Patent ID: 8949979
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for protecting a local user from security threats posed by remote applications, the method comprising the steps of: detecting, by at least one computer, that a user of a local computer system is viewing online content that provides an entryway to a remote application; collecting, by the at least one computer, data concerning the remote application associated with the online content that provides the entryway to the remote application; collecting, by the at least one computer, data concerning interaction by the user with the online content that provides the entryway to the remote application; wherein said data concerning interaction by the user with the online content that provides the entryway to the remote application comprises one or more of: transmitting, by the at least one computer, the collected data to a central repository; detecting, by the at least one computer, that the user of the local computer system is being prompted to activate a new remote application; retrieving, by the at least one computer, aggregated data concerning the new remote application from the central repository; analyzing, by the at least one computer, the retrieved aggregated data concerning the new remote application; and responsive to analyzing the retrieved aggregated data concerning the new remote application, determining, by the at least one computer, whether the new remote application is benign.