System, method, and computer program product for preventing access to data with respect to a data access attempt associated with a remote data sharing session

• US 10,198,587 B2
• Filed: 05/29/2014
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: McAfee, LLC
• Original Assignee: McAfee, LLC
• Inventors: Chebiyyam, Gopi Krishna, Basavapatna, Prasanna
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirl, Joseph P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Truvan, Leynna
• Application Number:
  US14/289,859
• Publication Number:
  US 20140283145A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,713 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6272 by registering files or documents with a third party
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0245 Filtering by information in the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1416 Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for preventing access to data associated with a data access attempt. In use, a data access attempt associated with a remote data sharing session is identified. Further, access to the data is prevented.

Claims

1. A machine-readable storage device or storage disk comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

detect an attempt to access a remote location;

determine whether the remote location is associated with a remote desktop sharing application; and

prevent the access to the remote location responsive to the determination.

2. The machine-readable storage device or storage disk of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to prevent the access to the remote location responsive to the determination by:

preventing content associated with the remote location from being presented on the machine.

3. The machine-readable storage device or storage disk of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to prevent the access to the remote location responsive to the determination by:

preventing an access request from being communicated to the remote location.

4. The machine-readable storage device or storage disk of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to prevent access to the remote location responsive to the determination by:

presenting a notification that the access is prevented; and

receiving an input directing allowance of a request for the access.

5. The machine-readable storage device or storage disk of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to prevent the access to the remote location responsive to the determination by:

comparing the remote location with a list of remote locations to which access is allowed; and

allowing the access to the remote location responsive to a match corresponding to the comparison of the remote location with the list of the remote locations.

6. The machine-readable storage device or storage disk of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the machine to determine an association between the remote location and a remote desktop sharing application based on an automatic configuration.

7. A machine-readable storage device or storage disk comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

determine whether remote desktop sharing is currently enabled based on whether a remote desktop sharing application is executing;

identify a fingerprint of data to which access is requested; and

determine whether to allow access to the data responsive to a match of the fingerprint with a predetermined fingerprint.

8. A machine-readable storage device or storage disk comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

determine whether remote desktop sharing is currently enabled;

identify a fingerprint of data to which access is requested, the fingerprint of the data to be identified based on hashing of the data; and

determine whether to allow access to the data responsive to a match of the fingerprint with a predetermined fingerprint.

9. A machine-readable storage device or storage disk comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

determine whether remote desktop sharing is currently enabled;

identify a fingerprint of data to which access is requested, the fingerprint of the data to be identified based on calculating a value of the data utilizing a predetermined algorithm; and

determine whether to allow access to the data responsive to a match of the fingerprint with a predetermined fingerprint.

10. A machine-readable storage device or storage disk comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

determine whether remote desktop sharing is currently enabled;

identify a fingerprint of data to which access is requested; and

determine whether to allow access to the data responsive to a match of the fingerprint with a predetermined fingerprint based in a lookup of the fingerprint of the data in a database of predetermined fingerprints of data.

11. The machine-readable storage device or storage disk of claim 10, wherein the database is stored remotely to the machine.

12. A machine-readable storage device or storage disk comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

determine whether remote desktop sharing is currently enabled;

identify a fingerprint of data to which access is requested;

determine whether to allow access to the data responsive to a match of the fingerprint with a predetermined fingerprint; and

close data already opened prior to enablement of a remote desktop sharing session.