Client Side Phishing Avoidance

摘要

In one implementation, a phishing scam involves a communication sent to a user by an impersonator. Rather than detect the communication and verify the identity of the sender, the data entry of the user is monitored. For example, an example embodiment scans data entry from a user for a security word and queries a list of authorized terms for the security word. In response to the security word being included in the list of authorized terms, a destination address associated with the security word is identified. A list of authorized destination addresses is queried with the destination address associated with the security word.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
scanning, using a processor, data entry from a user for a security word; querying a list of authorized terms for the security word; identifying, in response to the security word being included in the list of authorized terms, a destination address associated with the security word; and querying a list of authorized destination addresses with the destination address associated with the security word.