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Malicious URL Classification Using Artificial Fish Swarm Optimization and Deep Learning

Anwer Mustafa Hilal^1,2,*, Aisha Hassan Abdalla Hashim¹, Heba G. Mohamed³, Mohamed K. Nour⁴, Mashael M. Asiri⁵, Ali M. Al-Sharafi⁶, Mahmoud Othman⁷, Abdelwahed Motwakel²

1 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, International Islamic University Malaysia 53100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2 Department of Computer and Self Development, Preparatory Year Deanship, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, AlKharj, Saudi Arabia
3 Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, P.O. Box 84428, Riyadh, 11671, Saudi Arabia
4 Department of Computer Sciences, College of Computing and Information System, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia
5 Department of Computer Science, College of Science & Art at Mahayil, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
6 Department of Computer Science, College of Computers and Information Technology, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia
7 Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computers and Information Technology, Future University in Egypt, New Cairo, 11835, Egypt

* Corresponding Author: Anwer Mustafa Hilal. Email: