Detection of credential spearphishing attacks using email analysis
US10601865B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 21, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L51/18
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions when executable by a processor perform operations including responsive to receiving an email including a URL, conducting an analysis of the email including: (i) analyzing a header and a body, and (ii) analyzing the URL; analyzing contents of a web page directed to by the URL; generating a score indicating a level of confidence the email is associated with a phishing attack based on at least one of the analysis of the email or the analysis of the contents of the web page; and responsive to the score being below a threshold, virtually processing the web page to determine whether the web page is associated with the phishing attack is shown.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.