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This paper presents a hybrid method for the detection of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that combines feature-based and volume-based detection. Our approach is based on an exponential moving average algorithm for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-14 P. D. Bojovic , I. Basicevic , S. Ocovaj , M. Popovic

Innovative solutions to cyber security issues are shaped by the ever-changing landscape of cyber threats. Automating the mitigation of these threats can be achieved through a new methodology that addresses the domain of mitigation…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Fizza Khurshid , Umara Noor , Zahid Rashid

Recently an alternative of DDoS attacks called shrew attacks or Reduction of Quality (RoQ) has been identified which is very much difficult to detect. The RoQ attacks can use source and destination IP address spoofing, and they do not have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2010-02-12 Jatinder Singh , Savita Gupta , Lakhwinder Kaur

In Denial of Service (DoS) attack the network resources are either delayed or refused to be assigned to the requested user [1]. This may occurs due to verity of reasons, could be intentionally or unintentionally. The unintentional case is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-10-29 Tauseef Jamal , Zeeshan Haider , Shariq Aziz Butt , Assim Chohan

The performance of control systems with packet loss as a result of an attack over the actuation communication channel is analysed. The operator is assumed to monitor the state of the channel by measuring the average number of packet losses…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-18 William Casbolt , Iñaki Esnaola , Bryn Jones

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are usually launched through the $botnet$, an "army" of compromised nodes hidden in the network. Inferential tools for DDoS mitigation should accordingly enable an early and reliable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-12 Vincenzo Matta , Mario Di Mauro , Maurizio Longo

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are a major problem in the Internet today. In one form of a DDoS attack, a large number of compromised hosts send unwanted traffic to the victim, thus exhausting the resources of the victim and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Karim El Defrawy , Athina Markopoulou , Katerina Argyraki

The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) has intensified security challenges, notably from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks launched by compromised, resource-constrained devices. Traditional defenses are often…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Abdurrahman Tolay

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have plagued the Internet for decades, but the basic defense approaches have not fundamentally changed. Rather, the size and rate of growth in attacks have actually outpaced carriers' and DDoS…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-14 Zhiyi Zhang , Vishrant Vasavada , Siva Kesava Reddy Kakarla , Angelos Stavrou , Eric Osterweil , Lixia Zhang

This work proposes a new class of proactive attacks called the Informational Denial-of-Service (IDoS) attacks that exploit the attentional human vulnerability. By generating a large volume of feints, IDoS attacks deplete the cognitive…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-19 Linan Huang , Quanyan Zhu

Denial of Service (DoS) attacks are one of the most challenging threats to Internet security. An attacker typically compromises a large number of vulnerable hosts and uses them to flood the victim's site with malicious traffic, clogging its…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-10-26 Katerina J. Argyraki , David R. Cheriton

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks exhaust victim's bandwidth or services. Traditional architecture of Internet is vulnerable to DDoS attacks and an ongoing cycle of attack & defense is observed. In this paper, different types and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2014-03-24 Muhammad Aamir , Mustafa Ali Zaidi

Existing data-driven control methods generally do not address False Data Injection (FDI) and Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks simultaneously. This letter introduces a distributed data-driven attack-resilient consensus problem under both FDI…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-03 Yi Zhang , Bin Lei , Mohamadamin Rajabinezhad , Caiwen Ding , Shan Zuo

Internet of Things (IoT) networks consist of sensors, actuators, mobile and wearable devices that can connect to the Internet. With billions of such devices already in the market which have significant vulnerabilities, there is a dangerous…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Keval Doshi , Yasin Yilmaz , Suleyman Uludag

Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed DoS (DDoS) attacks can cause serious problems in wireless networks due to limited network and host resources. Attacker traceback is a promising solution to take a proper countermeasure near the attack…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Yongjin Kim , Ahmed Helmy

The study of resilient control of linear time-invariant (LTI) systems against denial-of-service (DoS) attacks is gaining popularity in emerging cyber-physical applications. In previous works, explicit system models are required to design a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-26 Wenjie Liu , Jian Sun , Gang Wang , Francesco Bullo , Jie Chen

Secure vehicular communication is a critical factor for secure traffic management. Effective security in intelligent transportation systems (ITS) requires effective and timely intrusion detection systems (IDS). In this paper, we consider…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-07-25 Ammar Haydari , Yasin Yilmaz

Optimizing network throughput in real-world dynamic systems is critical, especially for diverse and delay-sensitive multimedia data types such as VoIP and video streaming. Traditional routing protocols, which rely on static metrics and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Md. Arquam , Suchi Kumari

Volumetric attacks, which overwhelm the bandwidth of a destination, are among the most common DDoS attacks today. Despite considerable effort made by both research and industry, our recent interviews with over 100 potential DDoS victims in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-07-10 Zhuotao Liu , Hao Jin , Yih-Chun Hu , Michael Bailey

Existing defence mechanisms have demonstrated significant effectiveness in mitigating rule-based Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks, leveraging predefined signatures and static heuristics to identify and block malicious traffic. However, the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Wei Shao , Yuhao Wang , Rongguang He , Muhammad Ejaz Ahmed , Seyit Camtepe