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Flow correlation is the core technique used in a multitude of deanonymization attacks on Tor. Despite the importance of flow correlation attacks on Tor, existing flow correlation techniques are considered to be ineffective and unreliable in…

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Cybersecurity concerns of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and infrastructure are growing each year. In response, organizations worldwide have published IoT security guidelines to protect their citizens and customers by providing…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-27 Jesse Chen , Dharun Anandayuvaraj , James C Davis , Sazzadur Rahaman

The Internet of Things, also known as the IoT, refers to the billions of devices around the world that are now connected to the Internet, collecting and sharing data. The amount of data collected through IoT sensors must be completely…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Reza Fotohi , Hossein Pakdel

DDoS attacks have become a major threat to the security of IoT devices and can cause severe damage to the network infrastructure. IoT devices suffer from the inherent problem of resource constraints and are therefore susceptible to such…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-15 Sandipan Dey , Payal Santosh Kate , Vatsala Upadhyay , Abhishek Vaish

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

Website fingerprinting (WF) is a dangerous attack on web privacy because it enables an adversary to predict the website a user is visiting, despite the use of encryption, VPNs, or anonymizing networks such as Tor. Previous WF work almost…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Rob Jansen , Ryan Wails , Aaron Johnson

Machine learning finds rich applications in Internet of Things (IoT) networks such as information retrieval, traffic management, spectrum sensing, and signal authentication. While there is a surge of interest to understand the security…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-04 Yalin E. Sagduyu , Yi Shi , Tugba Erpek

IoT devices are increasingly utilized in critical infrastructure, enterprises, and households. There are several sophisticated cyber-attacks that have been reported and many networks have proven vulnerable to both active and passive attacks…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-08-24 Ayyoob Hamza , Hassan Habibi Gharakheili , Vijay Sivaraman

Nowadays, the Internet of Things (IoT) is widely employed, and its usage is growing exponentially because it facilitates remote monitoring, predictive maintenance, and data-driven decision making, especially in the healthcare and industrial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-10 Silvia Lucia Sanna , Diego Soi , Davide Maiorca , Giorgio Giacinto

INTRODUCTION: The proliferation of the amalgamation of IoT and edge computing has increased the demand for decentralised trust and security mechanisms capable of operating across heterogeneous and resource-limited devices. Approaches such…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Khandoker Ashik Uz Zaman , Mahdi H. Miraz , Mohammed N. M. Ali

We present the Waterfilling circuit selection method, which we designed in order to mitigate the risks of a successful end-to-end traffic correlation attack. Waterfilling proceeds by balancing the Tor network load as evenly as possible on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-12-01 Florentin Rochet , Olivier Pereira

IPv6 Routing Protocol for Low Power and Lossy Networks (RPL) is an essential routing protocol to enable communications for IoT networks with low power devices. RPL uses an objective function and routing constraints to find an optimized…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Jun Jiang , Yuhong Liu

The Internet of Things (IoT) market is rapidly growing and is expected to double from 2020 to 2025. The increasing use of IoT devices, particularly in smart homes, raises crucial concerns about user privacy and security as these devices…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-24 Philipp Pütz , Richard Mitev , Markus Miettinen , Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the fastest-growing computing industries. By the end of 2027, more than 29 billion devices are expected to be connected. These smart devices can communicate with each other with and without human…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Rami Darwish , Mahmoud Abdelsalam , Sajad Khorsandroo

Consumer Internet of Things (IoT) devices are extremely popular, providing users with rich and diverse functionalities, from voice assistants to home appliances. These functionalities often come with significant privacy and security risks,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-10-01 Said Jawad Saidi , Anna Maria Mandalari , Roman Kolcun , Hamed Haddadi , Daniel J. Dubois , David Choffnes , Georgios Smaragdakis , Anja Feldmann

The growing number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices makes it imperative to be aware of the real-world threats they face in terms of cybersecurity. While honeypots have been historically used as decoy devices to help…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-22 Armin Ziaie Tabari , Xinming Ou , Anoop Singhal

Most IoT systems involve IoT devices, communication protocols, remote cloud, IoT applications, mobile apps, and the physical environment. However, existing IoT security analyses only focus on a subset of all the essential components, such…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-02-08 Zheng Fang , Hao Fu , Tianbo Gu , Pengfei Hu , Jinyue Song , Trent Jaeger , Prasant Mohapatra

Bitcoin's design promises resilience through decentralization, yet the physical infrastructure supporting the network creates hidden dependencies. We present the first longitudinal study of Bitcoin's resilience to submarine cable failures,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Wenbin Wu , Alexander Neumueller

The rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has introduced significant challenges to privacy, particularly as network traffic analysis techniques evolve. While encryption protects data content, traffic attributes such as packet…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Daniel Adu Worae , Spyridon Mastorakis

The rise of IoT has made possible the development of %increasingly personalized services, like industrial services that often deal with massive amounts of data. However, as IoT grows, its threats are even greater. The false data injection…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-11-02 Carlos Pedroso , Aldri Santos , Michele Nogueira