期刊名称:International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Engineering & Technology (IJARCET)
印刷版ISSN:2278-1323
出版年度:2013
卷号:2
期号:12
页码:3144-3147
出版社:Shri Pannalal Research Institute of Technolgy
摘要:Phishing attacks have been a significant threat to the Internet users and business organizations across the globe causing billions of dollars loss. Phishing is a type of internet fraud that uses emails or websites, which is designed to look like from legitimate organizations, to take in users into disclosing their personal or financial information. This information can be used by hostile party for scandalous and criminal purposes, such as identity theft and fraud. The inability of an end user to accurately sense legitimate and fraudulent emails or websites apart results into a successful phishing attack .The current paper focuses on a comparative study and analysis of various phishing detection mechanisms. This survey is a structured guide to support the current status of the literature that is based on the anti-phishing mechanism.