# US 9,882,932 B2 · Automated spear phishing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,882,932 B2 - Document ID: US9882932B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/676,919 - Filed: 2015-04-02 - Published: 2015-10-08 - Granted: 2018-01-30 - Earliest claimed: 2014-04-02 - Assignees: Deep Detection, LLC - Applicants: Deep Detection, LLC - Inventors: Selmer Bringsjord; Alexander Bringsjord - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9882932B2 ## CPC - H04L 63/1483: {service impersonation, e.g. phishing, pharming or web spoofing (detection of rogue wireless access points H04W12/12)} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A system, method and program product for spear phishing. As system is disclosed having a system for automatically constructing a background story using computational logic that includes true declarative content associated with a target; a system for automatically constructing an expanded story using computational logic that includes deceptive declarative content; and a communication generator that generates a communication including the true declarative content, the deceptive declarative content, and an actionable element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A spear phishing system, comprising: a system for storing information unique to a target, wherein the target consists of an individual person and wherein the information includes at least one of a belief, a knowledge, a background, a plan or a goal of the target; a system for expressing the information in a computational logic that represents beliefs, knowledge, backgrounds, plans, and goals in a mathematical formulism; a system for automatically constructing a background story using computational logic that includes true declarative content determined from the information associated with the target; a system for automatically constructing an expanded story based on the background story using computational logic that includes deceptive declarative content; and a communication generator that generates a unique communication for the target, including the expanded story and an actionable element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The spear phishing system of claim 1, further comprising a system that electronically forwards the communication to the target. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The spear phishing system of claim 1, wherein the knowledge includes relationships the target has with other individuals. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The spear phishing system of claim 1, wherein the deceptive declarative content comprises an augmentation of the background story that adds at least one additional event consistent with the background story. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The spear phishing system of claim 1, wherein the communication is further based on a goal associated with the target. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The spear phishing system of claim 1, wherein the communication generator uses natural language generation to generate natural language from the computational logic. ### Claim 7 A method of spear phishing, comprising: collecting information unique to a target, wherein the target consists of an individual person and wherein the information includes at least one of a belief, a background, or a plan of the target; expressing the information in a computational logic that represents beliefs, backgrounds, and plans in a mathematical formulism; automatically constructing a background story using computational logic that includes true declarative content determined from the information associated with the target; automatically constructing an expanded story based on the background story using computational logic that includes deceptive declarative content; and generating a communication including the expanded and an actionable element. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising electronically forwarding the communication to the target. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the information is stored as formulae in a knowledge base. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the deceptive declarative content comprises an augmentation of the background story. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the information includes relationships the target has with other individuals. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the communication generator uses natural language generation. ### Claim 13 A program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, which when executed by a processor, provides a spear phishing operation, comprising: program code for collecting information unique to a target, wherein the target consists of an individual person and where the information includes at least one of a belief, a knowledge, a background, a plan or a goal of the target; program code for expressing the information in a computational logic that represents beliefs, knowledge, backgrounds, plans and goals in a mathematical formulism; program code for automatically constructing a background story using computational logic that includes true declarative content determined from information uniquely associated with a target; program code for automatically constructing an expanded story based on the background story using computational logic that includes deceptive declarative content; and program code that generates a communication including the true declarative content, the deceptive declarative content, and an actionable element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The program product of claim 13, further comprising program code that electronically forwards the communication to the target. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The program product of claim 13, wherein the information is stored as formulae in a knowledge base. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The program product of claim 13, wherein the deceptive declarative content comprises an augmentation of the background story. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The program product of claim 13, wherein the information includes relationships the target has with other individuals. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The program product of claim 13, wherein the communication is generated using natural language generation.