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Software Defined Networking (SDN) is a network paradigm shift that facilitates comprehensive network programmability to cope with emerging new technologies such as cloud computing and big data. SDN facilitates simplified and centralized…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-02-04 Sarwan Ali , Maria Khalid Alvi , Safi Faizullah , Muhammad Asad Khan , Abdullah Alshanqiti , Imdadullah Khan

Increasing interest in the adoption of cloud computing has exposed it to cyber-attacks. One of such is distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that targets cloud bandwidth, services and resources to make it unavailable to both the cloud…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-07-30 Opeyemi Osanaiye , Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo2 , Ali Dehghantanha , Zheng Xu , Mqhele Dlodlo

The possibility of programming the control and data planes, enabled by the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) paradigm, represents a fertile ground on top of which novel operation and management mechanisms can be fully explored, being…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-09-24 Sebastián Gómez Macías , Luciano Paschoal Gaspary , Juan Felipe Botero

The identification of the exact path that packets are routed on in the network is quite a challenge. This paper presents a novel, efficient traceback strategy named Tracemax in context of a defense system against distributed denial of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Peter Hillmann , Frank Tietze , Gabi Dreo Rodosek

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) is a common type of Cybercrime. It can strongly damage a company reputation and increase its costs. Attackers improve continuously their strategies. They doubled the amount of unleashed communication…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-05-25 Michele Nogueira , Augusto Almeida Santos , José M. F. Moura

The current paper addresses relevant network security vulnerabilities introduced by network devices within the emerging paradigm of Internet of Things (IoT) as well as the urgent need to mitigate the negative effects of some types of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-16 Pedro Manso , Jose Moura , Carlos Serrao

In the recent years, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on Internet of Things (IoT) devices have become one of the prime concerns to Internet users around the world. One of the sources of the attacks on IoT ecosystems are botnets.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-01-30 Kumar Saurabh , Tanuj Kumar , Uphar Singh , O. P. Vyas , Rahamatullah Khondoker

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 pose a significant threat to the stability and reliability of online systems. Effective and early detection of such attacks is pivotal for safeguarding the integrity of networks. In this work, we…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Ali Alfatemi , Mohamed Rahouti , Ruhul Amin , Sarah ALJamal , Kaiqi Xiong , Yufeng Xin

Distributed Denial of Service attacks represent an active cybersecurity research problem. Recent research shifted from static rule-based defenses towards AI-based detection and mitigation. This comprehensive survey covers several key…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Alexandru Apostu , Silviu Gheorghe , Andrei Hîji , Nicolae Cleju , Andrei Pătraşcu , Cristian Rusu , Radu Ionescu , Paul Irofti

The detection of network flows that send excessive amounts of traffic is of increasing importance to enforce QoS and to counter DDoS attacks. Large-flow detection has been previously explored, but the proposed approaches can be used on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-07-17 Hao Wu , Hsu-Chun Hsiao , Daniele E. Asoni , Simon Scherrer , Adrian Perrig , Yih-Chun Hu

DDoS attacks are one of the most prevalent and harmful cybersecurity threats faced by organizations and individuals today. In recent years, the complexity and frequency of DDoS attacks have increased significantly, making it challenging to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Zain Ahmad , Musab Ahmad , Bilal Ahmad

Machine-learning-based Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) have achieved impressive accuracy in classifying network attacks, yet they consistently fall short on the question that matters most to a security analyst: what should I do next? This…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Md Navid Bin Islam , Sajal Saha , Senior Member

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks pose an increasingly substantial cybersecurity threat to organizations across the globe. In this paper, we introduce a new deep learning-based technique for detecting DDoS attacks, a paramount…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-16 Fernando Martinez , Mariyam Mapkar , Ali Alfatemi , Mohamed Rahouti , Yufeng Xin , Kaiqi Xiong , Nasir Ghani

Modern DDoS defense systems rely on probabilistic monitoring algorithms to identify flows that exceed a volume threshold and should thus be penalized. Commonly, classic sketch algorithms are considered sufficiently accurate for usage in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Simon Scherrer , Jo Vliegen , Arish Sateesan , Hsu-Chun Hsiao , Nele Mentens , Adrian Perrig

DDoS attacks, also known as distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, have emerged as one of the most serious and fastest-growing threats on the Internet. Denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are an example of cyber attacks that target a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-28 Anupama Mishra

Recent years witnessed a surge in network traffic due to the emergence of new online services, causing periodic saturation and complexity problems. Additionally, the growing number of IoT devices further compounds the problem. Software…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-18 Jaime Tamayo , Lorena Isabel Barona López , Ángel Leonardo Valdivieso Caraguay

The ability to detect zero-day (novel) attacks has become essential in the network security industry. Due to ever evolving attack signatures, existing network intrusion detection systems often fail to detect these threats. This project aims…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-01 Cameron Boeder , Troy Januchowski

This study introduces a robust solution for the detection of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in Internet of Things (IoT) systems, leveraging the capabilities of Graph Convolutional Networks (GCN). By conceptualizing IoT devices…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-15 Arvin Hekmati , Bhaskar Krishnamachari

A distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is an attack wherein multiple compromised computer systems flood the bandwidth and/or resources of a target, such as a server, website or other network resource, and cause a denial of service…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-08-05 Rajat Tandon