HYBRID ADVANCED ENCRYPTION MECHANISM TO GENERATE VISUAL QR CODE FOR PREVENTING PHISHING ATTACKS

Abstract

Visual Cryptography is a technique that allows for encrypting information and protects the information from various attacks. Phishing is a wide range of attacks, an attempt made by an individual to steal a user's information for identity theft and economic benefit. Existing methods, such as URL and HTML features, are limited to detecting attached malware because they do not read and process subjects within the web page's external files, whether cross-domain or not. To resolve these problems, website detection uses visual cryptography and OTP. The QR code is split into two shares using a visual cryptography secret-sharing technique, which can be sent separately. When the two shares are merged, OTP is generated. Time Passwords (OTP) remain valid for one session and can mainly use to validate the User within a particular period. The proposed model generates the OTP using the Enhanced AES algorithm to provide a more secure QR code to prevent users from entering Phishing websites. AES gives more robust security and is highly resistant to attacks.