US Patent Issued to Commvault Systems on Nov. 4 for "Ransomware detection accuracy based on machine learning analysis of filename extension patterns" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,028, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Commvault Systems Inc. (Tinton Falls, N.J.).

"Ransomware detection accuracy based on machine learning analysis of filename extension patterns" was invented by Sanath Kumar (Woodbridge, N.J.), Adwait Vinay Thattey (Boisar, India), Arun Prasad Amarendran (Manalapan, N.J.) and Brian F. Brockway (Shrewsbury, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ransomware detection accuracy is improved by analyzing patterns of changes in filename extension counts, relative to each other, that occur in a file system over time. The disclosed approach is malware-agnostic and does not rely on recognizing malware extension...