Cloud-based spam detection
A cloud based mobile internet protocol messaging spam defense. Short message service (SMS) messages are analyzed by a cloud based virtual machine to determine if should be considered potentially unwanted messages (e.g., spam). The cloud based virtual machine uses a user specific algorithm for determining if a message should be considered to be a potentially unwanted message. Messages that are determined to be potentially unwanted messages trigger a notification to be sent to a user device associated with the virtual machine. The notification requests confirmation from the user that the potentially unwanted message is an unwanted message. The user's response to a request for confirmation is then used to update an unwanted message database associated with the user and the user device.
1. A system, comprising:
a hardware processor; and
a memory device, the memory device storing instructions, the instructions when executed causing the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
identifying a virtual machine that is associated with a recipient of messages, the virtual machine providing a cloud-based spam detection service to the messages associated with a messaging account;
logging into the messaging account by the virtual machine that is associated with the recipient;
retrieving the messages associated with the messaging account by the virtual machine that is associated with the recipient;
identifying a potential spam message by analyzing the messages by the virtual machine that is associated with the recipient and that provides the cloud-based spam detection service;
receiving a confirmation that the potential spam message is spam; and
in response to the confirmation, updating the virtual machine that is associated with the recipient and that provides the cloud-based spam detection service.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise retrieving a user credential to access the messaging account.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a sender associated with the potential spam message.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise blocking a delivery of the potential spam message.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise filtering the potential spam message from the messages.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise deleting the potential spam message.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise deleting an account associated with a sender of the potential spam message.
8. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a server, a user credential sent from a device for accessing a messaging account associated with a recipient of messages;
logging into, by the server, the messaging account using the user credential;
retrieving, by the server, the messages associated with the messaging account;
identifying, by the server, a virtual machine that is associated with the recipient of the messages and that provides a cloud-based spam detection service to the messages;
identifying, by the server, a potential spam message by executing the virtual machine that is associated with the recipient to provide the cloud-based spam detection service to the messages;
sending, by the server, the potential spam message to the device for a confirmation that the potential spam message is spam;
receiving, by the server, the confirmation that the potential spam message is spam; and
in response to the confirmation, updating, by the server, the virtual machine associated with the recipient that provides the cloud-based spam detection service.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising associating the user credential to the messaging account.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining a sender associated with the potential spam message.
11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising blocking a delivery of the potential spam message.
12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising filtering the potential spam message from the messages.
13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising deleting the potential spam message.
14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising deleting an account associated with the potential spam message.
15. A memory device storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
requesting a user credential from a user device for authenticating to a cloud-based spam detection service;
receiving the user credential sent from the user device to a server providing the cloud-based spam detection service;
logging into a messaging account using the user credential sent from the user device to the server providing the cloud-based spam detection service;
retrieving short messaging service (SMS) messages associated with the messaging account prior to a delivery to the user device;
identifying a virtual machine that is associated with the user credential, the virtual machine executed by the server to provide the cloud-based spam detection service to the SMS messages;
identifying a potential spam message by analyzing the SMS messages by the virtual machine that is associated with the user credential to provide the cloud-based spam detection service;
sending the potential spam message to the user device for a confirmation of spam;
receiving the confirmation that the potential spam message is spam; and
in response to the confirmation, updating the virtual machine that is associated with the user credential to provide the cloud-based spam detection service.
16. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise associating the user credential to the messaging account.
17. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise determining a sender associated with the potential spam message.
18. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise blocking an address associated with the potential spam message.
19. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise filtering the potential spam message from the messages.
20. The memory device of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise deleting the potential spam message.