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The Internet of Things (IoT) has witnessed unprecedented growth, resulting in a massive influx of diverse network traffic from interconnected devices. Effectively classifying this network traffic is crucial for optimizing resource…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-05 Jawad Hussain Kalwar , Sania Bhatti

Recent advances in Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and the reduction in the cost of sensors have encouraged the development of smart environments, such as smart homes. Smart homes can offer home assistance services to improve the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Damien Bouchabou , Sao Mai Nguyen , Christophe Lohr , Benoit Leduc , Ioannis Kanellos

Internet of Things (IoT) is a whole new ecosystem comprised of heterogeneous connected devices -i.e. computers, laptops, smart-phones and tablets as well as embedded devices and sensors-that communicate to deliver capabilities making our…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Stavros Shiaeles , Nicholas Kolokotronis , Emanuele Bellini

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has grown exponentially in recent years, introducing significant security challenges. Accurate identification of the types of IoT devices and their associated actions through network…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-17 Reza Ryan , Napoleon Paciente , Cahil Youngs , Nickson Karie , Qian Li , Nasim Ferdosian

With the advancement of the Internet of Things (IoT) and communication platform, large scale sensor deployment can be easily implemented in an urban city to collect various information. To date, there are only a handful of research studies…

Applications · Statistics 2021-01-13 Billy Pik Lik Lau , Benny Kai Kiat Ng , Chau Yuen , Bige Tuncer , Keng Hua Chong

This paper introduces a method to capture network traffic from medical IoT devices and automatically detect cleartext information that may reveal sensitive medical conditions and behaviors. The research follows a three-step approach…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Daniel Wood , Noah Apthorpe , Nick Feamster

IoT devices have become popular targets for various network attacks due to their lack of industry-wide security standards. In this work, we focus on smart home IoT device identification and defending them against Distributed Denial of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-06-18 Holden Gordon , Christopher Batula , Bhagyashri Tushir , Behnam Dezfouli , Yuhong Liu

Home-based Internet of Things (IoT) devices have gained in popularity and many households have become 'smart' by using devices such as smart sensors, locks, and voice-based assistants. Traditional authentication methods such as passwords,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-28 Talha Ongun , Oliver Spohngellert , Alina Oprea , Cristina Nita-Rotaru , Mihai Christodorescu , Negin Salajegheh

The balance between protecting users' privacy while providing cost-effective devices that are functional and usable is a key challenge in the burgeoning Internet of Things (IoT) industry. While in traditional desktop and mobile contexts the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-03-19 Bayan Al Muhander , Jason Wiese , Omer Rana , Charith Perera

The Internet of Things (IoT) plays a major role today in smart building infrastructures, from simple smart-home applications, to more sophisticated industrial type installations. The vast amounts of data generated from relevant systems can…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-04 Konstantinos Koutras , Agorakis Bompotas , Constantinos Halkiopoulos , Athanasios Kalogeras , Christos Alexakos

Behavioral transparency for Internet-of-Things (IoT) networked assets involves two distinct yet interconnected tasks: (a) characterizing device types by discerning the patterns exhibited in their network traffic, and (b) assessing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-12 Savindu Wannigama , Arunan Sivanathan , Ayyoob Hamza , Hassan Habibi Gharakheili

With the number of connected smart devices expected to constantly grow in the next years, Internet of Things (IoT) solutions are experimenting a booming demand to make data collection and processing easier. The ability of IoT appliances to…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Marco Arazzi , Serena Nicolazzo , Antonino Nocera

Internet of Things (IoT) systems continuously collect a large amount of data from heterogeneous "smart objects" through standardised service interfaces. A key challenge is how to use these data and relevant event logs to construct…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-12-17 Ahmed Abdullah , Heinz W. Schmidt , Maria Spichkova , Huai Liu

With an increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices present in homes, there is a rise in the number of potential information leakage channels and their associated security threats and privacy risks. Despite a long history of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-26 Vadim Safronov , Anna Maria Mandalari , Daniel J. Dubois , David Choffnes , Hamed Haddadi

Internet of Things (IoT) is a disruptive technology with applications across diverse domains such as transportation and logistics systems, smart grids, smart homes, connected vehicles, and smart cities. Alongside the growth of these…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-24 Junaid Arshad , Muhammad Ajmal Azad , Khaled Salah , Wei Jie , Razi Iqbal , Mamoun Alazab

The number and variety of Internet-connected devices have grown enormously in the past few years, presenting new challenges to security and privacy. Research has shown that network adversaries can use traffic rate metadata from consumer IoT…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-23 Trisha Datta , Noah Apthorpe , Nick Feamster

The availability of medical devices such as glucose levels and blood pressure measuring devices is continuously increasing. These devices have gained user interest as they are easy to use. However, medical devices introduce extra complexity…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-22 Nowfel Mashnoor , Batyr Charyyev

Motivated by the growing popularity of smart TVs, we present a large-scale measurement study of smart TVs by collecting and analyzing their network traffic from two different vantage points. First, we analyze aggregate network traffic of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-11 Janus Varmarken , Hieu Le , Anastasia Shuba , Zubair Shafiq , Athina Markopoulou

Development and growth of Internet of Things (IoT) technology has exponentially increased over the course of the last 10 years since its inception, and as a result has directly influenced the popularity and size of smart homes. In this…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-10-30 Fraser Hall , Leandros Maglaras , Theodoros Aivaliotis , Loukas Xagoraris , Ioanna Kantzavelou

For smart homes to be safe homes, they must be designed with security in mind. Yet, despite the widespread proliferation of connected digital technologies in the home environment, there is a lack of research evaluating the security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-27 Yang Li , Anna Maria Mandalari , Isabel Straw