Boosting the accuracy of phishing detection with less features using XGBOOST

• Main Authors: Musa, Hajara, Gital, A. Y., Bitrus, Mohzo Gideon, Juma'at, Nurul Farhana, Balde, Muhammad Abubakar
• Format: Article
• Published: iJournals Publication 2020
• Subjects: L Education (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87308/; https://ijournals.in/ijshre-volume-8-issue-2/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Phishing has been for a long time a difficult threat in every society as it changes form with time and it has taken billions of dollars from governments, companies and individuals alike. It is an identity theft which employs a kind of social engineering attack to get vital information from individua...