IDENTITY THEFT COUNTERMEASURES

• US 20110225652A1
• Filed: 05/20/2011
• Published: 09/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: James A. Roskind
• Original Assignee: James A. Roskind
• Inventors: Emigh, Aaron T., Roskind, James A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,381,293 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/22
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/552 involving long-term monitoring or reporting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/56 Computer malware detection or handling, e.g. anti-virus arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1441 Countermeasures against malicious traffic countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1483 service impersonation, e.g. phishing, pharming or web spoofing detection of rogue wireless access points H04W12/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

In some embodiments, techniques for computer security comprise preventing and/or mitigating identity theft such as phishing.

Claims

1. A method for computer security, the method being implemented by a combination of processors that perform steps comprising:

receiving a report that is generated in response to a user inquiry as whether a possible compromise of information on a user'"'"'s computer system;

accessing a record index that includes a plurality of records that collectively represent a history of documents that have been accessed using the user'"'"'s computer system over a record;

determining one or more records from the record index that are of a pre-determined type to be suspicious; and

initiating analysis of the one or more records.