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Preventive Techniques of Phishing Attacks in Networks |
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Author |
Muhammad Adil |
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Vol. 25 No. 8 pp. 161-169 |
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Abstract |
Today internet technology is the most widely used technology in the world; they are embedded in everyday life as a primary element. Due to its extensive use in the current era of internet, it is involves social media applications, online businesses applications, online advertisement websites, online bank applications, online hunting websites, online doctor appointment and online doctor opinion. This all can makes things easy and accessible for human being in limited time, but in the other direction this can also vulnerable as like it is beneficial because of their many types of security treats. Security threats to the network, online application, and end user of networks is increasing continuously. One of the most vital and severe threat is Phishing attack. Phishing attack is used for many years as common type of attack by attacker to usurp network security. Phishing attacks includes many types of attacks, in which, the intruder use fake E-mails, fake websites, fake application to convince the end user and steal their credentials or usurp their security. This paper overview a brief history of different types of phishing attacks with background knowledge of Phishing. The solution proposed in this paper to detect and prevent Phishing attacks is the installation of IDS and IPS in the network to allow only authentic traffic in the network, with addition of end user awareness and education campaign to mitigate these attacks. |
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Keywords |
Network Security, Information security, Malware, Phishing, Spam, Social engineering, and machine learning, Anti-Phishing. |
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