Rotation of web site content to prevent e-mail spam/phishing attacks
View Patent ↗Embodiments of the invention provide a method, system and computer program product for phishing attack management through Web site content rotation. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for phishing attack management through Web site content rotation is provided. The method includes receiving a request for a variation of a component to be incorporated into a Web page from a requesting Web page rendering engine from over a computer communications network. The method also includes comparing the requested variation of the component to a currently configured variation of the component. Finally, the method includes returning both the requested variation of the component and an alert indicating a possible phishing attack in response to the request if the requested variation of the component differs from the currently configured variation of the component.
1. A computer system comprising:
at least one processor;
memory; and
a server module including a phishing attack management module, the server module including program code that, when executed in the memory of the host computer, causes the processor(s) to:
store a multiplicity of visual component variations, with at least one of the visual component variations not including a visual representation indicating an alert;
intermittently re-assign one of the visual component variations as the currently-assigned visual component variation;
receive a request for a web page component from the web page of the Web site that specifies a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations, yet that differs from the currently-assigned visual component variation for the web page;
responsive to the request, determine if the request specifies a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations that differs from a variation of the component set forth in a current configuration for the web page;
on condition that the request is determined to specify a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations that does not differ from a variation of the component set forth in a current configuration for the the web page, returning the web page with the currently-assigned visual component variation of the visual component variations, but otherwise on condition that the request specifies a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations that differs from a variation of the component set forth in a current configuration for the the web page, return the web page with a visual component variation of the visual component variations that includes a visual representation indicating an alert.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determination is based, at least in part, upon an identity of the currently-assigned visual component variation.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the return of the web page with the visual component variation of the visual component variations that includes a visual representation indicating an alert manages a suspected phishing attack.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the is based upon a comparison of a uniform resource locator (URL) of the request to a URL of a current variation of the web page.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the visual components is a tool bar for the web page.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the visual components is a menu bar for the web page.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the alert is a warning message.
8. A method phishing attack management through Web site content rotation comprising:
storing a multiplicity of visual component variations for a web page, with at least one of the visual component variations not including a visual representation indicating an alert;
intermittently re-assigning one of the visual component variations as the currently-assigned visual component variation;
receiving a request for the web page component from the web page of the Web site that specifies a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations, yet that differs from the currently-assigned visual component variation for the web page;
responsive to the request, determining if the request specifies a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations that differs from a variation of the component set forth in a current configuration for the the web page; and
on condition that the request is determined to specify a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations that does not differ from a variation of the component set forth in a current configuration for the the web page, returning the web page with the currently-assigned visual component variation of the visual component variations, but otherwise on condition that the request specifies a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations that differs from a variation of the component set forth in a current configuration for the web page, returning the web page with that a visual component variation of the visual component variations includes a visual representation indicating an alert.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determination is based, at least in part, upon an identity of the currently-assigned visual component variation.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the return of the web page with the visual component variation of the visual component variations that includes a visual representation indicating an alert manages a suspected phishing attack.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the is based upon a comparison of a uniform resource locator (URL) of the request to a URL of a current variation of the web page.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein each of the visual components is a tool bar for the web page.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein each of the visual components is a menu bar for the web page.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein the alert is a warning message.
15. A computer program product for phishing attack management through Web site content rotation, the computer program product for comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
computer readable program code for:
storing a multiplicity of visual component variations for a web page, with at least one of the visual component variations not including a visual representation indicating an alert;
intermittently re-assigning one of the visual component variations as the currently-assigned visual component variation;
receiving a request for the web page component from the web page of the Web site that specifies a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations, yet that differs from the currently-assigned visual component variation for the web page;
responsive to the request, determining if the request specifies a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations that differs from a variation of the component set forth in a current configuration for the the web page; and
on condition that the request is determined to specify a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations that does not differ from a variation of the component set forth in a current configuration for the the web page, returning the web page with the currently-assigned visual component variation of the visual component variations, but otherwise on condition that the request specifies a retrieval and incorporation of one of the visual component variations that differs from a variation of the component set forth in a current configuration for the web page, returning the web page with a visual component variation of the visual component variations that includes a visual representation indicating an alert.
16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the determination is based, at least in part, upon an identity of the currently-assigned visual component variation.
17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the return of the web page with the visual component variation of the visual component variations that includes a visual representation indicating an alert manages a suspected phishing attack.
18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the is based upon a comparison of a uniform resource locator (URL) of the request to a URL of a current variation of the web page.
19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein each of the visual components is a tool bar for the web page.
20. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein each of the visual components is a menu bar for the web page.
21. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the alert is a warning message.