A literature review on classification of phishing attacks
International Journal of Advanced Technology and Engineering Exploration · 2022
IntroductionPhishing is a fraudulent activity through which the phisher/attacker tries to lure internet users into stealing their personal information/credentials to gain financially [1].Phishing is comparable to fishing, which gives a different meaning; in phishing, the attacker uses bait (sending an email with an embedded hyperlink that redirects to a fraudulent site) to capture the internet users' credentials.Earlier, the hackers were known as Phreaks (a Phreak is someone who breaks into the telephone networks illegally to make free long-distance phone calls or to tap phone lines) and are closely related to each other.The reason for replacing "f" with "ph" is to link the phishing scams with phreaks [2, 3].For the past two decades, phishing has become the most dangerous attack, and plenty of attack is taking place every day [4-6].The first phishing scam was recorded on 2nd Jan 1996 on American online (AOL) that provides internet services [2].