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20182026
most citedCyber Security in the Age of COVID-19: A Timeline and Analysis of Cyber-Crime and Cyber-Attacks during the Pandemic

674 citations · 770 across the 16 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

cs.LG2026

Probabilistic Robustness-driven Universal Adversarial Perturbations with Explainability against Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Intrusion Detection System

Hongsen Zhang, Lu Zhang, Mingjing Xu +3

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) enables adaptive intrusion detection in dynamic network environments but also exposes intrusion detection systems (IDS) to adversarial threats suc…

cs.CR2025

Cybersecurity Issues in Local Energy Markets

Al Hussein Dabashi, Sajjad Maleki, Biswarup Mukherjee +4

Local Energy Markets (LEMs), though pivotal to the energy transition, face growing cybersecurity threats due to their reliance on smart grid communication standards and vulnerable…

cs.CR2025

SoK: Security of EMV Contactless Payment Systems

Mahshid Mehr Nezhad, Feng Hao, Gregory Epiphaniou +2

The widespread adoption of EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) contactless payment systems has greatly improved convenience for both users and merchants. However, this growth has a…

cs.DB2025

The Data Sharing Paradox of Synthetic Data in Healthcare

Jim Achterberg, Bram van Dijk, Saif ul Islam +6

Synthetic data offers a promising solution to privacy concerns in healthcare by generating useful datasets in a privacy-aware manner. However, although synthetic data is typically…

cs.CR2025

Assessing the Trustworthiness of Electronic Identity Management Systems: Framework and Insights from Inception to Deployment

Mirko Bottarelli, Gregory Epiphaniou, Shah Mahmood +2

The growing dependence on Electronic Identity Management Systems (EIDS) and recent advancements, such as non-human ID management, require a thorough evaluation of their trustworthi…

cs.CY2024★ 1 cited

A Novel Taxonomy for Navigating and Classifying Synthetic Data in Healthcare Applications

Bram van Dijk, Saif ul Islam, Jim Achterberg +6

Data-driven technologies have improved the efficiency, reliability and effectiveness of healthcare services, but come with an increasing demand for data, which is challenging due t…

cs.CR2024★ 1 cited

A BERT-based Empirical Study of Privacy Policies' Compliance with GDPR

Lu Zhang, Nabil Moukafih, Hamad Alamri +2

Since its implementation in May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has prompted businesses to revisit and revise their data handling practices to ensure compliance…

cs.CV2024

Detecting Face Synthesis Using a Concealed Fusion Model

Roberto Leyva, Victor Sanchez, Gregory Epiphaniou +1

Face image synthesis is gaining more attention in computer security due to concerns about its potential negative impacts, including those related to fake biometrics. Hence, buildin…

cs.CV2024

Data-Agnostic Face Image Synthesis Detection Using Bayesian CNNs

Roberto Leyva, Victor Sanchez, Gregory Epiphaniou +1

Face image synthesis detection is considerably gaining attention because of the potential negative impact on society that this type of synthetic data brings. In this paper, we prop…

cs.CY2023

Trustworthy Cross-Border Interoperable Identity System for Developing Countries

Ayei E. Ibor, Mark Hooper, Carsten Maple +1

Foundational identity systems (FIDS) have been used to optimise service delivery and inclusive economic growth in developing countries. As developing nations increasingly seek to u…

cs.AI2023★ 39 cited

The AI Revolution: Opportunities and Challenges for the Finance Sector

Carsten Maple, Lukasz Szpruch, Gregory Epiphaniou +7

This report examines Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the financial sector, outlining its potential to revolutionise the industry and identify its challenges. It underscores the cri…

cs.CR2023

Leveraging Semantic Relationships to Prioritise Indicators of Compromise in Additive Manufacturing Systems

Mahender Kumar, Gregory Epiphaniou, Carsten Maple

Additive manufacturing (AM) offers numerous benefits, such as manufacturing complex and customised designs quickly and cost-effectively, reducing material waste, and enabling on-de…

cs.DL2023★ 2 cited

Science and Technology Ontology: A Taxonomy of Emerging Topics

Mahender Kumar, Ruby Rani, Mirko Botarelli +2

Ontologies play a critical role in Semantic Web technologies by providing a structured and standardized way to represent knowledge and enabling machines to understand the meaning o…

cs.CR2021

Reinforcement Learning for Security-Aware Computation Offloading in Satellite Networks

Saurav Sthapit, Subhash Lakshminarayana, Ligang He +2

The rise of NewSpace provides a platform for small and medium businesses to commercially launch and operate satellites in space. In contrast to traditional satellites, NewSpace pro…

cs.CR2020★ 1 cited

CyRes -- Avoiding Catastrophic Failure in Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (Extended Abstract)

Carsten Maple, Peter Davies, Kerstin Eder +3

Existing approaches to cyber security and regulation in the automotive sector cannot achieve the quality of outcome necessary to ensure the safe mass deployment of advanced vehicle…

cs.CR2020★ 674 cited

Cyber Security in the Age of COVID-19: A Timeline and Analysis of Cyber-Crime and Cyber-Attacks during the Pandemic

Harjinder Singh Lallie, Lynsay A. Shepherd, Jason R. C. Nurse +4

The COVID-19 pandemic was a remarkable unprecedented event which altered the lives of billions of citizens globally resulting in what became commonly referred to as the new-normal…

cs.CR2018★ 52 cited

Non-Reciprocity Compensation Combined with Turbo Codes for Secret Key Generation in Vehicular Ad Hoc Social IoT Networks

Gregory Epiphaniou, Petros Karadimas, Dhouha Kbaier Ben Ismail +3

The physical attributes of the dynamic vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) propagation channel can be utilised for the generation of highly random and symmetric cryptographic keys. However, i…