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A Hybrid Deep Learning-based Intrusion Detection System for IoT Networks (2023)
Journal Article
Khan, N. W., Alshehri, M. S., Khan, M. A., Almakdi, S., Moradpoor, N., Alazeb, A., Ullah, S., Naz, N., & Ahmad, J. (2023). A Hybrid Deep Learning-based Intrusion Detection System for IoT Networks. Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 20(8), 13491-13520. https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2023602

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a rapidly evolving technology with a wide range of potential applications, but the security of IoT networks remains a major concern. The existing system needs improvement in detecting intrusions in IoT networks. Severa... Read More about A Hybrid Deep Learning-based Intrusion Detection System for IoT Networks.

Fake PLC in the cloud, we thought the attackers believed that: How ICS honeypot deception gets impacted by cloud deployments? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Ivanova, S., & Moradpoor, N. (2023, April). Fake PLC in the cloud, we thought the attackers believed that: How ICS honeypot deception gets impacted by cloud deployments?. Presented at WFCS 2023: 19th IEEE International Conference on Factory Communication Systems, Pavia, Italy

The Industrial Control System (ICS) industry faces an ever-growing number of cyber threats - defence against which can be strengthened using honeypots. As the systems they mimic, ICS honeypots shall be deployed in a similar context to field ICS syste... Read More about Fake PLC in the cloud, we thought the attackers believed that: How ICS honeypot deception gets impacted by cloud deployments?.

Neutralising Adversarial Machine Learning in Industrial Control Systems Using Blockchain (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Moradpoor, N., Barati, M., Robles-Durazno, A., Abah, E., & McWhinnie, J. (2022, June). Neutralising Adversarial Machine Learning in Industrial Control Systems Using Blockchain. Presented at Cyber Science 2022: International Conference on Cybersecurity, Situational Awareness and Social Media, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales

The protection of critical national infrastructures such as drinking water, gas, and electricity is extremely important as nations are dependent on their operation and steadiness. However, despite the value of such utilities their security issues hav... Read More about Neutralising Adversarial Machine Learning in Industrial Control Systems Using Blockchain.

Deep Pre-trained Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning: A Cyberbullying Detection Approach with Augmented Datasets (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alharigy, L. M., Al-Nuaim, H. A., & Moradpoor, N. (2022, December). Deep Pre-trained Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning: A Cyberbullying Detection Approach with Augmented Datasets. Presented at 2022 14th International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Communication Networks (CICN), Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Cyberbullying is a widespread problem that has only increased in recent years due to the massive dependence on social media. Although, there are many approaches for detecting cyberbullying they still need to be improved upon for more accurate detecti... Read More about Deep Pre-trained Contrastive Self-Supervised Learning: A Cyberbullying Detection Approach with Augmented Datasets.

Building Towards Automated Cyberbullying Detection: A Comparative Analysis (2022)
Journal Article
Al Harigy, L. M., Al Nuaim, H. A., Moradpoor, N., & Tan, Z. (2022). Building Towards Automated Cyberbullying Detection: A Comparative Analysis. Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience, 2022, Article 4794227. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4794227

The increased use of social media between digitally anonymous users, sharing their thoughts and opinions, can facilitate participation and collaboration. However, it’s this anonymity feature which gives users freedom of speech and allows them to cond... Read More about Building Towards Automated Cyberbullying Detection: A Comparative Analysis.

Using IOTA as an Inter-Vehicular Trust Mechanism in Autonomous Vehicles (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cutajar, O., Moradpoor, N., & Jaroucheh, Z. (2021, December). Using IOTA as an Inter-Vehicular Trust Mechanism in Autonomous Vehicles. Presented at SINCONF 2021: 14th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks, Edinburgh (Online)

In a perfect world, coordination and cooperation across distributed autonomous systems would be a trivial task. However, incomplete information, malicious actors and real-world conditions can provide challenges which bring the trust-worthiness of par... Read More about Using IOTA as an Inter-Vehicular Trust Mechanism in Autonomous Vehicles.

VNWTS: A Virtual Water Chlorination Process for Cybersecurity Analysis of Industrial Control Systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robles Durazno, A., Moradpoor, N., McWhinnie, J., & Porcel-Bustamante, J. (2021, December). VNWTS: A Virtual Water Chlorination Process for Cybersecurity Analysis of Industrial Control Systems. Presented at SINCONF 2021: 14th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks, Edinburgh (Online)

The rapid development of technology during the last decades has led to the integration of the network capabilities in the devices that are essential in the operation of Industrial Control Systems (ICS). Consequently, the attack surface of these asset... Read More about VNWTS: A Virtual Water Chlorination Process for Cybersecurity Analysis of Industrial Control Systems.

Newly Engineered Energy-based Features for Supervised Anomaly Detection in a Physical Model of a Water Supply System   (2021)
Journal Article
Robles-Durazno, A., Moradpoor, N., McWhinnie, J., Russell, G., & Tan, Z. (2021). Newly Engineered Energy-based Features for Supervised Anomaly Detection in a Physical Model of a Water Supply System  . Ad hoc networks, 120, Article 102590. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adhoc.2021.102590

Industrial Control Systems (ICS) are hardware, network, and software, upon which a facility depends to allow daily operations to function. In most cases society takes the operation of such systems, for example public transport, tap water or electrici... Read More about Newly Engineered Energy-based Features for Supervised Anomaly Detection in a Physical Model of a Water Supply System  .

Implementation and Evaluation of Physical, Hybrid, and Virtual Testbeds for Cybersecurity Analysis of Industrial Control Systems (2021)
Journal Article
Robles-Durazno, A., Moradpoor, N., McWhinnie, J., Russell, G., & Porcel-Bustamante, J. (2021). Implementation and Evaluation of Physical, Hybrid, and Virtual Testbeds for Cybersecurity Analysis of Industrial Control Systems. Symmetry, 13(3), Article 519. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym13030519

Industrial Control Systems are an essential part of our daily lives and can be found in industries such as oil, utilities, and manufacturing. Rapid growth in technology has introduced industrial components with network capabilities that allow them to... Read More about Implementation and Evaluation of Physical, Hybrid, and Virtual Testbeds for Cybersecurity Analysis of Industrial Control Systems.

Real-time anomaly intrusion detection for a clean water supply system, utilising machine learning with novel energy-based features (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Robles-Durazno, A., Moradpoor, N., McWhinnie, J., & Russell, G. (2020, July). Real-time anomaly intrusion detection for a clean water supply system, utilising machine learning with novel energy-based features. Presented at International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2020), Glasgow, UK

Industrial Control Systems have become a priority domain for cybersecurity practitioners due to the number of cyber-attacks against those systems has increased over the past few years. This paper proposes a real-time anomaly intrusion detector for a... Read More about Real-time anomaly intrusion detection for a clean water supply system, utilising machine learning with novel energy-based features.