Patent attributes
A method including transmitting, by an infrastructure device to a user device, a determined characteristic of an authentic feature included in an authentic network communication associated with an authentic entity, with which the user device intends to communicate over a network; determining, by the user device, an observed characteristic of a current feature included in a current network communication associated with a current entity with which the user device is communicating over the network; comparing, by the user device, the observed characteristic with the determined characteristic; and determining, by the user device, that the current network communication is authentic or that the current network communication is not authentic based at least in part on a result of comparing the observed characteristic with the determined characteristic. Various other aspects are contemplated.