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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019

Filed:

Apr. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Proofpoint, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Angelo Starink, Morgan Hill, CA (US);

David Knight, Belmont, CA (US);

Assignee:

Proofpoint, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/1441 (2013.01); G06F 16/22 (2019.01); G06F 16/951 (2019.01); G06F 16/9558 (2019.01); G06F 16/9566 (2019.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01); G06F 21/567 (2013.01); H04L 51/12 (2013.01); H04L 63/0245 (2013.01); H04L 63/0281 (2013.01); H04L 63/123 (2013.01); H04L 63/1408 (2013.01); H04L 63/1416 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/1466 (2013.01); H04L 63/1483 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2115 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2119 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for malicious message detection and processing are provided herein. According to various embodiments, a method includes detecting, via an intermediary node, a link included in a message, the link being associated with an unknown resource, hashing a unique identifier for a recipient of the message, coupling the hashed identifier with the link, creating an updated link, and forwarding an updated message, including the updated link, to the recipient.


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