Patent ID: 9537886
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for flagging security threats in web service requests, the method comprising: receiving, by at least one processor, a request addressed to an addressee; analyzing, by the at least one processor, the request based on at least one security signature; based on the analysis, determining, by the at least one processor, a threat level associated with the request; determining, by the at least one processor, a flag and a location associated with the threat level; inserting, by the at least one processor, the flag into a network packet associated with the request to create a modified request, the inserting into the network packet being at a position in the network packet indicated by the location; and sending, by the at least one processor, the modified request to the addressee, wherein an application associated with the addressee is operable to process the request based on the threat level.