Patent ID: 8745746
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for addressing security vulnerabilities on computing devices, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: assembling a security vulnerability watch list of a plurality of mobile computing devices with a security system capable of remedying security vulnerabilities; collecting identifications of programmatic installations on the plurality of mobile computing devices; storing the identifications of programmatic installations in a database indexed by the security vulnerability watch list on a storage device; identifying at least one security vulnerability associated with at least one programmatic installation among the programmatic installations on at least one of the mobile computing devices; querying, in response to identifying the security vulnerability, the database for a list of mobile computing devices that are vulnerable to the security vulnerability; generating a message to send to each mobile computing device within the list of mobile computing devices, the message comprising a prompt to remedy the security vulnerability; prompting a user of each mobile computing device within the list of mobile computing devices to remedy the security vulnerability by transmitting the message to each mobile computing device within the list of mobile computing devices via a plurality of push notifications via a telecommunication network.