A new hybrid ensemble feature selection framework for machine learning-based phishing detection system

Chiew, Kang Leng and Tan, Choon Lin and Wong, KokSheik and Yong, Kelvin S.C. and Tiong, Wei King (2019) A new hybrid ensemble feature selection framework for machine learning-based phishing detection system. Information Sciences, 484. pp. 153-166. ISSN 0020-0255

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Abstract

This paper proposes a new feature selection framework for machine learning-based phishing detection system, called the Hybrid Ensemble Feature Selection (HEFS). In the first phase of HEFS, a novel Cumulative Distribution Function gradient (CDF-g) algorithm is exploited to produce primary feature subsets, which are then fed into a data perturbation ensemble to yield secondary feature subsets. The second phase derives a set of baseline features from the secondary feature subsets by using a function perturbation ensemble. The overall experimental results suggest that HEFS performs best when it is integrated with Random Forest classifier, where the baseline features correctly distinguish 94.6% of phishing and legitimate websites using only 20.8% of the original features. In another experiment, the baseline features (10 in total) utilised on Random Forest outperforms the set of all features (48 in total) used on SVM, Naive Bayes, C4.5, JRip, and PART classifiers. HEFS also shows promising results when benchmarked using another well-known phishing dataset from the University of California Irvine (UCI) repository. Hence, the HEFS is a highly desirable and practical feature selection technique for machine learning-based phishing detection systems. © 2019 Elsevier Inc.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Information, Communication and Creative Technology
Uncontrolled Keywords: Classification, Ensemble-based, Feature selection, Machine learning, Phishing dataset, Phishing detection, UNIMAS, Borneo, Malaysia, Information, Computer, PC
Subjects: Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > ZA Information resources
Divisions: Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology
Depositing User: 1 Student
Date Deposited: 07 May 2020 01:28
Last Modified: 29 Sep 2022 02:21
URI: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/29603

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