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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2017
Applicant:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Inventor:
Richard S. Teal, Media, PA (US);
Assignee:
Sophos Limited, Abingdon, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 12/0813 (2016.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/859 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/606 (2013.01); G06F 12/0813 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/50 (2013.01); G06F 21/51 (2013.01); G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); H04L 9/0891 (2013.01); H04L 9/321 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/3268 (2013.01); H04L 43/028 (2013.01); H04L 43/045 (2013.01); H04L 43/062 (2013.01); H04L 47/2475 (2013.01); H04L 63/02 (2013.01); H04L 63/0218 (2013.01); H04L 63/0227 (2013.01); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04L 63/0263 (2013.01); H04L 63/14 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); H04L 63/168 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01); H04L 63/205 (2013.01); G06F 2212/1052 (2013.01); G06F 2212/60 (2013.01); G06F 2212/62 (2013.01); H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 43/026 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 63/145 (2013.01); H04L 67/2842 (2013.01);
Abstract
Endpoint security is improved by monitoring and controlling interprocess communications through a kernel-based endpoint protection driver. A list of protected computing objects such as registry keys, files, processes and directories is stored in the kernel and secured with reference to a trust authority external to the kernel and the endpoint. Protected processes are further controlled from unauthorized access and use by monitoring all interprocess communications through the endpoint protection driver and preventing unprotected processes from passing (potentially unsafe) data to protected processes.