Outputs (65)

AALLA: Attack-Aware Logical Link Assignment Cost-Minimization Model for Protecting Software-Defined Networks against DDoS Attacks (2023)
Journal Article
Ali, S., Tan, S. C., Lee, C. K., Yusoff, Z., Haque, M. R., Mylonas, A., & Pitropakis, N. (2023). AALLA: Attack-Aware Logical Link Assignment Cost-Minimization Model for Protecting Software-Defined Networks against DDoS Attacks. Sensors, 23(21), Article 8922. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23218922

Software-Defined Networking (SDN), which is used in Industrial Internet of Things, uses a controller as its “network brain” located at the control plane. This uniquely distinguishes it from the traditional networking paradigms because it provides a g... Read More about AALLA: Attack-Aware Logical Link Assignment Cost-Minimization Model for Protecting Software-Defined Networks against DDoS Attacks.

Rapidrift: Elementary Techniques to Improve Machine Learning-Based Malware Detection (2023)
Journal Article
Manikandaraja, A., Aaby, P., & Pitropakis, N. (2023). Rapidrift: Elementary Techniques to Improve Machine Learning-Based Malware Detection. Computers, 12(10), Article 195. https://doi.org/10.3390/computers12100195

Artificial intelligence and machine learning have become a necessary part of modern living along with the increased adoption of new computational devices. Because machine learning and artificial intelligence can detect malware better than traditional... Read More about Rapidrift: Elementary Techniques to Improve Machine Learning-Based Malware Detection.

Start thinking in graphs: using graphs to address critical attack paths in a Microsoft cloud tenant (2023)
Journal Article
Elmiger, M., Lemoudden, M., Pitropakis, N., & Buchanan, W. J. (2024). Start thinking in graphs: using graphs to address critical attack paths in a Microsoft cloud tenant. International Journal of Information Security, 23, 467-485. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10207-023-00751-6

The challenge of securing IT environments has reached a new complexity level as a growing number of organisations adopt cloud solutions. This trend increases the possibility of overseen attack paths in an organisation’s IT infrastructure. This paper... Read More about Start thinking in graphs: using graphs to address critical attack paths in a Microsoft cloud tenant.

TRUSTEE: Towards the creation of secure, trustworthy and privacy-preserving framework (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Sayeed, S., Pitropakis, N., Buchanan, W. J., Markakis, E., Papatsaroucha, D., & Politis, I. (2023). TRUSTEE: Towards the creation of secure, trustworthy and privacy-preserving framework. In ARES '23: Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security. https://doi.org/10.1145/3600160.3604997

Digital transformation is a method where new technologies replace the old to meet essential organisational requirements and enhance the end-user experience. Technological transformation often improvises the manner in which a facility or resources are... Read More about TRUSTEE: Towards the creation of secure, trustworthy and privacy-preserving framework.

SRSS: A New Chaos-Based Single-Round Single S-Box Image Encryption Scheme for Highly Auto-Correlated Data (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Shahbaz Khan, M., Ahmad, J., Ali, H., Pitropakis, N., Al-Dubai, A., Ghaleb, B., & Buchanan, W. J. (in press). SRSS: A New Chaos-Based Single-Round Single S-Box Image Encryption Scheme for Highly Auto-Correlated Data.

With the advent of digital communication, securing digital images during transmission and storage has become a critical concern. The traditional s-box substitution methods often fail to effectively conceal the information within highly auto-correlate... Read More about SRSS: A New Chaos-Based Single-Round Single S-Box Image Encryption Scheme for Highly Auto-Correlated Data.

Progressive Web Apps to Support (Critical) Systems in Low or No Connectivity Areas (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Josephe, A. O., Chrysoulas, C., Peng, T., El Boudani, B., Iatropoulos, I., & Pitropakis, N. (2023). Progressive Web Apps to Support (Critical) Systems in Low or No Connectivity Areas. In 2023 IEEE IAS Global Conference on Emerging Technologies (GlobConET). https://doi.org/10.1109/GlobConET56651.2023.10150058

Web applications are popular in our world today and every organization or individual either build or access at least one each day. It’s important for every application user to continue accessing contents of a web application irrespective of the netwo... Read More about Progressive Web Apps to Support (Critical) Systems in Low or No Connectivity Areas.

Forensic Investigation Using RAM Analysis on the Hadoop Distributed File System (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Laing, S., Ludwiniak, R., El Boudani, . B., Chrysoulas, C., Ubakanma, G., & Pitropakis, N. (2023). Forensic Investigation Using RAM Analysis on the Hadoop Distributed File System. In 2023 19th International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN). https://doi.org/10.1109/DRCN57075.2023.10108330

The usage of cloud systems is at an all-time high, and with more organizations reaching for Big Data the forensic implications must be analyzed. The Hadoop Distributed File System is widely used both as a cloud service and with organizations implemen... Read More about Forensic Investigation Using RAM Analysis on the Hadoop Distributed File System.

BIoMT: A Blockchain-Enabled Healthcare Architecture for Information Security in the Internet of Medical Things (2023)
Journal Article
Badri, S., Ullah Jan, S., Alghazzawi, D., Aldhaheri, S., & Pitropakis, N. (2023). BIoMT: A Blockchain-Enabled Healthcare Architecture for Information Security in the Internet of Medical Things. Computer Systems Science and Engineering, 46(3), 3667-3684. https://doi.org/10.32604/csse.2023.037531

Rapid technological advancement has enabled modern healthcare systems to provide more sophisticated and real-time services on the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT). The existing cloud-based, centralized IoMT architectures are vulnerable to multiple s... Read More about BIoMT: A Blockchain-Enabled Healthcare Architecture for Information Security in the Internet of Medical Things.

Attacking Windows Hello for Business: Is It What We Were Promised? (2023)
Journal Article
Haddad, J., Pitropakis, N., Chrysoulas, C., Lemoudden, M., & Buchanan, W. J. (2023). Attacking Windows Hello for Business: Is It What We Were Promised?. Cryptography, 7(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryptography7010009

Traditional password authentication methods have raised many issues in the past, including insecure practices, so it comes as no surprise that the evolution of authentication should arrive in the form of password-less solutions. This research aims to... Read More about Attacking Windows Hello for Business: Is It What We Were Promised?.

Explainable AI-Based DDOS Attack Identification Method for IoT Networks (2023)
Journal Article
Kalutharage, C. S., Liu, X., Chrysoulas, C., Pitropakis, N., & Papadopoulos, P. (2023). Explainable AI-Based DDOS Attack Identification Method for IoT Networks. Computers, 12(2), Article 32. https://doi.org/10.3390/computers12020032

The modern digitized world is mainly dependent on online services. The availability of online systems continues to be seriously challenged by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The challenge in mitigating attacks is not limited to identify... Read More about Explainable AI-Based DDOS Attack Identification Method for IoT Networks.