Wombat Security Technologies, Inc.

Joseph A Ferrara

Norman Sadeh-Koniecpol

Kurt Wescoe

John T Campbell

Trevor Tyler Hawthorn

Alan Himler

A system manages computer security risks associated with message file attachments. When a user of an electronic device with a messaging client attempts to open an attachment to a message that is in the client's inbox, the system will analyze the message to determine whether the message is a legitimate message or a potentially malicious message without the need to actually process or analyze the attachment itself. If the system determines that the received message is a legitimate message, the system will permit the attachment to actuate on the client computing device. If the system determines that the received message is not or may not be a legitimate message, the system will continue preventing the attachment from actuating on the client computing device.

Advanced processing of electronic messages with attachments in a cybersecurity system

A client electronic device of an electronic message analysis system receives a user activation action indicating that a user has reported a message received at the client device a potentially malicious. The client device then determines whether to forward the message to a remote service for analysis by assessing whether the received message originated from a trusted sender. If and only if the client device determines that the received message originated from a trusted sender, it will permit the client device to take other action on the received message and not report the received message to a remote service for further analysis. If the client device does not determine that the received message originated from a trusted sender, it will report the received message to a remote service for further analysis.

Method and system for reducing reporting of non-malicious electronic messages in a cybersecurity system

A cybersecurity training system uses lures and training actions to help train a user of an electronic device to recognize and act appropriately in situations that could compromise electronic device security. The system includes a library of cybersecurity training actions and a library of brand items. The system retrieves a template for a cybersecurity training action from the first library, automatically modifies the retrieved template to include a brand or branded content from the second library, and causes the cybersecurity training action according to the modified template instantiated with the branded content to be sent to the user's electronic device.

Cybersecurity training system with automated application of branded content

An electronic message analysis system of a cybersecurity network assesses whether a received message is a mock malicious message in response to, receiving a user activation action that indicates that the user has reported the received message as a potentially malicious message. The system does this by determining whether any header field of a header section of the message starts with a predetermined key. For any header field that starts with the predetermined key, the system determines whether a value that follows the predetermined key satisfies a trusted sender rule. If the value that follows the predetermined key satisfies the trusted sender rule, the system determines that the received message originated from a trusted sender. If the value that immediately follows the predetermined key does not satisfy the trusted sender rule, the system determines that the received message did not originate from a trusted sender.

In a cybersecurity network, a system identifies and classifies non-malicious messages by receiving a user notification indicating that the user has reported a received message as potentially malicious message, and determining whether the received message is legitimate or potentially malicious. When the system determines that the message is a legitimate, it further analyzes the message to assign a class that may include trusted internal sender, trusted external sender, or training a simulated phishing message. It will then cause the user's device to provide the user with information corresponding to the assigned class. The system may also quarantine a received message and release the message from the quarantine only after determining that the message is legitimate and receiving a user acknowledgment.

Method and system for assessing and classifying reported potentially malicious messages in a cybersecurity system

A cybersecurity training system uses lures and training actions to help train a user of an electronic device to recognize and act appropriately in situations that could compromise security. The system includes an administrator interface by which an administrator may customize a lure and/or a training action with branded content. When used in a lure, this enables the lure to appear to the user as if it were a legitimate, non-threatening action from the brand. If the user falls for the lure, the system may provide the user with cybersecurity training, which may automatically include content that is tailored for the selected brand.

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Wexford, PA, United States of America

Joseph A Ferrara