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Deep Learning for Next-Generation Cybersecurity: Architectures, Robustness and Applications

Submission Deadline: 15 October 2026 View: 1393 Submit to Special Issue

Guest Editor(s)

Prof. Chin-Shiuh Shieh

Email: csshieh@nkust.edu.tw

Affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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Research Interests: information security, computational intelligence, artificial intelligence, computer networking

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Dr. Thanh-Tuan Nguyen

Email: tuannt@ntu.edu.vn

Affiliation: Department of Electronic and Automation Engineering, Nha Trang University, Nha Trang, Vietnam

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Research Interests: information security, intelligent computation, heuristic optimization

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Dr. Chun-Chih Lo

Email: georgelo@nkust.edu.tw

Affiliation: Department of Electronic Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

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Research Interests: information security, network technologies and applications, emerging areas in artificial intelligence, mobile networks and computing, cloud computing, machine learning

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Summary

1) Introduction: In an era of exponential digital interconnectivity, conventional security frameworks increasingly struggle to mitigate the complexities of sophisticated cyber threats. Deep Learning (DL) has emerged as a transformative paradigm, offering the self-adaptive and robust capabilities necessary to process massive data streams, identify zero-day vulnerabilities, and automate real-time threat mitigation.


2) Aim and Scope: This Special Issue invites cutting-edge research and comprehensive review articles focusing on the intersection of Deep Learning and Cybersecurity. We seek submissions that address critical challenges in model accuracy, scalability, and resilience against evolving threats. Key areas of interest encompass novel neural architectures for intrusion detection, advanced malware analysis, and privacy-preserving frameworks. Furthermore, we encourage studies on the security of AI itself, specifically regarding adversarial attacks and defense strategies, to provide a holistic perspective on how deep learning can fortify next-generation cyber defense mechanisms.


3) Suggested themes:
· Deep Learning architectures for Network Intrusion Detection Systems (NIDS).
· Advanced Malware detection and classification using Deep Learning.
· Adversarial attacks and defense mechanisms in Deep Learning models.
· Privacy-preserving Deep Learning and Federated Learning for security.
· Deep Learning-based approaches for IoT and Industrial Control System security.
· Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) for cyber threat intelligence.
· Deep Learning for phishing detection and social engineering prevention.


Keywords

adversarial attack, adversarial robustness, cybersecurity, deep learning, explainable intrusion detection, federated learning, intrusion detection, IoT security, malware analysis, network security

Published Papers


  • Open Access

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    Enhancing the Transferability of Adversarial Samples through Frequency-Domain Attenuation

    Li Peng, Xiangbing Li, Kun Zou, Yong Liu, Haibo Huang
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.88, No.3, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2026.082629
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Deep Learning for Next-Generation Cybersecurity: Architectures, Robustness and Applications)
    Abstract In recent years, the transferability of adversarial examples has attracted significant attention. To improve the effectiveness of black-box attacks, a frequency-domain decay constraint is introduced, inspired by weight decay and regularization techniques commonly employed during model training. By treating adversarial perturbations as inputs in an optimization process, this constraint aims to mitigate the excessive reliance on low-frequency components during adversarial example generation, thereby enhancing transferability. Fourier heatmaps are utilized to analyze the sensitivity of input samples, enabling a decomposition of the frequency spectrum into low-frequency and high-frequency components. Based on this analysis, low-frequency attenuation is More >

  • Open Access

    ARTICLE

    Enhancing IoMT Network Threat Detection with Data Balancing for Multi-Class Attack Classification on CICIoMT2024 Dataset

    Taghreed Alkhodaidi, Wadee Alhalabi, Miada Almasre
    CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.88, No.2, 2026, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2026.081665
    (This article belongs to the Special Issue: Deep Learning for Next-Generation Cybersecurity: Architectures, Robustness and Applications)
    Abstract The rapid growth of the IoMT has resulted in critical security threats to healthcare infrastructure, which require highly sophisticated IDSs that can detect a wide range of and unbalanced attack patterns. This study has addressed a critical challenge faced by network security data, which is class imbalance, by presenting a comprehensive evaluation of data balancing techniques on both a real-world standard data set, CICIoMT2024, and a synthetic data set, SynIoMT2026, which we generated to mimic the characteristics of the standard data set for developing a highly controlled data set. Three data balancing techniques, ADASYN, Sample… More >

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