Patent · US Active

Tracking usage of corporate credentials

US11616811B2 · kind B2 · utility

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22References

20Claims

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Assignee

Sophos Limited · GB

Inventors

Andrew J. Thomas · Woodstock, GB
Karl Ackerman · Topsfield, US
James Douglas Bean · Beaverton, US
Kenneth D. Ray · Seattle, US
Daniel Stutz · Karlsruhe, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 18, 2018
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 18, 2038

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/104
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Phishing attacks attempt to solicit valuable information such as personal information, account credentials, and the like from human users by disguising a malicious request for information as a legitimate inquiry, typically in the form of an electronic mail or similar communication. By tracking a combination of outbound web traffic from an endpoint and inbound electronic mail traffic to the endpoint, improved detection of phishing attacks or similar efforts to wrongly obtain sensitive information can be achieved.

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