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29th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'05) Volume 1
Protecting Users Against Phishing Attacks with AntiPhish
Edinburgh, Scotland
July 26-July 28
ISBN: 0-7695-2413-3
Engin Kirda, Technical University of Vienna
Christopher Kruegel, Technical University of Vienna
Phishing is a form of online identity theft that aims to steal sensitive information such as online banking passwords and credit card information from users. Phishing scams have been receiving extensive press coverage because such attacks have been escalating in number and sophistication. According to a study by Gartner, 57 million US Internet users have identified the receipt of e-mail linked to phishing scams and about 2 million of them are estimated to have been tricked into giving away sensitive information. This paper presents a novel browser extension, AntiPhish, that aims to protect users against spoofed web site-based phishing attacks. To this end, AntiPhish tracks the sensitive information of a user and generates warnings whenever the user attempts to give away this information to a web site that is considered untrusted.
Index Terms:
Security, Phishing Attacks, User Protection
Citation:
Engin Kirda, Christopher Kruegel, "Protecting Users Against Phishing Attacks with AntiPhish," compsac, vol. 1, pp.517-524, 29th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC'05) Volume 1, 2005
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