V. Joseph Raymond^1,2,*, R. Jeberson Retna Raj¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.2, pp. 2413-2429, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.030527 - 19 July 2022

Abstract In recent days the usage of android smartphones has increased extensively by end-users. There are several applications in different categories banking/finance, social engineering, education, sports and fitness, and many more applications. The android stack is more vulnerable compared to other mobile platforms like IOS, Windows, or Blackberry because of the open-source platform. In the Existing system, malware is written using vulnerable system calls to bypass signature detection important drawback is might not work with zero-day exploits and stealth malware. The attackers target the victim with various attacks like adware, backdoor, spyware, ransomware, and zero-day exploits… More >

Sumit Kumar^1,*, S. Indu², Gurjit Singh Walia¹

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.35, No.1, pp. 1035-1051, 2023, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2023.024469 - 06 June 2022

Abstract Android Smartphones are proliferating extensively in the digital world due to their widespread applications in a myriad of fields. The increased popularity of the android platform entices malware developers to design malicious apps to achieve their malevolent intents. Also, static analysis approaches fail to detect run-time behaviors of malicious apps. To address these issues, an optimal unification of static and dynamic features for smartphone security analysis is proposed. The proposed solution exploits both static and dynamic features for generating a highly distinct unified feature vector using graph based cross-diffusion strategy. Further, a unified feature is More >

K. Santosh Jhansi^1,2,*, P. Ravi Kiran Varma², Sujata Chakravarty³

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.73, No.3, pp. 6327-6345, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.030878 - 28 July 2022

Abstract Malware Security Intelligence constitutes the analysis of applications and their associated metadata for possible security threats. Application Programming Interfaces (API) calls contain valuable information that can help with malware identification. The malware analysis with reduced feature space helps for the efficient identification of malware. The goal of this research is to find the most informative features of API calls to improve the android malware detection accuracy. Three swarm optimization methods, viz., Ant Lion Optimization (ALO), Cuckoo Search Optimization (CSO), and Firefly Optimization (FO) are applied to API calls using auto-encoders for identification of most influential More >

Attia Qammar¹, Ahmad Karim^1,*, Yasser Alharbi², Mohammad Alsaffar², Abdullah Alharbi²

Computer Systems Science and Engineering, Vol.43, No.3, pp. 915-930, 2022, DOI:10.32604/csse.2022.023652 - 09 May 2022

Abstract Smartphone devices particularly Android devices are in use by billions of people everywhere in the world. Similarly, this increasing rate attracts mobile botnet attacks which is a network of interconnected nodes operated through the command and control (C&C) method to expand malicious activities. At present, mobile botnet attacks launched the Distributed denial of services (DDoS) that causes to steal of sensitive data, remote access, and spam generation, etc. Consequently, various approaches are defined in the literature to detect mobile botnet attacks using static or dynamic analysis. In this paper, a novel hybrid model, the combination More >

Dongho Lee, Geochang Jeon, Sunjun Lee, Haehyun Cho^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.3, pp. 5909-5923, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.026395 - 21 April 2022

Abstract The smart phone market is continuously increasing and there are more than 6 billion of smart phone users worldwide with the aid of the 5G technology. Among them Android occupies 87% of the market share. Naturally, the widespread Android smartphones has drawn the attention of the attackers who implement and spread malware. Consequently, currently the number of malware targeting Android mobile phones is ever increasing. Therefore, it is a critical task to find and detect malicious behaviors of malware in a timely manner. However, unfortunately, attackers use a variety of obfuscation techniques for malware to… More >

Saydul Akbar Murad¹, Apurba Adhikary², Abu Jafar Md Muzahid¹, Md. Murad Hossain Sarker³, Md. Ashikur Rahman Khan², Md. Bipul Hossain², Anupam Kumar Bairagi^4,*, Mehedi Masud⁵, Md. Kowsher⁶

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.1, pp. 87-103, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.024777 - 15 April 2022

Abstract Asthma is a disease which attacks the lungs and that affects people of all ages. Asthma prediction is crucial since many individuals already have asthma and increasing asthma patients is continuous. Machine learning (ML) has been demonstrated to help individuals make judgments and predictions based on vast amounts of data. Because Android applications are widely available, it will be highly beneficial to individuals if they can receive therapy through a simple app. In this study, the machine learning approach is utilized to determine whether or not a person is affected by asthma. Besides, an android More >

Pagnchakneat C. Ouk¹, Wooguil Pak^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 381-398, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024540 - 24 February 2022

Abstract Although Android becomes a leading operating system in market, Android users suffer from security threats due to malwares. To protect users from the threats, the solutions to detect and identify the malware variant are essential. However, modern malware evades existing solutions by applying code obfuscation and native code. To resolve this problem, we introduce an ensemble-based malware classification algorithm using malware family grouping. The proposed family grouping algorithm finds the optimal combination of families belonging to the same group while the total number of families is fixed to the optimal total number. It also adopts… More >

Huizhong Sun¹, Guosheng Xu^1,*, Zhimin Wu², Ruijie Quan³

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.33, No.1, pp. 585-600, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.023874 - 05 January 2022

Abstract With the rapid development of Android devices, Android is currently one of the most popular mobile operating systems. However, it is also believed to be an entry point of many attack vectors. The existing Android malware detection method does not fare well when dealing with complex and intelligent malware applications, especially those based on feature detection systems which have become increasingly elusive. Therefore, we propose a novel feature selection algorithm called frequency differential selection (FDS) and weight measurement for Android malware detection. The purpose is to solve the shortcomings of the existing feature selection algorithms… More >

Abu Taher Tamim¹, Halima Begum¹, Sumaiya Ashfaque Shachcho¹, Mohammad Monirujjaman Khan^1,*, Bright Yeboah-Akowuah², Mehedi Masud³, Jehad F. Al-Amri⁴

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.32, No.1, pp. 55-71, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.021559 - 26 October 2021

Abstract Aquaculture mainly refers to cultivating aquatic organisms providing suitable environments for various purposes, including commercial, recreational, public purposes. This paper aims to enhance the production of fish and maintain the aquatic environment of aquaculture in Bangladesh. This paper presents the way of using Internet of Things (IoT) based devices to monitor aquaculture’s basic needs and help provide things needed for the fisheries. Using these devices, various parameters of water will be monitored for a better living environment for fish. These devices consist of some sensors that will detect the Potential of Hydrogen (pH) level, the… More >

Sohail Khan^1,*, Mohammad Nauman², Suleiman Ali Alsaif¹, Toqeer Ali Syed³, Hassan Ahmad Eleraky¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.3, pp. 5345-5362, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.021271 - 11 October 2021

Abstract Mobile phones are an essential part of modern life. The two popular mobile phone platforms, Android and iPhone Operating System (iOS), have an immense impact on the lives of millions of people. Among these two, Android currently boasts more than 84% market share. Thus, any personal data put on it are at great risk if not properly protected. On the other hand, more than a million pieces of malware have been reported on Android in just 2021 till date. Detecting and mitigating all this malware is extremely difficult for any set of human experts. Due… More >