A novel Phishing classification based on URL features

Mahmoud Khonji, ANDREW J. I. JONES, Youssef Iraqi · 2011

Phishing is the process of illicitly obtaining data through social engineering via electronic communication channels. As reported by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), Phishing attacks are growing in volume and sophistication. As a result, the need to improve Phishing detection methods increases. We introduce a simple and novel Phishing classification feature that aims toward supplementing existing classifiers by detecting a subset of Phishing attacks.

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