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Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2021
Applicant:

Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);

Inventors:

Venkata Satya Sivajee Pinnamaneni, Dardenne Prairie, MO (US);

Kaushal Shetty, Thane (W) Maharashtra, IN;

Sachin Kumar Singh, Pune, IN;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/212 (2022.01); H04L 51/42 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 51/212 (2022.05); H04L 51/42 (2022.05); H04L 63/126 (2013.01); H04L 63/1425 (2013.01); H04L 63/1433 (2013.01); H04L 63/1441 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for determining if an e-mail originating from an external source is deemed malicious and thereby preventing an out of office e-mail reply. One example method includes receiving, at a computing device of a service provider, an e-mail identified as originating from an external source, scanning the e-mail to identify at least one parameter only when an out of office reply is setup by a recipient of the e-mail, comparing the at least one scanned parameter to a set of known parameters, calculating a score of the e-mail based on the comparison of the at least one parameter to a set of known parameters, determining the e-mail to be a malicious e-mail if the score exceeds a threshold value and blocking an out of office reply based on the threshold value.


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