Although ransomware has been around since the early days of personal computers, its
sophistication and aggression have increased substantially over the years. Ransomware, as …

Monitoring Indicators of Compromise (IOC) leads to malware detection for identifying
malicious activity. Malicious activities potentially lead to a system breach or data …

Network security has become an area of significant importance more than ever as
highlighted by the eye-opening numbers of data breaches, attacks on critical infrastructure …

A thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy to the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, School of …

As cybercriminals scale up their operations to increase their profits or inflict greater harm, we
argue that there is an equal need to respond to their threats by scaling up cyber-security. To …

Crypto ransomware attacks have substantially increased in recent years, and owing to their
highly profitable nature, this growth will evidently escalate in the future. To better understand …

With the recent growth in the number of malicious activities on the internet, cybersecurity
research has seen a boost in the past few years. However, as certain variants of malware …

Background Ransomware is a special kind of malware which is rapidly blooming around the
world in different forms. In recent times, Ransomware plays havoc in individual and …

Effective attribution of ransomware attacks requires a way to characterize different variants
and estimates their similarity to one another. Unlike other malware, ransomware deliberately …

Effective malware detection remains a critical challenge in cybersecurity. In this study, we
propose an innovative method that combines swarm intelligence through Particle Swarm …