Enhancing Cybersecurity Against Phishing Attacks Using VGA-Hyphishnet: A Hybrid Generative–Discriminative Model
By: K. Sravanthi and N. Syed Siraj Ahmed
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ijssis-2026-0062 | Journal eISSN: 1178-5608
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Submitted on: May 9, 2025
Published on: Aug 25, 2026
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