PhishVQC: Optimizing Phishing URL Detection with Correlation Based Feature Selection and Variational Quantum Classifier

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2503.01799v1
• Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2025 18:28:01 GMT
• Title: PhishVQC: Optimizing Phishing URL Detection with Correlation Based Feature Selection and Variational Quantum Classifier
• Authors: Md. Farhan Shahriyar, Gazi Tanbhir, Abdullah Md Raihan Chy, Mohammed Abdul Al Arafat Tanzin, Md. Jisan Mashrafi,
• Abstract summary: Motivated by quantum computing, this paper proposes using Variational Quantums (VQC) to enhance phishing URL detection.<n>We present PhishVQC, a quantum model that combines quantum maps and variational ansatzes such as RealAmplitude and EfficientSU2.<n>This highlights the potential quantum machine learning to improve phishing detection accuracy.
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• Abstract: Phishing URL detection is crucial in cybersecurity as malicious websites disguise themselves to steal sensitive infor mation. Traditional machine learning techniques struggle to per form well in complex real-world scenarios due to large datasets and intricate patterns. Motivated by quantum computing, this paper proposes using Variational Quantum Classifiers (VQC) to enhance phishing URL detection. We present PhishVQC, a quantum model that combines quantum feature maps and vari ational ansatzes such as RealAmplitude and EfficientSU2. The model is evaluated across two experimental setups with varying dataset sizes and feature map repetitions. PhishVQC achieves a maximum macro average F1-score of 0.89, showing a 22% improvement over prior studies. This highlights the potential of quantum machine learning to improve phishing detection accuracy. The study also notes computational challenges, with execution wall times increasing as dataset size grows.

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