Time-Constrained Intelligent Adversaries for Automation Vulnerability Testing: a Multi-Robot Patrol Case Study

Simulating hostile attacks of physical autonomous systems can be a useful tool to examine their robustness to attack and inform vulnerability-aware design. In this work, we examine this through the lens of multi-robot patrol, by presenting a machine learning-based adversary model that observes...

Cyber Threat Hunting: Non-Parametric Mining of Attack Patterns from Cyber Threat Intelligence for Precise Threats Attribution

With the ever-changing landscape of cyber threats, identifying their origin has become paramount, surpassing the simple task of attack classification. Cyber threat attribution gives security analysts the insights they need to device effective threat mitigation strategies. Such strategies empower...

A Framework for Detection and Classification of Attacks on Surveillance Cameras under IoT Networks

The increasing use of Internet of Things IoT devices has led to a rise in security related concerns regarding IoT Networks. The surveillance cameras in IoT networks are vulnerable to security threats such as brute force and zero-day attacks which can lead to unauthorized access by hackers and...

Quantum AI Algorithm Development for Enhanced Cybersecurity: a Hybrid Approach to Malware Detection

This study explores the application of quantum machine learning QML algorithms to enhance cybersecurity threat detection, particularly in the classification of malware and intrusion detection within high-dimensional datasets. Classical machine learning approaches encounter limitations when dealin...

E-PhishGen: Unlocking Novel Research in Phishing Email Detection

Every day, our inboxes are flooded with unsolicited emails, ranging between annoying spam to more subtle phishing scams. Unfortunately, despite abundant prior efforts proposing solutions achieving near-perfect accuracy, the reality is that countering malicious emails still remains an unsolved...

An Intrusion Detection System in Internet of Things Using Grasshopper Optimization Algorithm and Machine Learning Algorithms

The Internet of Things IoT has emerged as a foundational paradigm supporting a range of applications, including healthcare, education, agriculture, smart homes, and, more recently, enterprise systems. However, significant advancements in IoT networks have been impeded by security vulnerabilities...

Hybrid Cryptographic Monitoring System for Side-Channel Attack Detection on PYNQ SoCs

AES-128 encryption is theoretically secure but vulnerable in practical deployments due to timing and fault injection attacks on embedded systems. This work presents a lightweight dual-detection framework combining statistical thresholding and machine learning ML for real-time anomaly detection. B...

Picklescan is missing detection when calling built-in python cProfile.runctx

Summary Using cProfile.runctx function, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file. Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to cProfile.runctx function in reduce method Then when the victim after...

Picklescan is missing detection when calling built-in python doctest.debug_script

Summary Using doctest.debugscript function, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file. Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to doctest.debugscript function in reduce method Then when the victim...

GHSA-FQQ6-7VQF-W3FG Picklescan is missing detection when calling built-in python doctest.debug_script

Summary Using doctest.debugscript function, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file. Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to doctest.debugscript function in reduce method Then when the victim...

Picklescan is missing detection when calling built-in python idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcode

Summary Using idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcode function, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file. Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to idlelib.pyshell.ModifiedInterpreter.runcod...

Picklescan is missing detection when calling built-in python lib2to3.pgen2.pgen.ParserGenerator.make_label

Summary Using lib2to3.pgen2.pgen.ParserGenerator.makelabel function, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file. Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to...

Picklescan has a missing detection when calling built-in python library idlelib.calltip.get_entity

Summary Using idlelib.calltip.getentity function, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file. Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to idlelib.calltip.getentity function in reduce method Then whe...

GHSA-7CQ8-MJ8X-J263 Picklescan has a missing detection when calling built-in python idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.fetch_completions

Summary Using idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.fetchcompletions, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file. Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to...

Picklescan has a missing detection when calling built-in python idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.get_entity

Summary Using idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.getentity, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file. Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to idlelib.autocomplete.AutoComplete.getentity functio...

Picklescan has a missing detection when calling built-in python profile.Profile.run

Summary Using profile.Profile.run, which is a built-in python library function to execute remote pickle file. Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to profile.Profile.run function in reduce method Then when the victim after...

$AutoGuardX$: a Comprehensive Cybersecurity Framework for Connected Vehicles

The rapid integration of Internet of Things IoT and interconnected systems in modern vehicles not only introduced a new era of convenience, automation, and connected vehicles but also elevated their exposure to sophisticated cyber threats. This is especially evident in US and Canada, where...

A Comprehensive Review of Denial of Wallet Attacks in Serverless Architectures

The Denial of Wallet DoW attack poses a unique and growing threat to serverless architectures that rely on Function-as-a-Service FaaS models, exploiting the cost structure of pay-as-you-go billing to financially burden application owners. Unlike traditional Denial of Service DoS attacks, which ai...

Picklescan missing detection when calling pytorch function torch.jit.unsupported_tensor_ops.execWrapper

Summary Using torch.jit.unsupportedtensorops.execWrapper function, which is a pytorch library function to execute remote pickle file. Details The attack payload executes in the following steps: First, the attacker craft the payload by calling to torch.jit.unsupportedtensorops.execWrapper function...

When Machine Learning Meets Vulnerability Discovery: Challenges and Lessons Learned

In recent years, machine learning has demonstrated impressive results in various fields, including software vulnerability detection. Nonetheless, using machine learning to identify software vulnerabilities presents new challenges, especially regarding the scale of data involved, which was not a...