ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,556,573, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GEN DIGITAL INC. (Tempe, Ariz.).

"Protecting against harm caused by malicious websites" was invented by Iskander Sanchez Rola (Antibes, France), Platon Kotzias (Athens, Greece), Leylya Yumer (Antibes, France), Michalis Pachilakis (Dublin) and Kevin Alejandro Roundy (El Segundo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for protecting against harm caused by malicious websites are disclosed. Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure may protect against harm caused by malicious websites by identifying malicious websites more accurately and reliably. In particular, some embodi...