Omer Bin Tauqeer¹, Sadeeq Jan^1,*, Alaa Omar Khadidos², Adil Omar Khadidos³, Fazal Qudus Khan³, Sana Khattak¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.29, No.1, pp. 291-306, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.017260

Abstract In the past decades, a significant increase has been observed in cyber-attacks on the web-based systems used for financial purposes. Such individual systems often contain security weaknesses, called vulnerabilities that can be exploited for malicious purposes. The exploitation of such vulnerabilities can result in disclosure and manipulation of sensitive data as well as have destructive effects. To protect such systems, security testing is required on a periodic basis. Various detection and assessment techniques have been suggested by developers and researchers to address these security issues. In this paper, we survey the contributions of academia in the field of security testing… More >

NZ Jhanjhi¹, Mamoona Humayun^2,*, Saleh N. Almuayqil²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.37, No.3, pp. 361-380, 2021, DOI:10.32604/csse.2021.015206

Abstract The emergence of industry 4.0 stems from research that has received a great deal of attention in the last few decades. Consequently, there has been a huge paradigm shift in the manufacturing and production sectors. However, this poses a challenge for cybersecurity and highlights the need to address the possible threats targeting (various pillars of) industry 4.0. However, before providing a concrete solution certain aspect need to be researched, for instance, cybersecurity threats and privacy issues in the industry. To fill this gap, this paper discusses potential solutions to cybersecurity targeting this industry and highlights the consequences of possible attacks… More >

Debajit Datta¹, Lalit Garg^2,*, Kathiravan Srinivasan³, Atsushi Inoue⁴, G. Thippa Reddy³, M. Praveen Kumar Reddy³, K. Ramesh⁵, Nidal Nasser⁶

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.1, pp. 723-751, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014802

Abstract The prodigious advancements in contemporary technologies have also brought in the situation of unprecedented cyber-attacks. Further, the pin-based security system is an inadequate mechanism for handling such a scenario. The reason is that hackers use multiple strategies for evading security systems and thereby gaining access to private data. This research proposes to deploy diverse approaches for authenticating and securing a connection amongst two devices/gadgets via sound, thereby disregarding the pins’ manual verification. Further, the results demonstrate that the proposed approaches outperform conventional pin-based authentication or QR authentication approaches. Firstly, a random signal is encrypted, and then it is transformed into… More >

Shailendra Mishra, Sunil Kumar Sharma^*, Majed A. Alowaidi

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.1, pp. 71-85, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2020.012475

Abstract A data breach can seriously impact organizational intellectual property, resources, time, and product value. The risk of system intrusion is augmented by the intrinsic openness of commonly utilized technologies like TCP/IP protocols. As TCP relies on IP addresses, an attacker may easily trace the IP address of the organization. Given that many organizations run the risk of data breach and cyber-attacks at a certain point, a repeatable and well-developed incident response framework is critical to shield them. Enterprise cloud possesses the challenges of security, lack of transparency, trust and loss of controls. Technology eases quickens the processing of information but… More >