushner, Alejandro Espinoza, Kristen Lamb, Seagen Levites, Clark Lindsey, Jonathan Miller, Peter Morgan, Michael Mullin, Ryan Smith, Vu Ta, Seva Tonkonoh, Timothy West
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Publication number: 20250384128Abstract: Applications and processes executing on an endpoint are monitored to identify behavior indicative of malicious activity such as a ransomware attack. Messages generated from this monitoring as well as messages derived from external sources are stored in a queue for routing. A router selects some messages from the queue based on a routing policy and sends them to a cloud-based platform that can initiate various actions based on received messages. The router also sends some messages from the queue to a module that analyzes the messages and reduces their size by aggregating, correlating, and detecting relevant information. The module puts the modified messages back into the queue for further routing by the router according to the policy. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2024Publication date: December 18, 2025Inventors: Robert Bushner, Alejandro Espinoza, Kristen Lamb, Seagen Levites, Clark Lindsey, Jonathan Miller, Peter Morgan, Michael Mullin, Ryan Smith, Vu Ta, Seva Tonkonoh, Timothy West
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Patent number: 12499225Abstract: Applications and processes executing on an endpoint are monitored to identify behavior indicative of malicious activity such as a ransomware attack. Messages generated from this monitoring as well as messages derived from external sources are stored in a queue for routing. A router selects some messages from the queue based on a routing policy and sends them to a cloud-based platform that can initiate various actions based on received messages. The router also sends some messages from the queue to a module that analyzes the messages and reduces their size by aggregating, correlating, and detecting relevant information. The module puts the modified messages back into the queue for further routing by the router according to the policy. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2024Date of Patent: December 16, 2025Assignee: Halcyon Tech, Inc.Inventors: Robert Bushner, Alejandro Espinoza, Kristen Lamb, Seagen Levites, Clark Lindsey, Jonathan Miller, Peter Morgan, Michael Mullin, Ryan Smith, Vu Ta, Seva Tonkonoh, Timothy West
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Publication number: 20250342252Abstract: A notification message is received indicating an upload of a file to a cloud service. An analysis engine (which can execute one or more machine learning models or other analysis operations) can generate information that characterizes the file which can be indicative of a level of trustworthiness for the file. In response to the generated information, each of a plurality of judges are notified to commence or revisit a judging process. In response to the notifications, the judges (which can execute one or more machine learning models or other analysis operations) retrieve the generated information and determine a respective trustworthiness score for the file. These scores can be stored in a corresponding judge database and/or data can be provided which characterizes the determined trustworthiness scores to a consuming application or process. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2024Publication date: November 6, 2025Inventors: Robert Bushner, Alejandro Espinoza, Srinivasa Kanamatha, Kristen Lamb, Thanh Le, Seagen Levites, Clark Lindsey, Jorge Medina, Jonathan Miller, Ryan Smith, Vu Ta, Kyle West
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Patent number: 12277251Abstract: Information characterizing a security event is received from an agent executing on an endpoint computing device. The received information identifies a plurality of files encrypted as part of a ransomware attack and key material used when encrypting each of the files. Based on the received information, a surveyor package is generated which includes decryptor logic to decrypt at least a portion of the files. The surveyor package is deployed to the agent so that it can be unpacked and executed to decrypt at least a portion of the files. Once these files are decrypted, then can be transported to a safe computing environment Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Halcyon Tech, Inc.Inventors: Alejandro Espinoza, Robert Bushner, Matthew Gosline, Kristen Lamb, Seagen Levites, Clark Lindsey, Jonathan Miller, Ryan Smith, Vu Ta
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Patent number: 12229261Abstract: A notification message is received indicating an upload of a file to a cloud service. An analysis engine (which can execute one or more machine learning models or other analysis operations) can generate information that characterizes the file which can be indicative of a level of trustworthiness for the file. In response to the generated information, each of a plurality of judges are notified to commence or revisit a judging process. In response to the notifications, the judges (which can execute one or more machine learning models or other analysis operations) retrieve the generated information and determine a respective trustworthiness score for the file. These scores can be stored in a corresponding judge database and/or data can be provided which characterizes the determined trustworthiness scores to a consuming application or process. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2024Date of Patent: February 18, 2025Assignee: Halcyon Tech, Inc.Inventors: Robert Bushner, Alejandro Espinoza, Srinivasa Kanamatha, Kristen Lamb, Thanh Le, Seagen Levites, Clark Lindsey, Jorge Medina, Jonathan Miller, Ryan Smith, Vu Ta, Kyle West
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Patent number: 12130914Abstract: Applications and processes executing on an endpoint are monitored to identify behavior indicative of malicious activity such as a ransomware attack. Messages generated from this monitoring as well as messages derived from external sources are stored in a queue for routing. A router selects some messages from the queue based on a routing policy and sends them to a cloud-based platform that can initiate various actions based on received messages. The router also sends some messages from the queue to a module that analyzes the messages and reduces their size by aggregating, correlating, and detecting relevant information. The module puts the modified messages back into the queue for further routing by the router according to the policy. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2024Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Halcyon Tech, Inc.Inventors: Robert Bushner, Alejandro Espinoza, Kristen Lamb, Seagen Levites, Clark Lindsey, Jonathan Miller, Peter Morgan, Michael Mullin, Ryan Smith, Vu Ta, Seva Tonkonoh, Timothy West