5 papers
Secure Development of a Hooking-Based Deception Framework Against Keylogging Techniques
Md Sajidul Islam Sajid, Shihab Ahmed, Ryan Sosnoski
Keyloggers remain a serious threat in modern cybersecurity, silently capturing user keystrokes to steal credentials and sensitive information. Traditional defenses focus mainly on…
ranDecepter: Real-time Identification and Deterrence of Ransomware Attacks
Md Sajidul Islam Sajid, Jinpeng Wei, Ehab Al-Shaer
Ransomware (RW) presents a significant and widespread threat in the digital landscape, necessitating effective countermeasures. Active cyber deception is a promising strategy to th…
SPADE: Enhancing Adaptive Cyber Deception Strategies with Generative AI and Structured Prompt Engineering
Shihab Ahmed, A B M Mohaimenur Rahman, Md Morshed Alam +1
The rapid evolution of modern malware presents significant challenges to the development of effective defense mechanisms. Traditional cyber deception techniques often rely on stati…
Securing Proof of Stake Blockchains: Leveraging Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Detecting and Mitigating Malicious Nodes
Faisal Haque Bappy, Tariqul Islam, Kamrul Hasan +2
Proof of Stake (PoS) blockchains offer promising alternatives to traditional Proof of Work (PoW) systems, providing scalability and energy efficiency. However, blockchains operate…
Maximizing Blockchain Performance: Mitigating Conflicting Transactions through Parallelism and Dependency Management
Faisal Haque Bappy, Tarannum Shaila Zaman, Md Sajidul Islam Sajid +2
While blockchains initially gained popularity in the realm of cryptocurrencies, their widespread adoption is expanding beyond conventional applications, driven by the imperative ne…