Nojood O. Aljehane^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.68, No.3, pp. 3915-3929, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.017905

Abstract Cyber physical systems (CPSs) are a networked system of cyber (computation, communication) and physical (sensors, actuators) elements that interact in a feedback loop with the assistance of human interference. Generally, CPSs authorize critical infrastructures and are considered to be important in the daily lives of humans because they form the basis of future smart devices. Increased utilization of CPSs, however, poses many threats, which may be of major significance for users. Such security issues in CPSs represent a global issue; therefore, developing a robust, secure, and effective CPS is currently a hot research topic. To resolve this issue, an intrusion… More >

Thavavel Vaiyapuri^*, Adel Binbusayyis

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.68, No.3, pp. 3271-3288, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.017665

Abstract In the era of Big data, learning discriminant feature representation from network traffic is identified has as an invariably essential task for improving the detection ability of an intrusion detection system (IDS). Owing to the lack of accurately labeled network traffic data, many unsupervised feature representation learning models have been proposed with state-of-the-art performance. Yet, these models fail to consider the classification error while learning the feature representation. Intuitively, the learnt feature representation may degrade the performance of the classification task. For the first time in the field of intrusion detection, this paper proposes an unsupervised IDS model leveraging the… More >

Ramsha Saeed¹, Saddaf Rubab¹, Sara Asif¹, Malik M. Khan¹, Saeed Murtaza¹, Seifedine Kadry², Yunyoung Nam^3,*, Muhammad Attique Khan^4,*

CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.127, No.2, pp. 533-547, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2021.014355

Abstract The substantial competition among the news industries puts editors under the pressure of posting news articles which are likely to gain more user attention. Anticipating the popularity of news articles can help the editorial teams in making decisions about posting a news article. Article similarity extracted from the articles posted within a small period of time is found to be a useful feature in existing popularity prediction approaches. This work proposes a new approach to estimate the popularity of news articles by adding semantics in the article similarity based approach of popularity estimation. A semantically enriched model is proposed which… More >

Osama S. Faragallah^1,*, Walid El-Shafai², Ashraf Afifi¹, Ibrahim Elashry³, Mohammed A. AlZain¹, Jehad F. Al-Amri¹, Ben Soh⁴, Heba M. El-Hoseny⁵, Hala S. El-Sayed⁶, Fathi E.Abd El-Samie²

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.28, No.2, pp. 353-367, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.016865

Abstract With the rapidly increasing rate of using online services and social media websites, cybercriminals have caused a great deterioration in the network security with enormous undesired consequences. Encryption techniques may be utilized to achieve data robustness and security in digital multimedia communication systems. From this perspective, this paper presents an optical ciphering framework using Double Random Phase Encoding (DRPE) for efficient and secure transmission of Three-Dimensional Videos (3DVs). Firstly, in the DRPE-based 3DV cybersecurity framework proposed in the paper, an optical emitter converts each frame of the transmitted 3DV into an optical signal. Then, the DRPE technique encrypts the obtained… More >

Maha M. Althobaiti^*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.28, No.1, pp. 167-177, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.016660

Abstract Cybersecurity threats, including those involving machine learning, malware, phishing, and cryptocurrency, have become more sophisticated. They target sensitive information and put institutions, governments, and individuals in a continual state of risk. In 2019, phishing attacks became one of the most common and dangerous cyber threats. Such attacks attempt to steal sensitive data, such as login and payment card details, from financial, social, and educational websites. Many universities have suffered data breaches, serving as a prime example of victims of attacks on educational websites. Owing to advances in phishing tactics, strategies, and technologies, the end-user is the main victim of an… 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 >

Mohammed Baz¹, Hosam Alhakami², Alka Agrawal³, Abdullah Baz⁴, Raees Ahmad Khan^3,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.27, No.3, pp. 641-652, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.015845

Abstract Inspite of the world being at a complete standstill in the wake of unprecedented health emergency of COVID-19 pandemic, people have managed to retain their digital interactions through Information Technology. Cloud networks, departmental servers, data centres, and the digital devices have ensured that businesses and industries as well as workers across the world remain associated with each other and are connected to the organizations’ data. In such a scenario, the requirements placed on digital frames have increased rapidly. While this has proved to be a boon in the combat against the spread of Coronavirus, alarming increase in the instances of… More >

Rami Sihwail^*, Khairuddin Omar, Khairul Akram Zainol Ariffin

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 2301-2320, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014510

Abstract The study of malware behaviors, over the last years, has received tremendous attention from researchers for the purpose of reducing malware risks. Most of the investigating experiments are performed using either static analysis or behavior analysis. However, recent studies have shown that both analyses are vulnerable to modern malware files that use several techniques to avoid analysis and detection. Therefore, extracted features could be meaningless and a distraction for malware analysts. However, the volatile memory can expose useful information about malware behaviors and characteristics. In addition, memory analysis is capable of detecting unconventional malware, such as in-memory and fileless malware.… More >

Raniyah Wazirali^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.67, No.2, pp. 1429-1445, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.014172

Abstract Intrusion detection system (IDS) techniques are used in cybersecurity to protect and safeguard sensitive assets. The increasing network security risks can be mitigated by implementing effective IDS methods as a defense mechanism. The proposed research presents an IDS model based on the methodology of the adaptive fuzzy k-nearest neighbor (FKNN) algorithm. Using this method, two parameters, i.e., the neighborhood size (k) and fuzzy strength parameter (m) were characterized by implementing the particle swarm optimization (PSO). In addition to being used for FKNN parametric optimization, PSO is also used for selecting the conditional feature subsets for detection. To proficiently regulate the… More >

Majdi K. Qabalin¹, Zaid A. Arida², Omar A. Saraereh³, Falin Wu^4,*, Imran Khan⁵, Peerapong Uthansakul⁶, Moath Alsafasfeh⁷

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.66, No.3, pp. 2957-2972, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.013951

Abstract The Internet has penetrated all aspects of human society and has promoted social progress. Cyber-crimes in many forms are commonplace and are dangerous to society and national security. Cybersecurity has become a major concern for citizens and governments. The Internet functions and software applications play a vital role in cybersecurity research and practice. Most of the cyber-attacks are based on exploits in system or application software. It is of utmost urgency to investigate software security problems. The demand for Wi-Fi applications is proliferating but the security problem is growing, requiring an optimal solution from researchers. To overcome the shortcomings of… More >