A Proposal to Protect Against Phishing Attacks

The diversity of modern networks, the Internet in particular, introduces a
lot of facilities. Currently, all commercial applications are tended to be done
through the Internet, such as electronic commerce, electronic funds transfer,
electronic payment, and so forth. Even the office network environment is now
extending to employee’s home. The need for authentication and unconditionally
secure encryption is essential for today’s applications. Every day a new security
threats has been discovered. Recently, there is a new security threat, it is the
Phishing. Phishing is a robbery operation, but online. It enables the Phisher to get
private information such as passwords, usernames, online banking, ATM PIN’s
and credit card. According to recent figures, the number of Internet users who
faced phishing attacks over the last 12 months has grown from 19.9 million to 37.3
million with an increase going over 85 %. Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Amazon and
others are among main targets of cybercriminals. The objective of this thesis is to
propose a framework to protect against Phishing attacks .The main objective of the
proposal is to prevent the Phisher from achieving his attacks.