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Ethical Considerations and Policy Implications for Large Language Models: Guiding Responsible Development and Deployment
Jianyi Zhang, Xu Ji, Zhangchi Zhao +2
This paper examines the ethical considerations and implications of large language models (LLMs) in generating content. It highlights the potential for both positive and negative us…
Towards Understanding the Generalization of Medical Text-to-SQL Models and Datasets
Richard Tarbell, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Glenn Dietrich +1
Electronic medical records (EMRs) are stored in relational databases. It can be challenging to access the required information if the user is unfamiliar with the database schema or…
Forensic Artefact Discovery and Attribution from Android Cryptocurrency Wallet Applications
Eugene Chang, Paul Darcy, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo +1
Cryptocurrency has been (ab)used to purchase illicit goods and services such as drugs, weapons and child pornography (also referred to as child sexual abuse materials), and thus mo…
A Lightweight Privacy-Preserving Scheme Using Label-based Pixel Block Mixing for Image Classification in Deep Learning
Yuexin Xiang, Tiantian Li, Wei Ren +2
To ensure the privacy of sensitive data used in the training of deep learning models, a number of privacy-preserving methods have been designed by the research community. However,…
Blockchain-based Privacy Preservation for 5G-enabled Drone Communications
Yulei Wu, Hong-Ning Dai, Hao Wang +1
5G-enabled drones have potential applications in a variety of both military and civilian settings (e.g., monitoring and tracking of individuals in demonstrations and/or enforcing o…
Integrating Privacy Enhancing Techniques into Blockchains Using Sidechains
Reza M. Parizi, Sajad Homayoun, Abbas Yazdinejad +2
Blockchains are turning into decentralized computing platforms and are getting worldwide recognition for their unique advantages. There is an emerging trend beyond payments that bl…
A Blockchain-based Framework for Detecting Malicious Mobile Applications in App Stores
Sajad Homayoun, Ali Dehghantanha, Reza M. Parizi +1
The dramatic growth in smartphone malware shows that malicious program developers are shifting from traditional PC systems to smartphone devices. Therefore, security researchers ar…
HEDGE: Efficient Traffic Classification of Encrypted and Compressed Packets
Fran Casino, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Constantinos Patsakis
As the size and source of network traffic increase, so does the challenge of monitoring and analysing network traffic. Therefore, sampling algorithms are often used to alleviate th…
Blockchain-enabled Authentication Handover with Efficient Privacy Protection in SDN-based 5G Networks
Abbas Yazdinejad, Reza M. Parizi, Ali Dehghantanha +1
5G mobile networks provide additional benefits in terms of lower latency, higher data rates, and more coverage, in comparison to 4G networks, and they are also coming close to stan…
Designing Sensing as a Service (S2aaS) Ecosystem for Internet of Things
Charith Perera, Mahmoud Barhamgi, Suparna De +3
The Internet of Things (IoT) envisions the creation of an environment where everyday objects (e.g. microwaves, fridges, cars, coffee machines, etc.) are connected to the internet a…
Empirical Vulnerability Analysis of Automated Smart Contracts Security Testing on Blockchains
Reza M. Parizi, Ali Dehghantanha, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo +1
The emerging blockchain technology supports decentralized computing paradigm shift and is a rapidly approaching phenomenon. While blockchain is thought primarily as the basis of Bi…
Digital Blues: An Investigation into the Use of Bluetooth Protocols
William Ledbetter, William Bradley Glisson, Todd McDonald +3
The proliferation of Bluetooth mobile device communications into all aspects of modern society raises security questions by both academicians and practitioners. This environment pr…
Ubuntu One Investigation: Detecting Evidences on Client Machines
Mohammad Shariati, Ali Dehghantanha1, Ben Martini +1
STorage as a Service (STaaS) cloud services has been adopted by both individuals and businesses as a dominant technology worldwide. Similar to other technologies, this widely accep…
A Cyber Kill Chain Based Taxonomy of Banking Trojans for Evolutionary Computational Intelligence
Dennis Kiwia, Ali Dehghantanha, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo +1
Malware such as banking Trojans are popular with financially-motivated cybercriminals. Detection of banking Trojans remains a challenging task, due to the constant evolution of tec…
Greening Cloud-Enabled Big Data Storage Forensics: Syncany as a Case Study
Yee-Yang Teing, Ali Dehghantanha, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
The pervasive nature of cloud-enabled big data storage solutions introduces new challenges in the identification, collection, analysis, preservation and archiving of digital eviden…
Ensemble-based Multi-Filter Feature Selection Method for DDoS Detection in Cloud Computing
Opeyemi Osanaiye, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo2, Ali Dehghantanha +2
Increasing interest in the adoption of cloud computing has exposed it to cyber-attacks. One of such is distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that targets cloud bandwidth, ser…
CloudMe Forensics: A Case of Big-Data Investigation
Yee-Yang Teing, Ali Dehghantanha, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
The issue of increasing volume, variety and velocity of has been an area of concern in cloud forensics. The high volume of data will, at some point, become computationally exhausti…
Digital forensic investigation of two-way radio communication equipment and services
Arie Kouwen, Mark Scanlon, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo +1
Historically, radio-equipment has solely been used as a two-way analogue communication device. Today, the use of radio communication equipment is increasing by numerous organisatio…
IoTChain: A Three-Tier Blockchain-based IoT Security Architecture
Zijian Bao, Wenbo Shi, Debiao He +1
There has been increasing interest in the potential of blockchain in enhancing the security of devices and systems, such as Internet of Things (IoT). In this paper, we present a bl…
A fuzzy-PSO system for indoor localization based on visible light communications
Giovanni Pau, Mario Collotta, Vincenzo Maniscalco +1
Indoor positioning systems using visible light communication (VLC) have potential applications in smart buildings, for instance, in developing economical, easy-to-use, widely acces…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Forensic Investigation Process: Dji Phantom 3 Drone As A Case Study
Alan Roder, Kim-Kwang Raymon Choo, Nhien-An Le-Khac
Drones (also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, UAVs) is a potential source of evidence in a digital investigation, partly due to their increasing popularity in our society. Howeve…
Performance of Android Forensics Data Recovery Tools
Bernard Chukwuemeka Ogazi-Onyemaechi, Ali Dehghantanha, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
Recovering deleted or hidden data is among most important duties of forensics investigators. Extensive utilisation of smartphones as subject, objects or tools of crime made them an…
Investigation and Automating Extraction of Thumbnails Produced by Image viewers
Wybren van der Meer, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Nhien-An Le-Khac +1
Today, in digital forensics, images normally provide important information within an investigation. However, not all images may still be available within a forensic digital investi…
Medical Cyber-Physical Systems Development: A Forensics-Driven Approach
George Grispos, William Bradley Glisson, Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo
The synthesis of technology and the medical industry has partly contributed to the increasing interest in Medical Cyber-Physical Systems (MCPS). While these systems provide benefit…