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A Lightweight Framework for Detection and Resolution for Phishing, Pharming and Email Spoofing

Abstract

Email Change the way of communication in today’s world. Nowadays email based attacks are growing up. Some of attacks are performed in email like Email Spoofing, Phishing and Pharming attack. Pharming is an advanced version of phishing attack. Main Aim of phishing attack is forgery send a fake email to user and obtained/Retrieved the credential user’s information like username, password or banking account data. Pharming attack is un-authorized party change/exploit DNS setting of server so that when you enter the legitimate/Original Website address, it redirecting them to a fraudulent/lure website which are same as realistic. Phishing is a method of retrieve someone personal information, while spoofing is a means of delivery. Email Spoofing is stealing of someone’s identity to sending emails containing viruses. It is a trick to hide legitimate user identity and blame to somebody else. In this research we are proposing an approach to decrease a highly false positive ratio detecting of Pharming and phishing attack. Our proposed approach achieves an accuracy level comparable to the best results obtained through related techniques and also using this combine approach to detecting and protecting Pharming, Phishing and email spoofing.

Pooja Modi, Hardik Upadhyay, Ketan Modi, Krunal Suthar

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