Detection and Prevention of Phishing Attack: An Approach for Eradication of Phishing
Author(s):
Shruti Ashok Mandake , Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi; R H Goudar, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi
Keywords:
Antiphishing, Legitimate websites, Phishing, Detection
Abstract:
Phishing is like masquerading the trusted party to acquire the sensitive information from users. Phishing attacks are usually carried out through fake websites, fake URLs, fake attachments in emails, fake messages. The main aim of phishing attack is to fool the users by finding the weakness of the user. One of the best step to be taken to avoid this attack is that to educate the users about the fake links given in the website, where they should not visit such links and give the required credentials. Anyhow to make understand the user about the phishing attack becomes unrealistic, attackers find many ways to fool the users for browsing the fake website where they are given their personal credentials. Here in the proposed system there are two methods one is, the urls are considered from email, keyword search, website and compared with the database and the second method is to detect Phishing through image.
Other Details:
| Manuscript Id | : | IJSTEV2I12169
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| Published in | : | Volume : 2, Issue : 12
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| Publication Date | : | 01/07/2016
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| Page(s) | : | 357-363
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