Khadija El Fellah^1,*, Ikram El Azami^2,*, Adil El Makrani², Habiba Bouijij³, Oussama El Azzouzy⁴

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.057754

Abstract The rapid growth of the automotive industry has raised significant concerns about the security of connected vehicles and their integrated supply chains, which are increasingly vulnerable to advanced cyber threats. Traditional authentication methods have proven insufficient, exposing systems to risks such as Sybil, Denial of Service (DoS), and Eclipse attacks. This study critically examines the limitations of current security protocols, focusing on authentication and data exchange vulnerabilities, and explores blockchain technology as a potential solution. Blockchain’s decentralized and cryptographically secure framework can significantly enhance Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication, ensure data integrity, and enable transparent, immutable transactions More >

Sameh Zarif^1,2,*, Hadier Moawad², Khalid Amin², Abdullah Alharbi³, Wail S. Elkilani⁴, Shouze Tang⁵, Marian Wagdy⁶

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.057439

Abstract Authentication is the most crucial aspect of security and a predominant measure employed in cybersecurity. Cloud computing provides a shared electronic device resource for users via the internet, and the authentication techniques used must protect data from attacks. Previous approaches failed to resolve the challenge of making passwords secure, memorable, usable, and time-saving. Graphical Password (GP) is still not widely utilized in reality because consumers suffer from multiple login stages. This paper proposes an Indexed Choice-Based Graphical Password (ICGP) scheme for improving the authentication part. ICGP consists of two stages: registration and authentication. At the… More >

Xianju Gao^*, Huachun Zhou, Weilin Wang, Jingfu Yan

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.058327

Abstract The network security knowledge base standardizes and integrates network security data, providing a reliable foundation for real-time network security protection solutions. However, current research on network security knowledge bases mainly focuses on their construction, while the potential to optimize intelligent security services for real-time network security protection requires further exploration. Therefore, how to effectively utilize the vast amount of historical knowledge in the field of network security and establish a feedback mechanism to update it in real time, thereby enhancing the detection capability of security services against malicious traffic, has become an important issue. Our… More >

Nishit Patil, Shubhalaxmi Joshi^*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.057702

Abstract Intrusion detection (ID) is a cyber security practice that encompasses the process of monitoring network activities to identify unauthorized or malicious actions. This includes problems like the difficulties of existing intrusion detection models to identify emerging attacks, generating many false alarms, and their inability and difficulty to adapt themselves with time when it comes to threats, hence to overcome all those existing challenges in this research develop a Prairie Araneida optimization based fused Convolutional Neural Network model (PAO-CNN) for intrusion detection. The fused CNN (Convolutional Neural Netowrk) is a remarkable development since it combines statistical… More >

B. Gomathi^1,*, R. Manimegalai¹, Srivatsan Santhanam², Atreya Biswas³

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.056659

Abstract In enterprise operations, maintaining manual rules for enterprise processes can be expensive, time-consuming, and dependent on specialized domain knowledge in that enterprise domain. Recently, rule-generation has been automated in enterprises, particularly through Machine Learning, to streamline routine tasks. Typically, these machine models are black boxes where the reasons for the decisions are not always transparent, and the end users need to verify the model proposals as a part of the user acceptance testing to trust it. In such scenarios, rules excel over Machine Learning models as the end-users can verify the rules and have more… More >

Suneel Kumar Rath¹, Madhusmita Sahu¹, Shom Prasad Das², Junali Jasmine Jena³, Chitralekha Jena⁴, Baseem Khan^5,6,7,*, Ahmed Ali⁷, Pitshou Bokoro⁷

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.057067

Abstract Redundancy, correlation, feature irrelevance, and missing samples are just a few problems that make it difficult to analyze software defect data. Additionally, it might be challenging to maintain an even distribution of data relating to both defective and non-defective software. The latter software class’s data are predominately present in the dataset in the majority of experimental situations. The objective of this review study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of combining ensemble learning and feature selection in improving the performance of defect classification. Besides the successful feature selection approach, a novel variant of the ensemble learning… More >

Conghao Niu^1,*, Dezhi Han¹, Bing Han², Zhongdai Wu²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.056736

Abstract The high coverage and all-weather capabilities of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) image ship detection make it a widely accepted method for maritime ship positioning and identification. However, SAR ship detection faces challenges such as indistinct ship contours, low resolution, multi-scale features, noise, and complex background interference. This paper proposes a lightweight YOLOv8 model for small object detection in SAR ship images, incorporating key structures to enhance performance. The YOLOv8 backbone is replaced by the Slim Backbone (SB), and the Delete Medium-sized Detection Head (DMDH) structure is eliminated to concentrate on shallow features. Dynamically adjusting the… More >

Muhammad Muntasir Yakubu^1,2,*, Mohd Fadzil B Hassan^1,3, Kamaluddeen Usman Danyaro¹, Aisha Zahid Junejo⁴, Muhammed Siraj⁵, Saidu Yahaya¹, Shamsuddeen Adamu¹, Kamal Abdulsalam⁶

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.054556

Abstract This study conducts a systematic literature review (SLR) of blockchain consensus mechanisms, an essential protocols that maintain the integrity, reliability, and decentralization of distributed ledger networks. The aim is to comprehensively investigate prominent mechanisms’ security features and vulnerabilities, emphasizing their security considerations, applications, challenges, and future directions. The existing literature offers valuable insights into various consensus mechanisms’ strengths, limitations, and security vulnerabilities and their real-world applications. However, there remains a gap in synthesizing and analyzing this knowledge systematically. Addressing this gap would facilitate a structured approach to understanding consensus mechanisms’ security and vulnerabilities comprehensively. The… More >

Salman Ahmed¹, Fazli Subhan^2,3, Mazliham Mohd Su’ud^3,*, Muhammad Mansoor Alam^3,4, Adil Waheed⁵

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.053997

Abstract In the contemporary era, the death rate is increasing due to lung cancer. However, technology is continuously enhancing the quality of well-being. To improve the survival rate, radiologists rely on Computed Tomography (CT) scans for early detection and diagnosis of lung nodules. This paper presented a detailed, systematic review of several identification and categorization techniques for lung nodules. The analysis of the report explored the challenges, advancements, and future opinions in computer-aided diagnosis CAD systems for detecting and classifying lung nodules employing the deep learning (DL) algorithm. The findings also highlighted the usefulness of DL… More >

Mosab Manaseer¹, Maram Bani Younes^2,*

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, DOI:10.32604/csse.2024.055128

Abstract This work aims to examine the vulnerabilities and threats in the applications of intelligent transport systems, especially collision avoidance protocols. It focuses on achieving the availability of network communication among traveling vehicles. Finally, it aims to find a secure solution to prevent blackhole attacks on vehicular network communications. The proposed solution relies on authenticating vehicles by joining a blockchain network. This technology provides identification information and receives cryptography keys. Moreover, the ad hoc on-demand distance vector (AODV) protocol is used for route discovery and ensuring reliable node communication. The system activates an adaptive mode for monitoring More >