US Patent Issued to Charter Communications Operating on Feb. 18 for "Feedback loop for automated vulnerability scanning of hidden network systems" (Colorado, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,455, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Charter Communications Operating LLC (St. Louis).

"Feedback loop for automated vulnerability scanning of hidden network systems" was invented by Jeffrey Rowell (Aurora, Colo.) and Charles Manser (Clearwater, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network vulnerability scanning system scans a target device for vulnerabilities to obtain initial network connection data for the target device via a first network interface of the target device, the initial network connection data identifying an initial network connection between the target device and a first hidden network system. The network vulnerab...