Detecting malicious URLs using machine learning techniques: review and research directions

M Aljabri, HS Altamimi, SA Albelali, M Al-Harbi… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, the digital world has advanced significantly, particularly on the Internet,
which is critical given that many of our activities are now conducted online. As a result of …

SoK: a comprehensive reexamination of phishing research from the security perspective

A Das, S Baki, A El Aassal, R Verma… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Phishing and spear phishing are typical examples of masquerade attacks since trust is built
up through impersonation for the attack to succeed. Given the prevalence of these attacks …

Malicious URL detection using machine learning: A survey

D Sahoo, C Liu, SCH Hoi - arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.07179, 2017 - arxiv.org
Malicious URL, aka malicious website, is a common and serious threat to cybersecurity.
Malicious URLs host unsolicited content (spam, phishing, drive-by exploits, etc.) and lure …

URLNet: Learning a URL representation with deep learning for malicious URL detection

H Le, Q Pham, D Sahoo, SCH Hoi - arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.03162, 2018 - arxiv.org
Malicious URLs host unsolicited content and are used to perpetrate cybercrimes. It is
imperative to detect them in a timely manner. Traditionally, this is done through the usage of …

Social network security: Issues, challenges, threats, and solutions

S Rathore, PK Sharma, V Loia, YS Jeong, JH Park - Information sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Social networks are very popular in today's world. Millions of people use various forms of
social networks as they allow individuals to connect with friends and family, and share …

Malicious accounts: Dark of the social networks

KS Adewole, NB Anuar, A Kamsin, KD Varathan… - Journal of Network and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Over the last few years, online social networks (OSNs), such as Facebook, Twitter and
Tuenti, have experienced exponential growth in both profile registrations and social …

Heuristic nonlinear regression strategy for detecting phishing websites

M Babagoli, MP Aghababa, V Solouk - Soft Computing, 2019 - Springer
In this paper, we propose a method of phishing website detection that utilizes a meta-
heuristic-based nonlinear regression algorithm together with a feature selection approach …

An Assessment of Lexical, Network, and Content‐Based Features for Detecting Malicious URLs Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Models

M Aljabri, F Alhaidari, RMA Mohammad… - Computational …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The World Wide Web services are essential in our daily lives and are available to
communities through Uniform Resource Locator (URL). Attackers utilize such means of …

Adopting automated whitelist approach for detecting phishing attacks

NA Azeez, S Misra, IA Margaret, L Fernandez-Sanz - Computers & Security, 2021 - Elsevier
Phishing is considered a great scourge in cyberspace. Presently, there are two major
challenges known with the existing anti-phishing solutions. Low detection rate and lack of …

Applications of social network analysis to managing the investigation of suspicious activities in social media platforms

R Rawat, V Mahor, S Chirgaiya, AS Rathore - Advances in Cybersecurity …, 2021 - Springer
Social media networks have grown rapidly as a key platform for communicating and sharing
information. Millions of users are actively accessing its features and making connections …