Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Rupo Zhang

Jason Joseph Weber

Christian Seifert

Charles Strempler

Abhishek Sagar

Mara Beth Fortini

Ali Alabbas

Robert G Lefferts

Christian Stockwell

Michael David Mccormack

Sinclaire Renee Hamilton

Brian Keith Catlin

Richard Joseph Murillo

Paresh Maisuria

The technology described herein identifies and mitigates phishing attempts by analyzing user input received at the operating system level. Initially, a credential, such as a username or password, is registered with the threat detection system. The technology described herein intercepts user input at the operating system level, generates a hash of the input, and compares it with a hash of a credential being monitored. A credential entry is detected when a hash for the character string entered matches a hash for a credential being monitored. The technology described herein will perform a threat assessment when a secret entry is detected. The threat assessment may use the application context and the network context as inputs to the assessment. Various mitigation actions may be taken when a threat is detected.

Credential input detection and threat analysis

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