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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2019
Proofpoint, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Kurt Wescoe, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Trevor Tyler Hawthorn, Ashburn, VA (US);
Alan Himler, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Patrick H. Veverka, Virginia Beach, VA (US);
John T. Campbell, Bridgeville, PA (US);
Dustin D. Brungart, Imperial, PA (US);
Norman Sadeh-Koniecpol, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Proofpoint, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic device will identify an electronic message received by a messaging client that is associated with a first recipient, and it will analyze the electronic message to determine whether the electronic message is a simulated malicious message. Upon determining that electronic message is a simulated malicious message, the device will identify an actuatable element in the electronic message. The actuatable element will include a service address. The device will modify the electronic message by appending a user identifier of the first recipient to the service address of the actuatable element. Then, when the actutable element is actuated, the system may determine whether the first recipient actuated the actuatable element or an alternate recipient did so based on whether the user identifier of the first recipient is still appended (or is the only user identifier appended) to the actuatable element.