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Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015

Filed:

Feb. 29, 2012
Applicant:

Ian Oliver, New South Wales, AU;

Inventor:

Ian Oliver, New South Wales, AU;

Assignee:

Symantec Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01); G06F 21/55 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/566 (2013.01); G06F 21/554 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer-implemented method for detecting illegitimate out-of-band authentication attempts may include 1) identifying a text message that includes a confirmation code for an out-of-band authentication procedure, 2) detecting an attempt to access the text message, 3) determining that the attempt to access the text message was configured to avoid user participation, and 4) performing, in response to determining that the attempt to access the text message was configured to avoid user participation, a remediation action that addresses an illegitimate out-of-band authentication attempt that includes the attempt to access the text message. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.


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