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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2018
Wombat Security Technologies, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Kurt Wescoe, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
John T. Campbell, Bridgeville, PA (US);
Joseph A. Ferrara, Wexford, PA (US);
Trevor T. Hawthorn, Ashburn, VA (US);
Alan Himler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Norman Sadeh-Koniecpol, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
WOMBAT SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
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.