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
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“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