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Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 03, 2018
Applicant:

Paypal, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yuri Shafet, Beersheba, IL;

Ilya Chernyakov, Givat Shmuel, IL;

Assignee:

PAYPAL, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 21/52 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/552 (2013.01); G06F 21/36 (2013.01); G06F 21/52 (2013.01); H04L 63/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A request to access one or more server resources is received from a user device. Based on the request, a purported version of a browser running on the user device is determined. The user device executes a program within the browser, according to various embodiments, which throws one or more exceptions associated with one or more particular browser versions. The results of the exceptions may be analyzed to determine whether the purported version of the browser appears to be a true version of the browser. If the analysis indicates that the purported version of the browser is not accurate, the request to access the one or more server resources may be evaluated at an elevated risk level. Inaccurately reported browser versions may indicate an attempt to gain unauthorized access to an account, and thus, being able to detect a falsely reported browser version can help improve computer security.


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