ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,526, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. (New York).

"Method and system for detecting instrumentation tools" was invented by Scott Alexander (Motherwell, Great Britain) and Ivaylo Boicov Ivanchev (Glasgow, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for detecting a presence of an instrumentation tool and/or a malware application, such as Frida, is provided. The method includes: initiating a communication with a mobile device; determining whether a predetermined port of the mobile device is open; connecting with the mobile device via the predetermined port; performing a handshake operatio...