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Whale Optimization and AutoML for Precise Phishing Detection

Title
Whale Optimization and AutoML for Precise Phishing Detection
Creator
Singhal, Divya; Verma, Ankit; Radhakrishnan, Ganesh V.; Parashar, Jyoti; Date, Saroj S.; Upreti, Kamal
Description
Online fraud and social engineering tactics frequently use phishing websites as platforms. Phishers often modify the source code of the web pages they exploit in their attacks to create the illusion that alterations were made to authentic websites. A solitary response is insufficient to mitigate phishing due to the many methods employed in its execution. This study examines machine learning algorithms and evaluates their efficacy when trained on datasets including attributes that differentiate secure websites from phishing sites. Automated algorithms facilitate real-time fraud protection by swiftly detecting suspicious URLs, domain names, and website content. This study aims to identify the optimal method for detecting a prevalent category of cyberattacks. This would enhance the security and privacy of all internet users by facilitating the identification and blocking of malicious websites. Nonetheless, there is an urgent desire for automated models that provide rapid and precise detection. This research introduces a regression-based assessment method for phishing detection to address this demand. Our approach employs a whale optimization algorithm for feature selection. An AutoML framework subsequently utilizes the selected feature subsets as input. The model showed good accuracy in its predictions with very small errors on the test data, shown by an RMSE of 0.1079, an MSE of 0.0116, and an R2 value of 0.9534. These results demonstrate the reliability of our feature selection and modeling methods. 2025 River Publishers
Source
Journal of Mobile Multimedia;Volume;21;Issue;5;pp.855-880
Date
01-01-2025
Publisher
River Publishers
Subject
AutoML framework; AutoML H2O; optimization algorithm; Phishing attack; random forest algorithm; regression analysis; whale optimization algorithm
Coverage
Singhal D., Department of Computer Science, Noida Institute of Engineering & Technology, Greater Noida, India; Verma A., Department of Computer Applications, KIET Group of Institutions, Delhi-NCR, Ghaziabad, India; Radhakrishnan G.V., Department of Economics and Finance, KIIT School of Management (KSOM), KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India; Parashar J., Department of Computer Applications, Panipat Institute of Engineering & Technology College, Haryana, Panipat, India; Date S.S., Department of Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, Chh.Shahu College of Engineering, Kanchanwadi, Paithan Road, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, MS, Aurangabad, India; Upreti K., Department of Computer Science, Christ University, Delhi NCR, Ghaziabad, India
Rights
All Open Access; Gold Open Access
Relation
ISSN: 15504646;
Format
online
Language
English
Type
Article

Citation

Singhal, Divya; Verma, Ankit; Radhakrishnan, Ganesh V.; Parashar, Jyoti; Date, Saroj S.; Upreti, Kamal, “Whale Optimization and AutoML for Precise Phishing Detection,” CHRIST (Deemed To Be University) Institutional Repository, accessed June 18, 2026, https://archives.christuniversity.in/items/show/23228.

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