TriSweep: A Four-Drone Swarm Framework for Electromagnetic Side-Channel Analysis

Electromagnetic EM side-channel analysis traditionally assumes a stationary, close-proximity probe - a threat model that underestimates aerial adversaries. TriSweep is a simulation framework that designs and evaluates a four-drone swarm architecture for autonomous standoff EM-SCA of embedded...

Reference-Free EM Validation Flow for Detecting Triggered Hardware Trojans

Hardware Trojans HTs threaten the trust and reliability of integrated circuits ICs, particularly when triggered HTs remain dormant during standard testing and activate only under rare conditions. Existing electromagnetic EM side-channel-based detection techniques often rely on golden references o...

Demystifying Feature Engineering in Malware Analysis of API Call Sequences

Machine learning ML has been widely used to analyze API call sequences in malware analysis, which typically requires the expertise of domain specialists to extract relevant features from raw data. The extracted features play a critical role in malware analysis. Traditional feature extraction is...

Think Fast: Real-Time IoT Intrusion Reasoning Using IDS and LLMs at the Edge Gateway

As the number of connected IoT devices continues to grow, securing these systems against cyber threats remains a major challenge, especially in environments with limited computational and energy resources. This paper presents an edge-centric Intrusion Detection System IDS framework that integrate...

Systematically Deconstructing APVD Steganography and Its Payload with a Unified Deep Learning Paradigm

In the era of digital communication, steganography allows covert embedding of data within media files. Adaptive Pixel Value Differencing APVD is a steganographic method valued for its high embedding capacity and invisibility, posing challenges for traditional steganalysis. This paper proposes a...

Machine and Deep Learning for Indoor UWB Jammer Localization

Ultra-wideband UWB localization delivers centimeter-scale accuracy but is vulnerable to jamming attacks, creating security risks for asset tracking and intrusion detection in smart buildings. Although machine learning ML and deep learning DL methods have improved tag localization, localizing...

Lightweight CNN-Based Wi-Fi Intrusion Detection Using 2D Traffic Representations

Wi-Fi networks are ubiquitous in both home and enterprise environments, serving as a primary medium for Internet access and forming the backbone of modern IoT ecosystems. However, their inherent vulnerabilities, combined with widespread adoption, create opportunities for malicious actors to gain...

Adversarial-Resilient RF Fingerprinting: A CNN-GAN Framework for Rogue Transmitter Detection

Radio Frequency Fingerprinting RFF has evolved as an effective solution for authenticating devices by leveraging the unique imperfections in hardware components involved in the signal generation process. In this work, we propose a Convolutional Neural Network CNN based framework for detecting rog...

Machine Learning-Based AES Key Recovery Via Side-Channel Analysis on the ASCAD Dataset

Cryptographic algorithms like AES and RSA are widely used and they are mathematically robust and almost unbreakable but its implementation on physical devices often leak information through side channels, such as electromagnetic EM emissions, potentially compromising said theoretically secure...

Developing a Transferable Federated Network Intrusion Detection System

Intrusion Detection Systems IDS are a vital part of a network-connected device. In this paper, we develop a deep learning based intrusion detection system that is deployed in a distributed setup across devices connected to a network. Our aim is to better equip deep learning models against unknown...

Understanding Concept Drift with Deprecated Permissions in Android Malware Detection

Permission analysis is a widely used method for Android malware detection. It involves examining the permissions requested by an application to access sensitive data or perform potentially malicious actions. In recent years, various machine learning ML algorithms have been applied to Android...

Towards Trustworthy AI: Secure Deepfake Detection Using CNNs and Zero-Knowledge Proofs

In the era of synthetic media, deepfake manipulations pose a significant threat to information integrity. To address this challenge, we propose TrustDefender, a two-stage framework comprising i a lightweight convolutional neural network CNN that detects deepfake imagery in real-time extended...

Detection of Intelligent Tampering in Wireless Electrocardiogram Signals Using Hybrid Machine Learning

With the proliferation of wireless electrocardiogram ECG systems for health monitoring and authentication, protecting signal integrity against tampering is becoming increasingly important. This paper analyzes the performance of CNN, ResNet, and hybrid Transformer-CNN models for tamper detection. ...

Spotting Tell-Tale Visual Artifacts in Face Swapping Videos: Strengths and Pitfalls of CNN Detectors

Face swapping manipulations in video streams represents an increasing threat in remote video communications, due to advances in automated and real-time tools. Recent literature proposes to characterize and exploit visual artifacts introduced in video frames by swapping algorithms when dealing wit...

Sec5GLoc: Securing 5G Indoor Localization Via Adversary-Resilient Deep Learning Architecture

Emerging 5G millimeter-wave and sub-6 GHz networks enable high-accuracy indoor localization, but security and privacy vulnerabilities pose serious challenges. In this paper, we identify and address threats including location spoofing and adversarial signal manipulation against 5G-based indoor...

Mitigating Backdoor Triggered and Targeted Data Poisoning Attacks in Voice Authentication Systems

Voice authentication systems remain susceptible to two major threats: backdoor triggered attacks and targeted data poisoning attacks. This dual vulnerability is critical because conventional solutions typically address each threat type separately, leaving systems exposed to adversaries who can...

OpCode-Based Malware Classification Using Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques

This technical report presents a comprehensive analysis of malware classification using OpCode sequences. Two distinct approaches are evaluated: traditional machine learning using n-gram analysis with Support Vector Machine SVM, K-Nearest Neighbors KNN, and Decision Tree classifiers; and a deep...

Privacy-Preserving CNN Training with Transfer Learning: Two Hidden Layers

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Research on CNN-BiLSTM Network Traffic Anomaly Detection Model Based on MindSpore

With the widespread adoption of the Internet of Things IoT and Industrial IoT IIoT technologies, network architectures have become increasingly complex, and the volume of traffic has grown substantially. This evolution poses significant challenges to traditional security mechanisms, particularly ...

In0ri - Defacement Detection With Deep Learning

In0ri is a defacement detection system utilizing a image-classification convolutional neural network. Introduction When monitoring a website, In0ri will periodically take a screenshot of the website then put it through a preprocessor that will resize the image down to 250x250px and numericalize t...