Patents
US 10044748 B2: Methods and systems for detecting compromised computers
- Granted
- 2018-08-07
- Filed
- 2016-02-09 application 15019272
- Type
- Utility · 19 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A system and method for detecting a first network of compromised computers in a second network of computers, comprising: collecting Domain Name System (DNS) data for the second network; examining the collected data relative to DNS data from known comprised and/or uncompromised computers in the second network; and determining the existence of the first network and/or the identity of compromised computers in the second network based on the examination.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg180807.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION 1,417 patents | US company or organization | Atlanta, GA | GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION State business registration EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology 4 patents | US company or organization | Atlanta, GA | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus College or university EXACT high confidence: through the nonprofit with the college's EIN (identical full name and state) GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Nonprofit EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Dagon | Tampa, FL | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Nick Feamster | Atlanta, GA | 2 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Wenke Lee | Atlanta, GA | 21 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Robert Edmonds | Woodstock, GA | 6 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Richard J. Lipton | Atlanta, GA | 4 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Anirudh Ramachandran | Atlanta, GA | 5 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| H04L | Transmission of digital information, e.g. telegraphic communication | H04L63/1441 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F16/951 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | ALERT LOGIC, INC. signed 2025-11-21 DIGITAL GUARDIAN LLC signed 2025-11-21 ECRIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, INC. signed 2025-11-21 FORTRA, LLC signed 2025-11-21 GLOBALSCAPE, INC. signed 2025-11-21 TRIPWIRE, INC. signed 2025-11-21 | ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT DENVER, CO | 74233/632 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-11-24 | Release of security interest Termination and release of first lien intellectual property security interest recorded at reel/frame 51059/0861 | JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC signed 2025-11-21 | FORTRA, LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS HELP/SYSTEMS, LLC) EDEN PRAIRIE, MN | 73783/406 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2025-11-21 | Security interest Security interest New money first lien intellectual property security agreement | ALERT LOGIC, INC. signed 2025-11-21 DIGITAL GUARDIAN LLC signed 2025-11-21 ECRIME MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, INC. signed 2025-11-21 FORTRA, LLC signed 2025-11-21 GLOBALSCAPE, INC. signed 2025-11-21 TRIPWIRE, INC. signed 2025-11-21 VERA SECURITY, INC. signed 2025-11-21 | ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 73683/534 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-11-21 | Security interest Security interest Extended first lien intellectual property security agreement | FORTRA, LLC signed 2025-11-21 | JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 73663/914 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-11-21 | Security interest Security interest Extended rcf first lien intellectual property security agreement | FORTRA, LLC signed 2025-11-21 | JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 73663/327 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2025-11-21 | Release of security interest Termination and release of second lien intellectual property security interest recorded at reel/frame 51059/0911 | ACQUIOM AGENCY SERV ICES LLC signed 2025-11-21 | FORTRA, LLC (F/K/A HELP/SYSTEMS, LLC) EDEN PRAIRIE, MN | 73662/442 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2025-08-14 | Security interest Security interest Assignment of intellectual property security agreement | GOLUB CAPITAL MARKETS LLC (AS EXISTING AGENT) signed 2025-08-07 | ACQUIOM AGENCY SERVICES LLC (AS SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT) DENVER, CO, CO | 72471/665 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-15 |
| 2022-12-15 | Name change Change of name | HELP/SYSTEMS, LLC signed 2022-11-02 | FORTRA, LLC EDEN PRAIRIE, MN | 62136/777 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-05-20 | Security interest Security interest Assignment of intellectual property security agreement | JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS EXISTING AGENT signed 2021-05-19 | GOLUB CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, AS SUCCESSOR AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 56322/628 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2019-11-19 | Security interest Security interest Second lien intellectual property security agreement | HELP/SYSTEMS, LLC signed 2019-11-19 | JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 51059/911 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2019-11-19 | Security interest Security interest First lien intellectual property security agreement | HELP/SYSTEMS, LLC signed 2019-11-19 | JEFFERIES FINANCE LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT NEW YORK, NY | 51059/861 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2019-08-12 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | DAMBALLA, INC. signed 2019-02-07 | HELP/SYSTEMS, LLC EDEN PRAIRIE, MN | 50020/831 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2016-06-14 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | LEE, WENKE signed 2007-03-02 FEAMSTER, NICK signed 2007-05-01 EDMONDS, ROBERT signed 2007-05-10 RAMACHANDRAN, ANIRUDH signed 2007-05-15 DAGON, DAVID signed 2007-06-12 LIPTON, RICHARD signed 2007-06-15 | GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION ATLANTA, GA | 38911/626 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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