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The expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has increased the attack surface of networks, necessitating a robust and adaptive intrusion detection systems. Machine learning based systems have been considered promising in enhancing the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Muaan Ur Rehman , Hayretdin Bahsi , Rajesh Kalakoti

The Internet of Things (IoT) relies heavily on wireless communication devices that are able to discover and interact with other wireless devices in their vicinity. The communication flexibility coupled with software vulnerabilities in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-20 Muhammad Junaid Farooq , Quanyan Zhu

There is a growing trend of cyberattacks against Internet of Things (IoT) devices; moreover, the sophistication and motivation of those attacks is increasing. The vast scale of IoT, diverse hardware and software, and being typically placed…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Xabier Sáez-de-Cámara , Jose Luis Flores , Cristóbal Arellano , Aitor Urbieta , Urko Zurutuza

This work provides a comparative analysis illustrating how Deep Learning (DL) surpasses Machine Learning (ML) in addressing tasks within Internet of Things (IoT), such as attack classification and device-type identification. Our approach…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Mounia Hamidouche , Eugeny Popko , Bassem Ouni

This study introduces a hybrid deep learning model for intrusion detection in Industrial IoT (IIoT) systems, combining ResNet-1D, BiGRU, and Multi-Head Attention (MHA) for effective spatial-temporal feature extraction and attention-based…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Afrah Gueriani , Hamza Kheddar , Ahmed Cherif Mazari

The network attacks are increasing both in frequency and intensity with the rapid growth of internet of things (IoT) devices. Recently, denial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are reported as the most…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-12-04 Faisal Hussain , Syed Ghazanfar Abbas , Muhammad Husnain , Ubaid Ullah Fayyaz , Farrukh Shahzad , Ghalib A. Shah

The increasing incidence of IoT-based botnet attacks has driven interest in advanced learning models for detection. Recent efforts have focused on leveraging attention mechanisms to model long-range feature dependencies and Graph Neural…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Hassan Wasswa , Hussein Abbass , Timothy Lynar

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

The Internet of Things has expanded rapidly, transforming communication and operations across industries but also increasing the attack surface and security breaches. Artificial Intelligence plays a key role in securing IoT, enabling attack…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Seif Ikbarieh , Maanak Gupta , Elmahedi Mahalal

Internet of Things (IoT) and its applications are the most popular research areas at present. The characteristics of IoT on one side make it easily applicable to real-life applications, whereas on the other side expose it to cyber threats.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-02-27 Abhishek Verma , Virender Ranga

The rapid proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) has ushered in transformative connectivity between physical devices and the digital realm. Nonetheless, the escalating threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Ghazaleh Shirvani , Saeid Ghasemshirazi , Mohammad Ali Alipour

Security experts have demonstrated numerous risks imposed by Internet of Things (IoT) devices on organizations. Due to the widespread adoption of such devices, their diversity, standardization obstacles, and inherent mobility, organizations…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-09-15 Yair Meidan , Michael Bohadana , Asaf Shabtai , Martin Ochoa , Nils Ole Tippenhauer , Juan Davis Guarnizo , Yuval Elovici

The growing adoption of IoT and cloud computing, combined with rapid advancements in digital technologies, has considerably increased the cyber-attack surface, resulting in increasingly complex and persistent attacks. Traditional security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Muhammad Umair Basharat , Jawad Hussain , Waqas Khalid , Chiew Foong Kwong

In recent years, the growth of Internet of Things (IoT) as an emerging technology has been unbelievable. The number of networkenabled devices in IoT domains is increasing dramatically, leading to the massive production of electronic data.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-29 Meysam Vakili , Mohammad Ghamsari , Masoumeh Rezaei

The rapid expansion of the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem has transformed various sectors but has also introduced significant cybersecurity challenges. Traditional centralized security methods often struggle to balance privacy…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Milad Rahmati

After decades of research, the Internet of Things (IoT) is finally permeating real-life and helps improve the efficiency of infrastructures and processes as well as our health. As a massive number of IoT devices are deployed, they naturally…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-11-25 Gregor Cerar , Halil Yetgin , Blaž Bertalanič , Carolina Fortuna

IoT devices particularly microcontrollers are challenged by their inherent limitations in processing capabilities, memory capacity, and energy conservation. Securing communication within IoT networks is further complicated by the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Vasilis Ieropoulos , Eirini Anthi , Theodoros Spyridopoulos , Pete Burnap , Aftab Khan , Pietro Carnelli

The Internet of Things (IoT) faces tremendous security challenges. Machine learning models can be used to tackle the growing number of cyber-attack variations targeting IoT systems, but the increasing threat posed by adversarial attacks…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-06 João Vitorino , Isabel Praça , Eva Maia

The vast increase of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and the ever-evolving attack vectors have increased cyber-security risks dramatically. A common approach to implementing AI-based Intrusion Detection systems (IDSs) in distributed…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-08-07 Othmane Belarbi , Theodoros Spyridopoulos , Eirini Anthi , Ioannis Mavromatis , Pietro Carnelli , Aftab Khan

In general, a botnet is a collection of compromised internet computers, controlled by attackers for malicious purposes. To increase attacks' success chance and resilience against defence mechanisms, modern botnets have often a decentralized…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-10-01 Gokhan Sagirlar , Barbara Carminati , Elena Ferrari