DetecPhis

Phising Detection Chrome Extension Using Random Forest Algorithm

Introduction

DetecPhis is a chrome extension that uses a random forest algorithm to detect phishing websites. It is a machine learning based approach to detect phishing websites. It uses a random forest algorithm to classify the websites as phishing or legitimate. The extension is built using the python backend and the random forest algorithm is implemented using the scikit-learn library.

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Open the terminal and go to the repository folder
3. Run the following command to install the dependencies

python -m venv .env

#for windows 
.env\Scripts\activate

#for linux
source .env/bin/activate

pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run the following command to start the backend server

python backend/dataset/preprocess.py


python backend/classifier/training.py

5. Run the following command to start the python web server for serving the classifier

cd static
python -m http.server 80

6. Open the chrome browser and go to chrome://extensions/
7. Enable the developer mode
8. Click on load unpacked and select the folder containing the extension (frontend folder)
9. The extension is now installed

Usage

1. Open the chrome browser and go to chrome://extensions/
2. Click on the extension icon
3. The extension will now start running in the background
4. Open a new tab and type the url of the website you want to check
5. The extension will now check the website and display the result