Patent ID: 8281394
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: determining, during a transaction with a website, that one or more critical values were provided to the website; storing the one or more critical values and other transaction information in a log of transaction activities, the transaction information at least including a site identifier for each website to which one or more critical values have been provided; determining whether new phishing site identifiers have been created, wherein upon a determination that said new phishing site identifiers have been created, said method further comprising: comparing said new phishing site identifiers to site identifiers of logged sites to which critical values have previously been provided, wherein upon a determination that at least one of said new phishing site identifiers matches at least one of said site identifiers, said method further comprising: providing, using information from the log of transaction activities, a phishing notification to a user that provided the critical values to the site, the phishing notification comprising the date and/or time when the critical values were provided to the phishing site, and the actual critical values previously provided to the phishing site, the information from the log of transaction activities at least including the actual values; and providing a phishing notification to at least one of a merchant impersonated by the phishing site, a credit bureau, or a law enforcement agency, the phishing notification comprising the date and/or time when the critical values were provided to the phishing site.