ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,883, issued on March 25, was assigned to ZapFraud Inc. (New York).
"Detecting phishing attempts" was invented by Bjorn Markus Jakobsson (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Classifying electronic communications is disclosed. An electronic communication is received. A first likelihood that a potential recipient of the electronic communication would conclude that the communication was transmitted on behalf of an authoritative entity is determined. An assessment of a second likelihood that the received communication was transmitted with authorization from the purported authoritative entity is performed. The electronic communication...