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- Title
A Mobile-Based Phishing Detector App for E-Mails.
- Authors
Orunsolu, Abdul A.; Alaran, Misturah A.; Kareem, Sakiru O.; Oke, Ayobami G.; Adejonwo, Eniola I.
- Abstract
Purpose: The objective of this study is to design and implement a light weight mobile application for detecting fake e-mail messages on smart phones. Design/Methodology/Approach: The design is based on the characteristics or features of Universal Resource Locator (URL) with the emessages. These URL's features are then compared with existing "fingerprints" of malicious URLs in a rule-based approach. Findings: The results indicated that the approach is very effective in detecting phishing attacks on mobile phones with a True Positive of 94.5% and True Negative of 100% on the collected dataset. Research limitations/implications: The proposed technique is tested with datasets from known phishing and benign data sources. The technique can provide the needed security for mobile phones users. Practical implications: This work provides the design of a mobile based phishing detector app which can verify the identity of embedded links within e-mail messages. The practicability of the proposed solution was tested using Gmail and Yahoomail as their Application Programming Interface (API) is easily available for integration Originality/value: The popularity of mobile devices especially for online-related activities has made most unsuspecting users vulnerable to webbased attacks. The proposed technique provides a secure, lightweight and efficient solution for mobile phone users in conducting their online activities especially e-mail management.
- Publication
Computing & Information Systems, 2017, Vol 21, Issue 3, p19
- ISSN
1352-9404
- Publication type
Academic Journal