Detecting a root cause for a vulnerability using subjective logic in social media
US10587643B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 28, 2017 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/1441
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system of identifying a computing device vulnerability is provided. Social media communication is monitored. Social media threads that are related to a vulnerability, based on the monitored social media communication, are identified, filtered, and categorized into one or more predetermined categories of computing device vulnerabilities. Upon determining that a number of social media posts related to the vulnerability is above a first predetermined threshold, one or more dependable social media threads in a same one or more categories as the vulnerability are searched. One or more possible root causes of the vulnerability are determined from the searched dependable social media threads. A validity score for each of the one or more possible root causes is assigned. A possible root cause from that has a highest validity score that is above a second predetermined threshold is selected to be the root cause of the vulnerability.
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