Patents
US 12124568 B2: Prevention and remediation of malware based on selective presentation of files to processes
- Granted
- 2024-10-22
- Filed
- 2021-04-20 application 17310254
- Type
- Utility · 35 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Malware prevention and remediation is provided by monitoring actions performed by processes and maintaining indications of which processes are trusted; selectively presenting canary files to these processes, which includes presenting the canary files to processes not indicated as being trusted and hiding the canary files from processes indicated as being trusted, and where the monitoring includes monitoring for access of canary files with change privileges; scoring each of the processes based on the actions performed, including any access of canary files with change privileges, which scoring produces a malice score for each process; and automatically terminating any process for which its malice score indicates at least a threshold level of malice in the execution of the process.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg241022.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assured Information Security, Inc. 24 patents | US company or organization | Rome, NY | Assured Information Security, Inc. Form D issuer EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Laplante | Rome, NY | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Patrick McHarris | Rome, NY | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F21/552 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-27 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | LAPLANTE, SEAN signed 2021-04-15 MCHARRIS, PATRICK signed 2021-04-15 | ASSURED INFORMATION SECURITY, INC. ROME, NY | 56991/879 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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