Techniques for detecting domain threats

US11343269B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Steven Alexander Daniel Pon · Corona, US
• Adam Hunt · El Cerrito, US
• Jonas Edgeworth · San Francisco, US
• Chris Kiernan · San Francisco, US
• Elias Manousos · San Francisco, US
• David Pon · Sunnyvale, US
• Jonathan Matkowsky · Mercer Island, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 8, 2020
• Grant date: May 24, 2022
• Expiry date: Dec 16, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/1433
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An inventory of Internet-facing assets related to a username within a social media site is generated using network data gathered from network data sources. Using data sources of known threats, such as malware, phishing attempts, scam pages, blacklisted sites, and so on, a network analytic system generates analytical information about components that are owned, managed, and/or controlled by a target entity. A measure of identity threat is generated based on a classification model using the analytical information.