Prioritizing Malicious Website Detection
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsAlexandre Gerber, Christopher Dunn, Minaxi Gupta, Oliver Spatscheck
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Abstract
A computer implemented method includes identifying a universal resource locator and characterizing a traffic pattern associated with the universal resource locator. The traffic pattern can include referrer information, referring information, advertising network relationship information, and any combination thereof. The method can further include classifying the universal resource locator into a risk category based on the traffic pattern.
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A computer implemented method comprising:
- identifying a universal resource locator;
- characterizing a traffic pattern associated with the universal resource locator, wherein the traffic pattern can include information selected from the group consisting of referrer information, referring information, advertising network relationship information, and any combination thereof;
- and
- classifying the universal resource locator into a risk category based on characterizing the traffic pattern.
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- obtain click stream information for a plurality of user systems;
- identify a universal resource locator accessed by at least one of the user systems;
- characterize a traffic pattern associated with the universal resource locator based on the click stream information, the traffic pattern including information selected from the group consisting of referrer information, referring information, advertising network relationship information, and any combination thereof;
- and
- classify the universal resource locator into a risk category based on the traffic pattern.
A non-volatile computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions to manipulate a processor, the plurality of instructions comprising:
- instructions to obtain click stream information for a plurality of user systems;
- instructions to identify a universal resource locator accessed by at least one of the plurality of user systems;
- instructions to characterize a traffic pattern associated with the universal resource locator based on the click stream information, the traffic pattern including information selected from the group consisting of referrer information, referring information, ad network relationship information, and any combination thereof;
- and
- instructions to classify the universal resource locator into a risk category based on the traffic pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.