PHISHING DETECTION BY LOGIN PAGE CENSUS

摘要

A system for detecting phishing includes a phishing detection system that generates census of login pages received in different computers of different end users. An end user computer receives a login page and retrieves census information of the login page, such as from the phishing detection system. The census information indicates a number of different end users who employed the login page to log into their respective online accounts. The end user computer reports the census information to the end user of the end user computer. The end user computer reports the census information in numerical, graphical, or other format. The census information of the login page allows the end user to make an informed decision on whether or not to use the login page.

主权项

1. A method of detecting phishing comprising:
receiving a login page in an end user computer; retrieving census information of the login page, the census information indicating a number of different end users who employed the login page to log into their respective online accounts; and reporting the census information to an end user of the user computer.