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Abstract
The proliferation of mobile devices and online interactions have been
threatened by different cyberattacks, where phishing attacks and malicious
Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) pose significant risks to user security.
Traditional phishing URL detection methods primarily rely on URL string-based
features, which attackers often manipulate to evade detection. To address these
limitations, we propose a novel graph-based machine learning model for phishing
URL detection, integrating both URL structure and network-level features such
as IP addresses and authoritative name servers. Our approach leverages Loopy
Belief Propagation (LBP) with an enhanced convergence strategy to enable
effective message passing and stable classification in the presence of complex
graph structures. Additionally, we introduce a refined edge potential mechanism
that dynamically adapts based on entity similarity and label relationships to
further improve classification accuracy. Comprehensive experiments on
real-world datasets demonstrate our model's effectiveness by achieving F1 score
of up to 98.77\%. This robust and reproducible method advances phishing
detection capabilities, offering enhanced reliability and valuable insights in
the field of cybersecurity.