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2009 331d Annual IEEE International Computes Softwar and Applications Conference PhishCatch ~ A Phishing Detection Tool Weider D. Yu Shruti Nargundkar ‘Nagapriya Tiruthani Computer Engineering Department, San Jose State University San Jose (Silicon Valley), California, USA 95192-0180 Abstract Phushing has become the most popular practice aman the criminals of the Web. Phishing ata are becoming more frequent and sophisticated. The impact of phishing is ‘Duane and signflant since i can bmolve the ik of “density thet and finan loses. This paper explain the ‘most popular methods used for phishing and) the PhashCach algorithm developed to detet pashing. The PushCach algorithm sa hewstiebaed agorthn whi il detect phishing email and alert the users about the lashing emails The. phishing filters and res In the falgoridin ave formulated afer extensive research of lishing: methodologies ane tactics. Aer testing, we etermined tht PhishCach algorit has catch rate of 80% an a accuracy of WIC The approach wed be ‘developing this algorithm, the plementation deta amd Tesing resus ave ducussed nth paper 1. Introduction Phishing isan atempt by an individual or 2 group 10 harvest personal. confidential information such as user ames, passwords, efedt card infomation, ete, fom ‘unsuspecting vitins for idemty thf, fnanial gin and fther" fraudulent setvies A’ phishing. seam’ usually involves the phiser sending, mass emails to intended Vitis and ucts teplying to emails and inthe process

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