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In recent years, the increase in non-Windows malware threats had turned the focus of the cybersecurity community. Research works on hunting Windows PE-based malwares are maturing, whereas the developments on Linux malware threat hunting are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Anandharaju Durai Raju , Ibrahim Abualhaol , Ronnie Salvador Giagone , Yang Zhou , Shengqiang Huang

The Internet of Things (IoT) has revolutionized connectivity by linking billions of devices worldwide. However, this rapid expansion has also introduced severe security vulnerabilities, making IoT devices attractive targets for malware such…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Sahar Zargarzadeh , Mohammad Islam

An increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are connecting to the Internet, yet many of these devices are fundamentally insecure, exposing the Internet to a variety of attacks. Botnets such as Mirai have used insecure consumer…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-12-18 Rohan Doshi , Noah Apthorpe , Nick Feamster

A significant increase in the number of interconnected devices and data communication through wireless networks has given rise to various threats, risks and security concerns. Internet of Things (IoT) applications is deployed in almost…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-03 Poornima Mahadevappa , Syeda Mariam Muzammal , Raja Kumar Murugesan

As IoT devices continue to proliferate, their reliability is increasingly constrained by security concerns. In response, researchers have developed diverse malware analysis techniques to detect and classify IoT malware. These techniques…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Zhuoyun Qian , Hongyi Miao , Cheng Zhang , Qin Hu , Yili Jiang , Jiaqi Huang , Fangtian Zhong

A botnet is an army of zombified computers infected with malware and controlled by malicious actors to carry out tasks such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices are primarily targeted…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-11-16 Angela Grace Famera , Raj Mani Shukla , Suman Bhunia

Internet of Things (IoT) has brought along immense benefits to our daily lives encompassing a diverse range of application domains that we regularly interact with, ranging from healthcare automation to transport and smart environments.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Mengmeng Ge , Naeem Firdous Syed , Xiping Fu , Zubair Baig , Antonio Robles-Kelly

This work explores the evaluation of a machine learning anomaly detector using custom-made parameterizable malware in an Internet of Things (IoT) Ecosystem. It is assumed that the malware has infected, and resides on, the Linux router that…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-09-28 John Carter , Spiros Mancoridis

Despite its technological benefits, Internet of Things (IoT) has cyber weaknesses due to the vulnerabilities in the wireless medium. Machine learning (ML)-based methods are widely used against cyber threats in IoT networks with promising…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-11 Zhiyan Chen , Jinxin Liu , Yu Shen , Murat Simsek , Burak Kantarci , Hussein T. Mouftah , Petar Djukic

The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) has brought forth an era of unprecedented connectivity, with an estimated 80 billion smart devices expected to be in operation by the end of 2025. These devices facilitate a multitude of smart…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Chao Liu , Boxi Chen , Wei Shao , Chris Zhang , Kelvin Wong , Yi Zhang

Several Machine Learning (ML) methodologies have been proposed to improve security in Internet Of Things (IoT) networks and reduce the damage caused by the action of malicious agents. However, detecting and classifying attacks with high…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Diego Abreu , Antônio Abelém

Malware detection in IoT environments necessitates robust methodologies. This study introduces a CNN-LSTM hybrid model for IoT malware identification and evaluates its performance against established methods. Leveraging K-fold…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Ali Mehrban , Pegah Ahadian

The IoT is a network of interconnected everyday objects called things that have been augmented with a small measure of computing capabilities. Lately, the IoT has been affected by a variety of different botnet activities. As botnets have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-03-20 Nickolaos Koroniotis , Nour Moustafa , Elena Sitnikova , Jill Slay

Many IoT devices are vulnerable to attacks due to flawed security designs and lacking mechanisms for firmware updates or patches to eliminate the security vulnerabilities. Device-type identification combined with data from vulnerability…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-02-17 Jakob Greis , Artem Yushchenko , Daniel Vogel , Michael Meier , Volker Steinhage

The widespread adoption of Internet of Things has led to many security issues. Post the Mirai-based DDoS attack in 2016 which compromised IoT devices, a host of new malware using Mirai's leaked source code and targeting IoT devices have…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-06-25 Ayush Kumar , Teng Joon Lim

The generalization of deep learning has helped us, in the past, address challenges such as malware identification and anomaly detection in the network security domain. However, as effective as it is, scarcity of memory and processing power…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-09-10 Arshiya Khan , Chase Cotton

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 rapid growth of Cloud Computing and Internet of Things (IoT) has significantly increased the interconnection of computational resources, creating an environment where malicious software (malware) can spread rapidly. To address this…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Themistoklis Diamantopoulos , Dimosthenis Natsos , Andreas L. Symeonidis

In recent years, there has been a massive increase in the amount of Internet of Things (IoT) devices as well as the data generated by such devices. The participating devices in IoT networks can be problematic due to their…

The Internet of Things (IoT) integrates billions of smart devices that can communicate with one another with minimal human intervention. It is one of the fastest developing fields in the history of computing, with an estimated 50 billion…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Mohammed Ali Al-Garadi , Amr Mohamed , Abdulla Al-Ali , Xiaojiang Du , Mohsen Guizani