Method and system for identifying clusters of affiliated web resources

A method of determining an affiliation of a web resource to a plurality of clusters of web resources, the method executable by a computing device having at least a processing unit and a memory, the memory storing computer executable instructions, which, when executed, cause the processing unit to execute:

• at a training stage:
• scanning a communication network to detect a plurality of web resources;
• retrieving information associated with the plurality of web resources;
• based on the information, for each one of the plurality of web resources, generating a respective pattern;
• based on the respective pattern, grouping the plurality of web resources into a plurality of clusters, the grouping being based on a pattern affiliation between the respective patterns;
• storing an indication of the plurality of clusters of web resources in the memory;
• at a run-time stage:
• receiving an indication of an URL to a given web resource;
• retrieving the information about the given web resource;
• generating a new pattern of the given web resource;
• analyzing the pattern affiliation of the new pattern with the patterns associated with the plurality of clusters of the web resources;
• calculating an affiliation ratio with a specific one of the plurality of clusters;
• in response to the affiliation ratio with the specific one of the plurality of clusters exceeding a predetermined threshold value, associating the given web resource with the specific one of the plurality of clusters;
• updating the plurality of clusters stored in the database based on the given web resource.