Account vulnerability alerts
AssigneeConsumerInfo.com, Inc.
InventorsMark Joseph Kapczynski, Michael John Dean, Herbert Harris Hunt, III
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for assessing an account takeover risk for one or more accounts of an individual. The account security procedures for each of a number of services with which the user has an account may be analyzed. Publicly accessible information regarding the user may also be collected and analyzed. The collected information and security procedures may be compared in order to determine one or more vulnerabilities to hostile account takeover of one or more of the analyzed accounts. An alert may be generated regarding a determined takeover risk, which may include suggested actions for remedying the risk.
Claims20
A computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors configured to execute instructions;
- a non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more computer processors to cause the computer system to:
- identify a first security vulnerability for a first online account based at least in part on identification of personal data of a user;
- identify a second security vulnerability for a second online account based on a link with the first online account;
- determine one or more remedial actions that may be taken with reference to one or more of the first or second security vulnerabilities;
- initiate a remedial action of the one or more remedial actions;
- monitor at least one of the first or second online account to identify a change corresponding to the remedial action;
- identify the change based on the monitoring;
- and
- electronically provide the user with a first alert including information indicative of the completion of the remedial action.
A computer-implemented method for remedying security vulnerabilities, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- identifying, by a computing device comprising one or more hardware processors, a first security vulnerability for a first online account based at least in part on identification of personal data of a user;
- identifying, by the computing device, a second security vulnerability for a second online account based on a link with the first online account;
- determining, by the computing device, one or more remedial actions that may be taken with reference to one or more of the first or second security vulnerabilities;
- initiating, by the computing device, a remedial action of the one or more remedial actions;
- monitoring, by the computing device, at least one of the first or second online account to identify a change corresponding to the remedial action;
- identifying, by the computing device, the change based on the monitoring;
- and
- electronically providing the user with an alert including information indicative of the completion of the remedial action.
A non-transitory computer storage medium which stores a client application comprising executable code, the executable code causing a computing device to perform operations that comprise at least:
- identifying a first security vulnerability for a first online account based at least in part on identification of personal data of a user;
- identifying a second security vulnerability for a second online account based on a link with the first online account;
- determining one or more remedial actions that may be taken with reference to one or more of the first or second security vulnerabilities;
- initiating a remedial action of the one or more remedial actions;
- monitoring at least one of the first or second online account to identify a change corresponding to the remedial action;
- identifying the change based on the monitoring;
- and
- electronically providing the user with an alert including information indicative of the completion of the remedial action.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.