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Defeating real-time trojan login attack with delayed interaction with fraudster

US8452980B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 29, 2010
Grant dateMay 28, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2221/2135
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method of detecting a fraudulent login attempt across a network is provided. The method includes (a) receiving, at some time, a login request from a client, the login request including (1) a username associated with a user account, (2) a static password associated with the user account, and (3) a one-time password provided by a token, (b) calculating whether the time is more than a predetermined amount of time after a most-recent login to the account, (c) when the time is more than the predetermined time since the most-recent login, accepting the login request according to a first mode, and (d) when the first time is not more than the predetermined time since the most-recent login, accepting the login request according to a second mode, the second mode rejecting a greater proportion of login attempts than the first mode rejects. An apparatus and computer program product are also provided.

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