ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,595, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Malwarebytes Corporate Holdco Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).
"Cloud ransomware protection" was invented by Adam S. Hyder (Cupertino, Calif.), Raghuram Sri Sivalanka (San Ramon, Calif.), Atanu Podder (Dublin, Calif.), Thomas R. Gissel (Apex, N.C.) and Brian P. Morehead (Manteca, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A newly created or modified object is sent to a networked local or remote server for analysis. While the object is being analyzed for vulnerabilities, the object is locked and made inaccessible to users, devices, and networks. If the object is identified as malicious, it may be marked f...