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Samiksha_Master_Thesis_2021

tf-idf.ipynb: TF-IDF implemention on the entire phishing email dataset.

descriptive-statistics-var1.ipynb & descriptive-statistics-var2.ipynb: Descriptive statistics (mean, median, standard deviation) of phishing data under variation 1 and 2.

mwu-var1.ipynb & mwu-var2.ipynb: Test statistics, that is, Mann-Whitney U test performed on phishing emails received before and after each DDoS announcement date under variation 1 and 2.

sum-var1.ipynb & sum-var2.ipynb: Sum of phishing emails (for respective hypothesis) received before and after each DDoS announcement date under variation 1 and 2.

Description of variation 1 and 2:

H1: +/- 3 and +/-7 days

H2: +/- 7 and +/-15 days

H3: +/- 7 and +/-15 days

Selection of phishing emails:

H1: all English phishing emails

H2: phishing emails with security related content that can lead to a DDoS attack

H3: phishing emails with malware attachments that takes victim to malicious website causing DDoS attack

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