A framework for live host-based Bitcoin wallet forensics and triage
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Holmes, A., & Buchanan, W. J. (2023)
A framework for live host-based Bitcoin wallet forensics and triage. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 44, Article 301486. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2022.301486
Organised crime and cybercriminals use Bitcoin, a popular cryptocurrency, to launder money and move it across borders with impunity. The UK and other countries have legislatio...
A forensic analysis of streaming platforms on Android OS
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García Murias, J., Levick, D., & Mckeown, S. (2023)
A forensic analysis of streaming platforms on Android OS. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 44, Article 301485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2022.301485
This work builds on existing research in streamed video reconstruction on the Android OS, which previously demonstrated that caching occurs in most cases for the Chrome and Fi...
Comparison of Entropy Calculation Methods for Ransomware Encrypted File Identification
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Davies, S., Macfarlane, R., & Buchanan, W. (2022)
Comparison of Entropy Calculation Methods for Ransomware Encrypted File Identification. Entropy, 24(10), Article 1503. https://doi.org/10.3390/e24101503
Ransomware is a malicious class of software that utilises encryption to implement an attack on system availability. The target’s data remains encrypted and is held captive by ...
Trusted Threat Intelligence Sharing in Practice and Performance Benchmarking through the Hyperledger Fabric Platform
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Ali, H., Ahmad, J., Jaroucheh, Z., Papadopoulos, P., Pitropakis, N., Lo, O., …Buchanan, W. J. (2022)
Trusted Threat Intelligence Sharing in Practice and Performance Benchmarking through the Hyperledger Fabric Platform. Entropy, 24(10), Article 1379. https://doi.org/10.3390/e24101379
Historically, threat information sharing has relied on manual modelling and centralised network systems, which can be inefficient, insecure, and prone to errors. Alternatively...
Ontology-Based Linked Data to Support Decision Making within Universities
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Ashour, G., Al-Dubai, A., Romdhani, I., & Alghazzawi, D. (2022)
Ontology-Based Linked Data to Support Decision Making within Universities. Mathematics, 10(17), Article 3148. https://doi.org/10.3390/math10173148
In recent years, educational institutions worked hard to automate their work using more trending technologies that prove the success in supporting decision-making processes. M...
Ensemble learning-based IDS for sensors telemetry data in IoT networks
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Naz, N., Khan, M. A., Alsuhibany, S. A., Diyan, M., Tan, Z., Khan, M. A., & Ahmad, J. (2022)
Ensemble learning-based IDS for sensors telemetry data in IoT networks. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 19(10), 10550-10580. https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2022493
The Internet of Things (IoT) is a paradigm that connects a range of physical smart devices to provide ubiquitous services to individuals and automate their daily tasks. IoT de...
A novel flow-vector generation approach for malicious traffic detection
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Hou, J., Liu, F., Lu, H., Tan, Z., Zhuang, X., & Tian, Z. (2022)
A novel flow-vector generation approach for malicious traffic detection. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, 169, 72-86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpdc.2022.06.004
Malicious traffic detection is one of the most important parts of cyber security. The approaches of using the flow as the detection object are recognized as effective. Benefit...
A comprehensive survey of authentication methods in Internet-of-Things and its conjunctions
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Kumar, A., Saha, R., Conti, M., Kumar, G., Buchanan, W. J., & Kim, T. H. (2022)
A comprehensive survey of authentication methods in Internet-of-Things and its conjunctions. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 204, Article 103414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2022.103414
Internet of Thing (IoT) is one of the most influential technologies in the present time. People, processes, and things are connected with the Internet through IoT. With the in...
A Novel Time-Slotted LoRa MAC Protocol for Scalable IoT Networks
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Alahmadi, H., Bouabdallah, F., & Al-Dubai, A. (2022)
A Novel Time-Slotted LoRa MAC Protocol for Scalable IoT Networks. Future Generation Computer Systems, 134, 287-302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2022.04.003
Long Range (LoRa) networks provide long range, cost-effective and energy-efficient communications by utilising the free unlicensed ISM band, which makes them appealing for Int...
A New Multistage Encryption Scheme Using Linear Feedback Register and Chaos-Based Quantum Map
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Alharbi, A. R., Ahmad, J., Arshad, Shaukat, S., Masood, F., Ghadi, Y. Y., …Buchanan, W. J. (2022)
A New Multistage Encryption Scheme Using Linear Feedback Register and Chaos-Based Quantum Map. Complexity, 2022, Article 7047282. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/7047282
With the increasing volume of data transmission through insecure communication channels, big data security has become one of the important concerns in the cybersecurity domain...