System and method for URL risk assessment, and computer product
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1. A URL risk assessment system that assesses a risk of a URL included in an email that is received by a client device, comprising:
- a URL information storage unit that stores the URL in correspondence with user information, wherein the user information identifies any one of the client device that received the email, and the user that received the email; and
a URL risk assessing unit that assesses the risk of the URL based on whether other client devices have received the same URL, by referring to the user information stored.
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Abstract
A client device requests a server device to assess a risk of a URL included in an email received. The server device stores the URL for which the request was received, in correspondence with the user information, in a storage unit. Risk of the URL is assessed based on whether other client devices received the same URL, by referring to the information stored in the storage unit. A risk assessment result is notified to the client device.
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1. A URL risk assessment system that assesses a risk of a URL included in an email that is received by a client device, comprising:
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a URL information storage unit that stores the URL in correspondence with user information, wherein the user information identifies any one of the client device that received the email, and the user that received the email; and
a URL risk assessing unit that assesses the risk of the URL based on whether other client devices have received the same URL, by referring to the user information stored. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A URL risk assessment system comprising:
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a client device; and
a server device that assesses a risk of a URL included in an email received by a client device, wherein the client device includes a URL risk assessment requesting unit that sends a request to perform the URL risk assessment, and the URL included in the email, to the server device, and the server device includes a URL information storage unit that stores the URL for which a request for risk assessment is received, in correspondence with the user information for identifying the client device that sent the request, a URL risk assessing unit that assesses the risk of the URL based on whether other client devices have received a same URL, identical to the URL for which the request for risk assessment is received, by referring to the user information stored, and a URL risk notifying unit that notifies the client device of a URL risk assessment result. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for assessing a risk of a URL included in an email that is received by a client device, comprising:
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storing the URL in correspondence with user information, wherein the user information identifies any one of the client device that received the email, and the user that received the email; and
assessing the risk of the URL based on whether other client devices have received the same URL, by referring to the user information stored.
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17. A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein, a computer program for assessing a risk of a URL included in an email that is received by a client device, the computer program including instructions, which when executed, cause the computer to execute:
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storing the URL in correspondence with user information, wherein the user information identifies any one of the client device that received the email, and the user that received the email; and
assessing the risk of the URL based on whether other client devices have received the same URL, by referring to the user information stored.
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18. A method of URL risk assessment in which a server device assesses a risk of a URL included in an email received by a client device, comprising:
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sending, from the client device to the server device, a request to perform the URL risk assessment, and the URL included in the email;
storing, in the server device, the URL for which a request for the URL risk assessment is received, in correspondence with the user information for identifying the client device that sent the request;
assessing the risk of the URL based on whether other client devices have received a URL identical to the URL for which the request for risk assessment is received, by referring to the user information stored at the storing, wherein the assessing is executed by the server device; and
notifying the client device of a URL risk assessment result, the notifying being executed by the server device.
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19. A computer-readable recording medium that stores therein, a computer program for performing URL risk assessment in which a server device assesses a risk of a URL included in an email received by a client device, the computer program including instructions, which when executed, cause the computer to execute:
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sending, from the client device to the server device, a request to perform the URL risk assessment, and the URL included in the email;
storing, in the server device, the URL for which a request for the URL risk assessment is received, in correspondence with the user information for identifying the client device that sent the request;
assessing the risk of the URL based on whether other client devices have received a URL identical to the URL for which the request for risk assessment is received, by referring to the user information stored at the storing, wherein the assessing is executed by the server device; and
notifying the client device of a URL risk assessment result, the notifying being executed by the server device.
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