Systems and methods for identifying internet attacks

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a system (1) and a method that employs such system (1) to detect and counteract Internet attacks of Man-in-the-Browser and/or Man-in-the-Middle type. The system (1) comprises a Traffic Inspector (2) in signal communication with a client computer (3) having a Web browser (4) residing therein for Internet browsing and with a Web server (5) having a Web application (6) residing therein. The Traffic Inspector (2) is configured to receive a request associated with the Web application (6) from the Web browser (4) and to send it to the Web browser (5), the Traffic Inspector (2) is configured to receive a DOM server code associated with the request from the Web server (5). The system is characterized in that it comprises a Traffic Analyzer (7) in signal communication with the Traffic Inspector (2) and having an algorithm application (8) residing therein, the Traffic Inspector (2) is configured to add a default code portion to the DOM server code to thereby generate a DOM client code to be sent to the Web browser (4) to receive a DOM rendered code associated with the DOM client code, the Traffic Inspector (2) is configured to send the DOM client code and the DOM rendered code to the Traffic Analyzer (7), the algorithm application (8) is configured to process the DOM rendered code to compare it with the DOM client code, to thereby identify at least one code difference.

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