A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is big data driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly.

A system and a method for playing a photo or video based game are provided. The method includes establishing a communication link between a game playing system and one or more game playing devices, each of which is operated by a respective player. Game rules are presented to the player(s) on the respective game playing device(s). The game rules include at least one task for the submission of at least one photographic image or video or media. Provision is made for receiving a photographic image or video or media in the game playing system which has been submitted via the established link from the game playing device in response to the presented task. A system and a method for sending and displaying a message, from a first computing device of a first user, to one or more target recipients including the second user of the second computing device and enabling the receiving user including the second user of the second computing device to accept or reject the message. In an embodiment enabling receiving user to capture a photo or record a video or take one or more types of media, associating or relating said captured photo or recorded video or media with particular selected and accepted message. In an embodiment enabling the receiving user including the second user of the second computing device to select particular received and accepted message and in the event of selection of particular received and accepted message, displaying camera application to capture photo or record video or take one or more types of media and automatically associating or relating said captured photo or recorded video or media with said accepted or selected message. In an embodiment enabling the receiving user to select particular received and accepted message and in the event of selection of particular received and accepted message, displaying camera application to enabling to capture photo or record video or take one or more types of media and automatically integrating or attaching or embedding or overlay said accepted or selected message or message with particular pre-set number of characters or identified or determined keywords inside message with/on/in said captured photo or recorded video or media. In the event of receiving instruction to send, from the second user of the second computing device, sending said captured photo or recorded video or media to the first computing device of the first user or the message sender; and displaying said captured photo or recorded video or media to the first computing device of the first user or the message sender.

Methods, systems and programming for classifying network requests. In one example, a network request for content to be fetched by a content server is received from a client device. At least one non-internet protocol (IP) key is obtained based on the network request. Whether to deny or allow the network request is determined based on the at least one non-IP key.

Methods, systems and programming for classifying network requests. In one example, a network request for content to be fetched by a content server is received from a client device. At least one non-internet protocol (IP) key is obtained based on the network request. Whether to deny or allow the network request is determined based on the at least one non-IP key.

A security platform employs a variety techniques and mechanisms to detect security related anomalies and threats in a computer network environment. The security platform is big data driven and employs machine learning to perform security analytics. The security platform performs user/entity behavioral analytics (UEBA) to detect the security related anomalies and threats, regardless of whether such anomalies/threats were previously known. The security platform can include both real-time and batch paths/modes for detecting anomalies and threats. By visually presenting analytical results scored with risk ratings and supporting evidence, the security platform enables network security administrators to respond to a detected anomaly or threat, and to take action promptly.

Synchronization techniques for computing systems that interface with external service providers. A method for accessing status and other attributes of an external service provider commences upon identifying an external service such as a firewall appliance or backup repository that provides computing-related functions to computing entities of the computing system. The external service is registered with the computing system to use the access mechanism. When the external service detects a change of state, the external service can communicate that change to the computing system through a push operation. The computing system processes the pushed data from the external service by verifying the status of the registration and authorization permissions, then modifies one or more entity attribute values of the computing resource entity together with a time stamp. Any process of the system can determine whether a value is stale, and then perform different operations based on the age of the staleness.

According to examples, an apparatus may include a processor and a memory having instructions that are to cause processor to access an event log that lists an event item corresponding to an event that occurred at a network appliance, determine that the event item matches an item listed in a user log that lists records of user information and a plurality of items, in which the records correspond to user events in a network, identify the user information corresponding to the matching item, determine a confidence level that the identified user information corresponds to the event item, determine whether the confidence level exceeds a certain threshold value, in response to a determination that the confidence level exceeds the certain threshold, correlate the user information to the event item, and insert an entry into a database that the user information corresponds to the event item.

Herein are methods and systems for automated assessment of user devices and associated data, and granting access to wireless networks based on the assessment. For example, the systems and methods assess a user request for access to a wireless network at an access point, and automatically determine the type of access to be granted based on at least a loyalty score associated with the user. The automatic assessment can be used to encourage customer loyalty as well as to manage limited network resources.

Herein are methods and systems for automated assessment of user devices and associated data, and granting access to wireless networks based on the assessment. For example, the systems and methods assess a user request for access to a wireless network at an access point, and automatically determine the type of access to be granted based on at least a loyalty score associated with the user. The automatic assessment can be used to encourage customer loyalty as well as to manage limited network resources.

The present invention is related to an authentication system of synchronizing instant timestamp issued by a digital timestamp device and a method thereof. The digital timestamp device provides an instant machine time, and the provider end uses the digital timestamp device to stamp an instant digital timestamp on a digital content. Meanwhile, the provider end records the position of the digital content whereon the digital timestamp is stamped as a stamp position, and store the digital content, the instant digital timestamp, the stamp position, and the network location information together as a reliable digital content. The receiver end can retrieve the reliable digital content from a third party end or connect to the provider end to confirm whether the reliable digital content has the identical instant digital timestamp and stamp position to ensure the authenticity of the received reliable digital content.