R Punithavathi¹, K Venkatachalam², Mehedi Masud³, Mohammed A. AlZain⁴, Mohamed Abouhawwash^5,6,*

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.34, No.1, pp. 559-574, 2022, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2022.024715

Abstract The challenges in providing e-health services with the help of Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) is done by connecting to the smart medical devices. Through IoMT sensor devices/smart devices, physicians share the sensitive information of the patient. However, protecting the patient health care details from malware attack is necessary in this advanced digital scenario. Therefore, it is needed to implement cryptographic algorithm to enhance security, safety, reliability, preventing details from malware attacks and privacy of medical data. Nowadays blockchain has become a prominent technology for storing medical data securely and transmit through IoMT concept. The issues in the existing research… More >

Anwer Mustafa Hilal^1,*, Siwar Ben Haj Hassine², Souad Larabi-Marie-Sainte³, Nadhem Nemri², Mohamed K. Nour⁴, Abdelwahed Motwakel¹, Abu Sarwar Zamani¹, Mesfer Al Duhayyim⁵

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 713-726, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.024501

Abstract The development in Information and Communication Technology has led to the evolution of new computing and communication environment. Technological revolution with Internet of Things (IoTs) has developed various applications in almost all domains from health care, education to entertainment with sensors and smart devices. One of the subsets of IoT is Internet of Medical things (IoMT) which connects medical devices, hardware and software applications through internet. IoMT enables secure wireless communication over the Internet to allow efficient analysis of medical data. With these smart advancements and exploitation of smart IoT devices in health care technology there increases threat and malware… More >

Abdulbasit A. Darem^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.72, No.1, pp. 461-479, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.023566

Abstract Malicious software (malware) is one of the main cyber threats that organizations and Internet users are currently facing. Malware is a software code developed by cybercriminals for damage purposes, such as corrupting the system and data as well as stealing sensitive data. The damage caused by malware is substantially increasing every day. There is a need to detect malware efficiently and automatically and remove threats quickly from the systems. Although there are various approaches to tackle malware problems, their prevalence and stealthiness necessitate an effective method for the detection and prevention of malware attacks. The deep learning-based approach is recently… 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

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 in detection and to filter… 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

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 to this reason, machine learning–and… More >

Pagnchakneat C. Ouk¹, Wooguil Pak^2,*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.70, No.2, pp. 3099-3116, 2022, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2022.020202

Abstract The Android operating system has become a leading smartphone platform for mobile and other smart devices, which in turn has led to a diversity of malware applications. The amount of research on Android malware detection has increased significantly in recent years and many detection systems have been proposed. Despite these efforts, however, most systems can be thwarted by sophisticated Android malware adopting obfuscation or native code to avoid discovery by anti-virus tools. In this paper, we propose a new static analysis technique to address the problems of obfuscating and native malware applications. The proposed system provides a unified technique for… More >

Marwan Albahar^*, Mohammed Thanoon, Monaj Alzilai, Alaa Alrehily, Munirah Alfaar, Maimoona Algamdi, Norah Alassaf

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.69, No.2, pp. 2181-2202, 2021, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2021.018260

Abstract Malicious Portable Document Format (PDF) files represent one of the largest threats in the computer security space. Significant research has been done using handwritten signatures and machine learning based on detection via manual feature extraction. These approaches are time consuming, require substantial prior knowledge, and the list of features must be updated with each newly discovered vulnerability individually. In this study, we propose two models for PDF malware detection. The first model is a convolutional neural network (CNN) integrated into a standard deviation based regularization model to detect malicious PDF documents. The second model is a support vector machine (SVM)… More >

Huizhong Sun¹, Guosheng Xu^1,*, Hewei Yu², Minyan Ma³, Yanhui Guo¹, Ruijie Quan⁴

Journal of Quantum Computing, Vol.3, No.2, pp. 55-63, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jqc.2021.017365

Abstract Language detection models based on system calls suffer from certain false negatives and detection blind spots. Hence, the normal behavior sequences of some malware applications for a short period can become malicious behavior within a certain time window. To detect such behaviors, we extract a multidimensional time distribution feature matrix on the basis of statistical analysis. This matrix mainly includes multidimensional time distribution features, multidimensional word pair correlation features, and multidimensional word frequency distribution features. A multidimensional time distribution model based on neural networks is built to detect the overall abnormal behavior within a given time window. Experimental evaluation is… More >

Zhangjie Fu^1,2,3,*, Yongjie Ding¹, Musaazi Godfrey¹

Journal of Cyber Security, Vol.3, No.1, pp. 11-28, 2021, DOI:10.32604/jcs.2021.016632

Abstract Mobile malware occupies a considerable proportion of cyberattacks. With the update of mobile device operating systems and the development of software technology, more and more new malware keep appearing. The emergence of new malware makes the identification accuracy of existing methods lower and lower. There is an urgent need for more effective malware detection models. In this paper, we propose a new approach to mobile malware detection that is able to detect newly-emerged malware instances. Firstly, we build and train the LSTM-based model on original benign and malware samples investigated by both static and dynamic analysis techniques. Then, we build… More >

Zhiguo Chen^1,*, Xiaorui Zhang^1,2, Sungryul Kim³

Intelligent Automation & Soft Computing, Vol.27, No.3, pp. 891-908, 2021, DOI:10.32604/iasc.2021.016933

Abstract The rapid growth of malware poses a significant threat to the security of computer systems. Analysts now need to examine thousands of malware samples daily. It has become a challenging task to determine whether a program is a benign program or malware. Making accurate decisions about the program is crucial for anti-malware products. Precise malware detection techniques have become a popular issue in computer security. Traditional malware detection uses signature-based strategies, which are the most widespread method used in commercial anti-malware software. This method works well against known malware but cannot detect new malware. To overcome the deficiency of the… More >