Phishing email detection using MBFT-Lite : A multi-branch federated transformer framework
Anita Shrotriyaanita.shrotriya@jaipur.manipal.eduDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering Manipal University JaipurJaipur, Rajasthan, 303007, IndiaView full profile → , Sanvi Agarwalagarwalsanvi004@gmail.comDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering Manipal University JaipurJaipur, Rajasthan, 303007, IndiaView full profile → , Tvisha Khannatvishakhanna1557@gmail.comDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering Manipal University JaipurJaipur, Rajasthan, 303007, IndiaView full profile → , *Sunita SinghalCorresponding authorsunita.singhal@jaipur.manipal.eduDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering Manipal University JaipurJaipur, Rajasthan, 303007, IndiaView full profile →
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- Received:
- 01 Jul 2025
- Published Online:
- 11 Mar 2026
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- JDMSC-2606
- Pages:
- 1473–1483
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