Inspiration
Modern cybersecurity standards mean that the technology behind our security systems are nearly unbreakable. Rather, the human element is the weak link between these systems. For example, the recent bybit hack of 1.4 billion USD by the North Korean Lazarus Group was done through phishing attacks and social engineering. Therefore, we wanted a project that would help prevent such attacks and safeguard companies and people from malicious actors.
What it does
Our chrome extension makes it easy to check if your email is a phishing attempt. After installing it, all you have to do is open an email, click on our extension, and hit scan. Afterwards, it will give you an AI-powered analysis of the email.
How we built it
We created a chrome extension following the chrome extension docs. We also made a UI for the user to determine which email to scan. Afterwards, we did DOM manipulation to extract the exact email data we wanted Gemini to analyze. We sent this data using the Gemini API and displayed the response.
Challenges we ran into
We had to build a backend server to hide our api key.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
Getting everything working and not accidentally sharing our private keys publically
What we learned
We learned how to make a Chrome extension, how to use Gemini API, DOM manipulation, how to handle sensitive information, and how to setup a backend server
What's next for PhishNetAI
We have plans to differentiate between free and paid services from Gemini, Making the extension work on domains other than Gmail, and to publish PhishNetAI to the Chrome Webstore
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