A taxonomy of phishing research

Phishing is a widespread threat that has attracted a lot of attention from the security community. A significant amount of research has focused on designing automated mitigation techniques. However, these techniques have largely only proven successful at catching previously witnessed phishing campaigns. Characteristics of phishing emails and web pages were thoroughly analyzed, but not enough emphasis was put on exploring alternate attack vectors. Novel education approaches were shown to be effective at teaching users to recognize phishing attacks and are adaptable to other kinds of threats. In this thesis, we explore a large amount of existing literature on phishing and present a comprehensive taxonomy of the current state of phishing research. With our extensive literature review, we will illuminate both areas of phishing research we believe will prove fruitful and areas that seem to be oversaturated.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.S.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Computer Science

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2016

Author dc:creator

• Chuenchujit, Thasphon

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bailey, Michael D

• phishing
• social engineering

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2016 Thasphon Chuenchujit

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/90570

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/90570