Patent ID: 9100426
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for warning mobile device users about potentially malicious Near Field Communication (NFC) tags, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: prior to a mobile device scanning at least one NFC tag, obtaining, by the mobile device from a remote server, NFC-tag information that identifies: determining, based at least in part on the result of the malware analysis performed on the NFC message, that the NFC tag includes potentially malicious content; determining, based at least in part on the geo-location of the NFC tag, that the mobile device is located in proximity of the NFC tag; in response to determining that the mobile device is located in the proximity of the NFC tag, providing an alert that warns a user of the mobile device against scanning the NFC tag due at least in part to the potentially malicious content included in the NFC tag.