Cybersecurity of Teleoperated Quadruped Robots: A Systematic Survey of Vulnerabilities, Threats, and Open Defense Gaps

Teleoperated quadruped robots are increasingly deployed in safety-critical missions -- industrial inspection, military reconnaissance, and emergency response -- yet the security of their communication and control infrastructure remains insufficiently characterized. Quadrupeds present distinct...

The Role of AI in Modern Penetration Testing

Penetration testing is a cornerstone of cybersecurity, traditionally driven by manual, time-intensive processes. As systems grow in complexity, there is a pressing need for more scalable and efficient testing methodologies. This systematic literature review examines how Artificial Intelligence AI...

Unfolding Challenges in Securing and Regulating Unmanned Air Vehicles

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles UAVs or drones are being introduced in a wide range of commercial applications. This has also made them prime targets of attackers who compromise their fundamental security properties, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability. As researchers discover novel...

A Survey on Agentic Security: Applications, Threats and Defenses

The rapid shift from passive LLMs to autonomous LLM-agents marks a new paradigm in cybersecurity. While these agents can act as powerful tools for both offensive and defensive operations, the very agentic context introduces a new class of inherent security risks. In this work we present the first...

Adversarial Attacks against Automated Fact-Checking: a Survey

In an era where misinformation spreads freely, fact-checking FC plays a crucial role in verifying claims and promoting reliable information. While automated fact-checking AFC has advanced significantly, existing systems remain vulnerable to adversarial attacks that manipulate or generate claims,...

Phishing Webpage Detection: Unveiling the Threat Landscape and Investigating Detection Techniques

In the realm of cybersecurity, phishing stands as a prevalent cyber attack, where attackers employ various tactics to deceive users into gathering their sensitive information, potentially leading to identity theft or financial gain. Researchers have been actively working on advancing phishing...

Stablecoins: Fundamentals, Emerging Issues, and Open Challenges

Stablecoins, with a capitalization exceeding 200 billion USD as of January 2025, have shown significant growth, with annual transaction volumes exceeding 10 trillion dollars in 2023 and nearly doubling that figure in 2024. This exceptional success has attracted the attention of traditional...

A Comprehensive Survey of Unmanned Aerial Systems' Risks and Mitigation Strategies

In the last decade, the rapid growth of Unmanned Aircraft Systems UAS and Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles UAV in communication, defense, and transportation has increased. The application of UAS will continue to increase rapidly. This has led researchers to examine security vulnerabilities in various...

Towards Secure MLOps: Surveying Attacks, Mitigation Strategies, and Research Challenges

The rapid adoption of machine learning ML technologies has driven organizations across diverse sectors to seek efficient and reliable methods to accelerate model development-to-deployment. Machine Learning Operations MLOps has emerged as an integrative approach addressing these requirements by...

A Taxonomy of Attacks and Defenses in Split Learning

Split Learning SL has emerged as a promising paradigm for distributed deep learning, allowing resource-constrained clients to offload portions of their model computation to servers while maintaining collaborative learning. However, recent research has demonstrated that SL remains vulnerable to a...