DocumentCode
3849151
Title
Using the Euclidean Distance as a Mechanism Distance between Signatures to the Detect Spam and Phishing Scams
Author
Isabela Liane de Oliveira;Jorge Luiz Correa;Adriano Mauro Cansian
Author_Institution
Lab. ACME! de Pesquisa em Seguranca, UNESP - Univ. Estadual Paulista, Sã
Volume
8
Issue
4
fYear
2010
Firstpage
340
Lastpage
348
Abstract
Spams and Phishing Scams are some of the abuse forms on the Internet that have grown up now. These abuses influence in user´s routine of electronic mail and in the infrastructure of Internet communication. So, this paper proposes a new model messages filter based in Euclidian distance, beyond show the containment´s methodologies currently more used. A new model messages filter, based in frequency´s distribution of character present in your content and in signature generation is described. An architecture to combat Phishing Scam and spam is proposed in order to contribute to the containment of attempted fraud by mail.
Keywords
"Postal services","Internet","Unsolicited electronic mail","Protocols","Information filters"
Journal_Title
IEEE Latin America Transactions
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1548-0992
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TLA.2010.5595123
Filename
5595123
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