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Detection of account hijacking in a social network

  • US 8,646,073 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2011
  • Issued: 02/04/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of protecting a user of a social network, comprising the steps of:

  • (a) monitoring activity of the user on the social network during a baseline monitoring period to determine a baseline activity record, said monitoring including;

    if an instance of said activity is suspicious, asking the user whether said instance is a normal activity instance of said user;

    (b) monitoring activity of the user on the social network subsequent to said baseline monitoring period;

    (c) determining whether said activity of the user on the social network subsequent to said baseline monitoring deviates sufficiently from said baseline activity record to indicate abuse of the user'"'"'s account on the social network; and

    (d) if said activity of the user on the social network subsequent to said baseline monitoring deviates sufficiently from said baseline activity record to indicate abuse of the user'"'"'s account on the social network;

    mitigating said abuse.

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