SPARTA – Phishing Detection Web Extension 🛡️

🔍 Project Overview

SPARTA is a Machine Learning-powered phishing detection web extension that provides real-time analysis of loaded websites, warning users if they are suspicious or safe. It also includes a manual URL verification option, enhancing cybersecurity for everyday browsing.

🚀 Features

✔️ Real-time Website Scanning – Detects phishing attempts instantly
✔️ ML-powered Detection – Trained on a phishing dataset for accuracy
✔️ Manual URL Check – Users can verify suspicious websites
✔️ Browser Extension – Lightweight and easy to use
✔️ Secure API Integration – Ensures seamless communication with the backend

🛠️ Tech Stack

• Python – Backend & ML Model
• Flask – API Development
• JavaScript – Browser Extension
• Scikit-learn – Machine Learning Model
• HTML & CSS – UI Design

📂 Project Structure

SPARTA-Phishing-Detection/
│── backend/               # ML model, Flask API & Dataset
│── extension/             # Browser extension files
│── README.md              # Project documentation
│── requirements.txt       # Required dependencies
│── LICENSE                # MIT License

🔧 Installation & Setup

1️⃣ Clone the Repository

git clone https://github.com/your-username/SPARTA-Phishing-Detection.git
cd SPARTA-Phishing-Detection

2️⃣ Install Dependencies

pip install -r requirements.txt

3️⃣ Run the Backend Server

python app.py

4️⃣ Load the Browser Extension

1. Open Chrome/Edge and go to chrome://extensions/
2. Enable Developer Mode (top right corner)
3. Click Load unpacked and select the extension/ folder
4. The extension is now ready to use! 🎉

🖥️ Usage Guide

• Automatic Detection: The extension will scan every loaded website and provide an alert if it's suspicious.
• Manual Verification: Enter a URL in the provided bar to check if it's phishing.

📌 Future Enhancements

📌 Support for more phishing datasets
📌 AI-based enhancements for better detection accuracy
📌 Publish as an official Chrome & Firefox extension

🏆 Contributors

🚀 Pracheer Srivastava
🚀 Saurav Chourasia

📜 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License – see the LICENSE file for details.

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We’d love feedback and contributions! Feel free to star⭐ the repo, report issues, or submit pull requests. 🚀🔥