3 papers
cs.CR2026
Building a Robust Risk-Based Access Control System to Combat Ransomware's Capability to Encrypt
Kenan Begovic, Abdulaziz Al-Ali, Qutaibah Malluhi
Ransomware core capability, unauthorized encryption, demands controls that identify and block malicious cryptographic activity without disrupting legitimate use. We present a proba…
cs.LG2025
Exploiting ftrace's function_graph Tracer Features for Machine Learning: A Case Study on Encryption Detection
Kenan Begovic, Abdulaziz Al-Ali, Qutaibah Malluhi
This paper proposes using the Linux kernel ftrace framework, particularly the function graph tracer, to generate informative system level data for machine learning (ML) application…
cs.CR2023
Cryptographic ransomware encryption detection: Survey
Kenan Begovic, Abdulaziz Al-Ali, Qutaibah Malluhi
The ransomware threat has loomed over our digital life since 1989. Criminals use this type of cyber attack to lock or encrypt victims' data, often coercing them to pay exorbitant a…