Controlling access to web resources
AssigneeF-Secure Corporation
InventorsChristine Bejerasco, Karmina Aquino
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method including at a user device: receiving a communication message over the Internet or other network; analysing web resource data related to one or more web resource hyperlinks included in the received communication message to find any user logging in elements by detecting functions for verifying the validity of inputs, the logging in element being used to control user access by identifying and authenticating the user through credentials inputted by the user; and in the event that any logging in elements are found, blocking access to the related web resource having the logging in element.
Claims23
A method comprising, at a user device:
- receiving a communication message over the Internet or other network;
- analysing web resource data related to one or more web resource hyperlinks included in the received communication message utilizing emulator or a pre-fetcher element to find any user logging in elements by detecting functions for verifying the validity of inputs and wherein the logging in element being used to control user access by identifying and authenticating the user through credentials inputted by the user, wherein the logging in element is used to enter a specific page and rendered to the displays of a user device where the user is expected to enter their credentials;
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- in the event that any logging in elements are found, blocking access to the related web resource having the logging in element.
A user device for use in a communications network, the user device comprising:
- a receiver arranged to receive a communication message over the Internet or other network;
- a processor arranged to analyse web resource data related to one or more web resource hyperlinks included in the received communication message utilizing an emulator or a pre-fetcher element to find any user logging in elements
- by detecting functions for verifying the validity of inputs, the logging in element being used to control user access by identifying and authenticating the user through credentials inputted by the user wherein the logging in element is used to enter a specific page and rendered to the display of a user device where the user is expected to enter their credentials, and
- in the event that any logging in elements are found, to block access to the related web resource having the logging in element.
A method comprising, at a user device:
- receiving a communication message over the Internet or other network;
- parsing the communication message utilizing an emulators or a pre-fetcher element to identify the presence of any web resource hyperlinks;
- in the event that one or more hyperlinks are identified, prior to a user of the device selecting a hyperlink, fetching web resource data related to the or each web resource hyperlink over the Internet or said other network and analysing the web resource data to find any user logging in elements related to the entry of user identification and authentication information by detecting functions for verifying the validity of inputs wherein the logging in element is used to enter a specific page and rendered to display of a user device where the user is expected to enter their credentials;
- and
- in the event that any logging in elements are found, blocking access to the related web resource having the logging in element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.