Innovative scanner that can intelligently predict malicious domains, URLs>
Qatar Tribune
A cyber security team at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU)âs Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) has designed and patented a technology that not only detect current malicious phishing URLs, but can also predict those that will be malicious in the future. The Bfore.AI Pre-Crime scanner was developed using QCRIâs licensed malicious URL prediction technology. Based on its capabilities, the scanner was selected by VirusTotal to be one of its trusted scanners. VirusTotal (virustotal.com) is a publicly available cyber security scanning service from Google that allows a user to check if a URL, file, or IP address is malicious or benign. By carefully establishing and analyzing associations among URLs, the QCRI team was able to discover a large number of previously unknown malicious URLs. This approach utilizes public data and does not create any privacy concerns. Extensive testing of the approach demonstrated the early detection of malicious URLs. The approach also enables large-scale detection of malicious URLs and is highly efficient and scalable.
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