IP Library › Granted Patent US 10,110,623
Granted Patent B2
US 10,110,623 · App. 14/805,548 · Granted Oct 23, 2018

Delaying phishing communication

Inventor: Benjamin L. Gatti (Lake Park, NC)
Assignee: Bank of America Corporation
H04L63/1433H04L51/12H04L63/1483H04L51/00
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Patent No.
US 10,110,623
App. No.
14/805,548
Granted
Oct 23, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an apparatus is configured to store a plurality of phishing scores, each phishing score of the plurality of phishing scores indicating a likelihood that a user of a plurality of users will respond to a phishing email. The apparatus is configured to receive an email, to select a first subset of the plurality of users based on the phishing score of each user in the first subset, and to select a second subset of the plurality of users based on the phishing score of each user in the second subset, wherein each user in the second subset is determined to be more likely to respond to a phishing email than each user in the first subset. The apparatus is configured to communicate the email to the first subset and to communicate the email to the second subset based on the first subset's responses to the email.

Claims (45)

1. An apparatus comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of phishing scores, each phishing score of the plurality of phishing scores indicating a likelihood that a user of a plurality of users will respond to a phishing email; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:

receive an email;

select a first subset of the plurality of users based on the phishing score of each user in the first subset;

select a second subset of the plurality of users based on the phishing score of each user in the second subset, wherein each user in the second subset is determined to be more likely to respond to a phishing email than each user in the first subset;

communicate the email to the first subset;

prevent communication of the email to the second subset based on a deletion rate of the email of the first subset;

collect, from the first subset, responses indicating that the email is a phishing email;

quarantine the email based on the first subset's responses to the email;

delay communication of the email to the second subset based on a number of users of the first subset who clicked a link in the email; and

delay communication of the email to the second subset based on a number of users of the first subset who read the email.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of phishing scores are determined by analyzing a response rate of a plurality of users to a plurality of phishing emails.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to quarantine the email based on the first subset's responses to the email.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein communicating the email to the second subset includes moving the email into a folder separate from a first folder where new mail is placed.

5. A method comprising:

storing, by a memory, a plurality of phishing scores, each phishing score of the plurality of phishing scores indicating a likelihood that a user of a plurality of users will respond to a phishing email;

receiving an email;

selecting, by a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, a first subset of the plurality of users based on the phishing score of each user in the first subset;

selecting, by the processor, a second subset of the plurality of users based on the phishing score of each user in the second subset, wherein each user in the second subset is determined to be more likely to respond to a phishing email than each user in the first subset;

communicating the email to the first subset;

preventing communication of the email to the second subset based on a deletion rate of the email of the first subset;

collecting, from the first subset, responses indicating that the email is a phishing email;

quarantining the email based on the first subset's responses to the email;

delaying communication of the email to the second subset based on a number of users of the first subset who clicked a link in the email; and

delaying communication of the email to the second subset based on a number of users of the first subset who read the email.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the plurality of phishing scores are determined by analyzing a response rate of a plurality of users to a plurality of phishing emails.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising quarantining the email based on the first subset's responses to the email.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein communicating the email to the second subset includes moving the email into a folder separate from a first folder where new mail is placed.

9. A system comprising:

a plurality of users; and

a phishing management device configured to:

store, by a memory, a plurality of phishing scores, each phishing score of the plurality of phishing scores indicating a likelihood that a user of a plurality of users will respond to a phishing email;

receive an email;

select, by a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, a first subset of the plurality of users based on the phishing score of each user in the first subset;

select, by the processor, a second subset of the plurality of users based on the phishing score of each user in the second subset, wherein each user in the second subset is determined to be more likely to respond to a phishing email than each user in the first subset;

communicate the email to the first subset;

prevent communication of the email to the second subset based on a deletion rate of the email of the first subset;

collect, from the fir subset, responses indicting that the email is a phishing email;

quarantine the email based on the first subset's responses to the email;

delay communication of the email to the second subset based on a number of users of the first subset who clicked a link in the email; and

delay communication of the email to the second subset based on a number of users of the first subset who read the email.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of phishing scores are determined by analyzing a response rate of a plurality of users to a plurality of phishing emails.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to quarantine the email based on the first subset's responses to the email.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein communicating the email to the second subset includes moving the email into a folder separate from a first folder where new mail is placed.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2015
From: GATTI, BENJAMIN L.
To: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036149/0934 →
Continuity (1)
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