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Majority Voting Ransomware Detection System (2023)
Journal Article
Davies, S. R., Macfarlane, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2023). Majority Voting Ransomware Detection System. Journal of Information Security, 14(4), 264-293. https://doi.org/10.4236/jis.2023.144016

Crypto-ransomware remains a significant threat to governments and companies alike, with high-profile cyber security incidents regularly making headlines. Many different detection systems have been proposed as solutions to the ever-changing dynamic la... Read More about Majority Voting Ransomware Detection System.

Evaluation of live forensic techniques, towards Salsa20-Based cryptographic ransomware mitigation (2023)
Journal Article
Fernandez de Loaysa Babiano, L., Macfarlane, R., & Davies, S. R. (2023). Evaluation of live forensic techniques, towards Salsa20-Based cryptographic ransomware mitigation. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 46, Article 301572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2023.301572

Ransomware has been established as one of the largest current threats to organisations, small businesses, governments, and individuals alike. The appearance of cryptocurrencies and the enhancement of encryption key management schemes increased the ca... Read More about Evaluation of live forensic techniques, towards Salsa20-Based cryptographic ransomware mitigation.

Vascular mechanisms of post-COVID-19 conditions: rho-kinase is a novel target for therapy (2023)
Journal Article
Sykes, R. A., Neves, K. B., Alves-Lopes, R., Caputo, I., Fallon, K., Jamieson, N. B., …Berry, C. (2023). Vascular mechanisms of post-COVID-19 conditions: rho-kinase is a novel target for therapy. European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapy, 9(4), 371-386. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcvp/pvad025

Background In post-COVID-19 conditions (Long COVID), systemic vascular dysfunction is implicated but the mechanisms are uncertain, and treatment is imprecise. Methods Patients convalescing after hospitalisation for COVID-19 and risk-factor match... Read More about Vascular mechanisms of post-COVID-19 conditions: rho-kinase is a novel target for therapy.

Improved ICS Honeypot Techniques (2023)
Conference Proceeding
McColm, D., & Macfarlane, R. (in press). Improved ICS Honeypot Techniques.

As work continues to advance the security posture of ICS systems across the UKNDA estate, opportunities arise to consider the deployment of deception technologies. With high-profile attacks on ICS occurring more frequently, and increasing numbers of... Read More about Improved ICS Honeypot Techniques.

Comparison Of Common Mathematical Techniques Used In The Calculation Of File Entropy (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Davies, S. R., & Macfarlane, R. (2022). Comparison Of Common Mathematical Techniques Used In The Calculation Of File Entropy. In 2022 International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering (ICECCME). https://doi.org/10.1109/iceccme55909.2022.9988132

The research described in this paper focuses on the use of mathematical techniques to identify high entropy encrypted files generated during the execution of ransomware. A common approach used by many ransomware detection techniques is to monitor fil... Read More about Comparison Of Common Mathematical Techniques Used In The Calculation Of File Entropy.

Comparison of Entropy Calculation Methods for Ransomware Encrypted File Identification (2022)
Journal Article
Davies, S. R., Macfarlane, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (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 the attacker until a ransom demand is met. A common approach used by many c... Read More about Comparison of Entropy Calculation Methods for Ransomware Encrypted File Identification.

Civil Engineering Graduate Apprenticeships: A feasibility study into development of an MSc programme based on review of current undergraduate provision (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Leitch, K., Bernal-Sanchez, J., & Macfarlane, R. (2022). Civil Engineering Graduate Apprenticeships: A feasibility study into development of an MSc programme based on review of current undergraduate provision. In Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium for Engineering Education

This paper details the findings of a study undertaken at Edinburgh Napier University to assess the feasibility of developing an existing Graduate Apprentice programme in Civil Engineering to a MSc level. Using a mixed methods approach, data from a se... Read More about Civil Engineering Graduate Apprenticeships: A feasibility study into development of an MSc programme based on review of current undergraduate provision.

NapierOne: A modern mixed file data set alternative to Govdocs1 (2022)
Journal Article
Davies, S. R., Macfarlane, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2022). NapierOne: A modern mixed file data set alternative to Govdocs1. Forensic Science International: Digital Investigation, 40, Article 301330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsidi.2021.301330

It was found when reviewing the ransomware detection research literature that almost no proposal provided enough detail on how the test data set was created, or sufficient description of its actual content, to allow it to be recreated by other resear... Read More about NapierOne: A modern mixed file data set alternative to Govdocs1.

Exploring the Need For an Updated Mixed File Research Data Set (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Davies, S. R., Macfarlane, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2022). Exploring the Need For an Updated Mixed File Research Data Set. In 2021 International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET) (426-430). https://doi.org/10.1109/iceet53442.2021.9659618

Mixed file data sets are used in a variety of research areas, including Digital Forensics, Malware analysis and Ransomware detection. Researchers recently seem to either have to create their own custom data sets or well-known data sets are used, but... Read More about Exploring the Need For an Updated Mixed File Research Data Set.

Review of Current Ransomware Detection Techniques (2022)
Conference Proceeding
Davies, S. R., Macfarlane, R., & Buchanan, W. J. (2022). Review of Current Ransomware Detection Techniques. In 2021 International Conference on Engineering and Emerging Technologies (ICEET) (696-701). https://doi.org/10.1109/iceet53442.2021.9659643

A review of proposed ransomware detection tools and techniques. The tools are described, compared and contrasted and possible short comings in their approaches are discussed.