Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new intelligent system called "PhishLumos" to thwart phishing campaigns in which criminals lure victims to steal their banking and personal data.
The new system — published in the journal IEEE Access — marks a fundamental shift: rather than being fooled by attempts to conceal content, it treats such attempts as a trigger to launch an extensive automated investigation that tracks a website's infrastructure, including IP addresses and networks used, mapping out the entire criminal network instead of flagging a single link.
Real-world tests have demonstrated the system's effectiveness: it was able to detect phishing campaigns 8 full days faster than human experts, and succeeded in uncovering more than 190,000 malicious links in just 6 months, vastly outperforming legacy systems — paving the way for a safer and fairer digital environment for all.