Method and system for detection of phishing emails and suspect malicious executable hyperlinks
US12363164B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 20, 2024 |
| Grant date | Jul 15, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 20, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06N20/10
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, at a device, a message over a communication network from a remote source, determining if the message includes executable code and initiating a virtual machine in an isolated portion of the memory of the device responsive to the determining the message include executable code. Aspects of the subject disclosure further include executing, by the virtual machine, the executable code within the isolated portion of the memory, monitoring, by an artificial intelligence module, activities of the executable code during the executing the executable code and determining if the executable code comprises malicious code responsive to the monitoring activities of the executable code. Aspects of the disclosure further include deleting the executable code from the device in response to a determination that the executable code comprises malicious code. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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