Patent ID: 8584234

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for securing content in a network cache, comprising: monitoring a computing device associated with the network cache to detect a network activity performed by the computing device, wherein the network activity comprises a network connection establishment with a computer network; responsive to the detection of the network activity performed by the computing device, examining content in the network cache to identify a piece of suspicious content in the network cache, the examining comprising: retrieving, through the established network connection, a response from a website from which a piece of cache content originated before the detected network connection establishment; comparing the piece of cache content with the response; and responsive to the piece of cache content not matching the response, identifying the piece of cache content as the piece of suspicious content in the network cache; and responsive to the identification of the piece of suspicious content in the network cache, preventing the piece of suspicious content in the network cache from carrying out malicious activities in the computing device.