US 12,438,909 B2
Systems and methods for threat detection and warning
Simon Paul Tyler, Wiltshire (GB); Steven Malone, Berkshire (GB); Jackie Anne Maylor, Wiltshire (GB); Wayne Van Ry, London (GB); Francisco Ribeiro, London (GB); and Reinhard Uebel, Melbourne (AU)
Assigned to Mimecast Services Ltd., London (GB)
Filed by Mimecast Services Ltd., London (GB)
Filed on Dec. 26, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/727,480.
Application 16/727,480 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/461,857, filed on Mar. 17, 2017, granted, now 10,536,449.
Application 15/461,857 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/010,023, filed on Jan. 29, 2016, granted, now 9,654,492, issued on May 16, 2017.
Application 15/010,023 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/855,200, filed on Sep. 15, 2015, granted, now 9,467,435, issued on Oct. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2020/0137110 A1, Apr. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/1483 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for proactively providing a user with security-related information associated with content on a computing device prior to user interaction with such content, the system comprising:
a processor coupled to a non-transitory memory containing instructions executable by the processor to cause the system to:
present content on a user interface of the computing device for browsing by the user, the content including a link to an information resource;
analyze the content including monitoring the information resource and analyzing the information resource to account for changes to the information resource occurring after the content has been presented on the user interface of the computing device for browsing by the user but prior to user interaction with such content to determine whether at least one of (a) the content or the changes to the information resource requires disclosure of information or (b) the content or the changes to the information resource poses a security threat; and
based, at least in part, on the analysis, at least one of (a) output to the user, prior to user interaction with the content, security-related information associated with the content or the changes to the information resource based, at least in part, on the analysis or (b) prevent, prior to user interaction with the content, user interaction with the content.