A Comparative Analysis of Phishing Detection and Prevention Techniques

Phishing assaults use websites and email messages similar to a familiar and genuine organization, so as to trick users into giving their financial or personal information online at the illegal websites. Phishing assaults look out at the various weak points that are present in systems and frameworks because of the human factor. There exist numerous cyber-attacks which are spread through different methods or schemes. They utilize these shortcomings found in end users, thus making the users as the most vulnerable component in terms of security. The phishing problem is extensive, expansive and till now there is no single answer to alleviate all the existing weak points effectively. This leads to implementation of multiple techniques to reduce specific attacks. This paper surveys the literature on the recently proposed anti-phishing techniques designed to detect and prevent phishing.