Docking Station Phishing Protection via Intermediary Image Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face risks while browsing internet content due to the lack of security information about websites, leading to potential navigation to unsafe websites, malware infections, and phishing attempts.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a secure session between devices without trusting intervening components, displaying a security identifier associated with secure content, and monitoring, detecting, and alerting on phishing attempts using a device with an interface, detector, alert generator, and combiner.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a secure session is implemented between devices without trust in intervening devices, then security reliability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a docking station as an intermediary device between the computing device and the display monitor. This intermediary handles the complex image modification and security monitoring functions, allowing the computing device to maintain secure sessions without directly managing the complexity of image processing and security detection. The docking station acts as a mediator that simplifies the overall system architecture while enhancing security reliability.
2Reliability
If security identifiers are displayed and monitored for phishing detection, then phishing protection capability is improved, but ease of operation decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements self-service by automatically monitoring displayed images for counterfeit secure information and generating security alerts without requiring user intervention. The detector continuously analyzes images for phishing attempts, and the alert generator automatically notifies users of potential threats, eliminating the need for users to manually check security identifiers while maintaining high phishing protection capability.
3Reliability
If images are modified to combine secure images with first images for display, then visual security confirmation is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The docking station serves as an intermediary that handles all image modification operations. It receives the first image from the computing device, combines it with secure images containing security identifiers, and outputs the modified image to the display monitor. This intermediary approach consolidates the image processing complexity in a dedicated device, allowing the computing device to focus on secure session management without directly handling the visual composition tasks.
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AI summary
Phishing protection utilizes a security identifier displayed in association with secure content. The identifier may be displayed separately for comparison. A security identifier may be generated by a user interface, local source, or remote source. Users may visually and/or physically confirm identifiers. An identifier may be a character string or QR code. Phishing attempts may be monitored, detected, and alerted during and outside a secure session. A device may modify images from a first computing device to a display monitor. A device interface may receive a first image from the first computing device. A detector may monitor the first image for counterfeit information. An alert generator may generate a security alert for counterfeit information. A combiner may combine with the first image, in response to a secure session, a secure image associated with a secure identifier and, in response to the detector detecting counterfeit secure information, the security alert.