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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2006
Dinei A. Florencio, Redmond, WA (US);
Cormac E. Herley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Dinei A. Florencio, Redmond, WA (US);
Cormac E. Herley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A phishing detection client component and method is provided. The component can be employed as part of a system to detect and, optionally, prevent phishing attacks. The phishing detection client component can provide password reuse event report(s), for example, to a phishing detection server component. The client component can further include a credential component that can track use of credentials by a user and determine whether a specific security credential is being used or presented. Due to the malicious nature of phishing in general, the client component can be susceptible to attacks by phishers. For example, phishers can generate false logins in an attempt to flood the client component with information resulting in induced false positives and/or induced false negatives. The client component can perform one or more checks to determine whether false login(s) have been attempted.