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Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 09, 2019
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventor:

Mamie B. Aldridge, Smyrna, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 40/103 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/54 (2013.01); G06F 40/103 (2020.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments provide a method for validating a network host listed in a body of an email. The method includes: receiving, by the processer, the email; checking, by the processer, whether a threat analytics option is enabled. If the threat analytics option is enabled, the method further includes: copying, by the processer, an original body field of the email into a new body field; converting, by the processor, a text representation of the network host into a link in the new body field; modifying, by the processer, a text style of the link in the new body field according to a threat analytics result from a threat analytics service; and displaying, by the processer, the email with the new body field, wherein the email includes the link having a modified text style.


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