A system and methods for blocking submission of online forms.
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1. A method for blocking submission of online forms presented by a browsing program comprising the steps of:
- detecting form data before a form is submitted to a target site;
accessing said form data;
detecting sensitive form fields within said form data;
analyzing URL and certificate of said target site against security criteria to generate an alert code;
matching said alert code with blocking criteria to generate a match condition;
blocking submission of said form to said target site if said match condition is generated.
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Abstract
A system and methods for blocking submission of online forms to suspicious web sites comprising detection of sensitive form fields before a form is submitted, analysis of URL and certificate target sites against security criteria to generate an alert codes and matching alert code with blocking criteria to generate a block submission message.
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1. A method for blocking submission of online forms presented by a browsing program comprising the steps of:
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detecting form data before a form is submitted to a target site;
accessing said form data;
detecting sensitive form fields within said form data;
analyzing URL and certificate of said target site against security criteria to generate an alert code;
matching said alert code with blocking criteria to generate a match condition;
blocking submission of said form to said target site if said match condition is generated.
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2. The method of claim one wherein the step of detecting sensitive form data further includes:
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receiving a notification message from said browsing program that form data is about to be submitted;
receiving a URL of said target site together with said notification message. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
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6. The method of claim one wherein the step of detecting form data further includes:
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detecting a network login dialog window containing at least a password field;
retrieving a URL of said target site from a browsing program. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for blocking submission of online forms, comprising a computing device with access to a network, a first browsing program adapted to be executed on said device and a second monitoring program adapted to be executed on said device configured to:
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accept notifications from said browsing program before a form is submitted to a target site;
access form data in said browsing program and detect form fields of a sensitive nature;
retrieve from said browsing program a URL of said target site;
analyze URL and certificate of said target site against security criteria to generate an alert code;
match said alert code with blocking criteria to generate a match condition;
block submission of said online form to said target site if said match condition is generated.
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11. The system of claim ten wherein analyzing URL and certificate constitutes checking for at least one of the following attributes:
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site server being listed in saved sites database;
secure communication protocol in the URL of target site and a valid site server certificate.
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12. The system of claim eleven where said monitoring program is part of a password management program adapted to be executed on said device.
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13. The system of claim eleven wherein said monitoring program is an integrated part of said browsing program.
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