TY  - EJOU
AU  - Khan, Shoaib 
AU  - Khan, Bilal 
AU  - Jan, Saifullah 
AU  - Ullah, Subhan 
AU  - Aiman, 

TI  - Empirical Analysis of Neural Networks-Based Models for Phishing Website Classification Using Diverse Datasets
T2  - Journal of Cyber Security

PY  - 2023
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
SN  - 2579-0064

AB  - Phishing attacks pose a significant security threat by masquerading as trustworthy entities to steal sensitive information, a problem that persists despite user awareness. This study addresses the pressing issue of phishing attacks on websites and assesses the performance of three prominent Machine Learning (ML) models—Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), and Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM)—utilizing authentic datasets sourced from Kaggle and Mendeley repositories. Extensive experimentation and analysis reveal that the CNN model achieves a better accuracy of 98%. On the other hand, LSTM shows the lowest accuracy of 96%. These findings underscore the potential of ML techniques in enhancing phishing detection systems and bolstering cybersecurity measures against evolving phishing tactics, offering a promising avenue for safeguarding sensitive information and online security.
KW  - Artificial neural networks; phishing websites; network security; machine learning; phishing datasets; classification

DO  - 10.32604/jcs.2023.045579