A Comprehensive Review of Machine and Deep Learning Approaches for Cyber Security Phishing Email Detection
Sarmad Rashed, Caner Ozcan · Al-Iraqia Journal of Scientific Engineering Research · 2024
Over the past fifteen years, phishing has emerged as the leading cybercriminal activity, resulting in the unauthorized acquisition of substantial financial resources amounting to billions of dollars. This phenomenon arises due to using novel (zero-day) and complicated tactics by phishing attackers to deceive internet users. Email is the primary approach utilized to initiate phishing attacks. This study comprehensively analyzes popular methods used in email spam tests. The present analysis comprehensively examines the key concepts, techniques, and research trends relative to spam filtering. The topic of discussion involved a general email spam filtering mechanism and the attempts of various scholars to counter spam by employing machine-learning methodologies. Our review examines the advantages and disadvantages of several machine learning methods within the context of spam filtering while addressing some of the biggest research inquiries in this domain.