“Proximity” an All-in-One Automated Phishing Attack Tool with Built in Anonymous Mass Mailer

DOI

10.2991/ahis.k.210913.066How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Phishing, Ethical Hacking, Cyber Security, Anonymous Email

Abstract

Phishing is a rapidly rising threat in the cyber world, costing internet users billions of dollars per year. It is an illicit operation that requires the use of a mixture of social engineering and technologies to gather personal information from Internet users. Many cyber-attacks are distributed through mechanisms that leverage end-user vulnerabilities, rendering end-users the weakest link in the security chain. Phishing techniques can be performed in various methods; however, email is the most popular medium. This paper explores why users need to understand phishing and the need for a system that demonstrates how real-world phishing attacks are conducted. The developed system is a Linux Based python tool named “Proximity” an All-in-One Automated Phishing Attack Tool with a built-in Anonymous Mass Mailer.

Copyright

© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lingeshvaaran Linganathar
AU  - Vinesha Selvarajah
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/09/13
TI  - “Proximity” an All-in-One Automated Phishing Attack Tool with Built in Anonymous Mass Mailer
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Integrated Intelligent Computing Communication & Security (ICIIC 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 526
EP  - 530
SN  - 2589-4900
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahis.k.210913.066
DO  - 10.2991/ahis.k.210913.066
ID  - Linganathar2021
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