PhishGuard 🛡️

Advanced Anti-Phishing Chrome Extension with Server-Backend Integration

PhishGuard is an intelligent anti-phishing solution designed to protect users from malicious websites. It uses real-time detection methods, monitors user interactions, and employs server-side processing to ensure the highest level of security. Built as a Chrome extension, it seamlessly integrates with a Node.js and MongoDB backend.

Features ✨

• Real-Time Phishing Detection: Detects phishing attempts in real-time using advanced algorithms.
• Whitelist Monitoring: Manage and subscribe to custom whitelists for trusted websites.
• Token-Based Authentication: Secure user sessions with JWT tokens and Redis-backed token blacklisting for session management.
• Role-Based Access Control: Enforce user roles and permissions using middleware.
• Server-Side Analysis: Integrated backend system for deep analysis of website behavior.
• Optimized Project Structure: Clear separation of concerns with modular code organization for scalability and maintainability.

Project Structure 🏗️

Frontend

• public/css: Stylesheets, including Bootstrap and custom styles.
• public/images: Icons and assets used within the extension.
• public/js: Frontend scripts categorized by responsibility (DOM Binding, Utils, etc.).

Backend

• src/features/sites: Controllers, models, and utilities related to site monitoring, whitelist management, and cybersecurity features.
• src/features/users: User management, role-based middleware, authentication utilities (JWT, Redis), and controller logic.
• src/features/reports: Reports and security analysis models.

Global Files

• config/: Global configurations, environment variables.
• server.js: Main server setup using Express, MongoDB, Redis, and security middleware.

Installation 🛠️

Requirements

• Node.js
• MongoDB
• Redis
• Chrome Browser

Steps

1. Clone the repository:
   git clone https://github.com/yourusername/phishguard.git
2. Install dependencies:
   npm install
3. Set up environment variables:
   Create a .env file based on .env.example and configure your API_URL, REDIS_HOST, MONGO_URI, and other variables.
4. Run the server:
   npm run dev
5. Load the Chrome extension:
   • Navigate to chrome://extensions/
   • Enable "Developer mode"
   • Click "Load unpacked" and select the public folder from the cloned repo

Usage 🚀

• Start the backend server: The backend handles user authentication, whitelist management, and phishing detection.
• Chrome extension: Protects you while browsing by checking each visited website against the whitelist and backend analysis.

Contributing 👩‍💻👨‍💻

PhishGuard is an open-source project. Contributions are welcome! Feel free to fork the repository, make improvements, and submit pull requests.

License 📜

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

Contact ✉️

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to contact me at amitpom14@gmail.com.