Patent · US Active

Method of detecting potential phishing by analyzing universal resource locators

US8438642B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

18Claims

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Assignee

AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. · US

Inventors

Junlan Feng · Berkeley Heights, US
Valerie Torres · Summit, US
Daniel Sheleheda · Florham Park, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 5, 2009
Grant date	May 7, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 2, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L63/1441
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for detecting potential phishing URLs includes extracting a URL from a document, analyzing the URL context, and comparing the URL to stored trusted URLs and stored known phishing URLs. The URL context includes anchor text and surrounding content associated with the URL. The method further includes generating a phishing alert based on the comparing and the analyzing.

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