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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Inventors:
Erik Jan Loman, Hengelo, NL;
Lute Edwin Engels, Zuidwolde, NL;
Andrew J. Thomas, Oxfordshire, GB;
Kenneth D. Ray, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 2221/034 (2013.01);
Abstract
Trampoline and return-oriented programming attacks employ a variety of techniques to maliciously execute instructions on a device in a manner different from a legitimate programmer's original intent. By instrumenting a device to detect deviations from predicted behavior, these exploits can be identified and mitigated.