[HTML][HTML] Metaverse applications in smart cities: Enabling technologies, opportunities, challenges, and future directions

I Yaqoob, K Salah, R Jayaraman, M Omar - Internet of Things, 2023 - Elsevier
Recent years have witnessed a global trend toward the metaverse. The metaverse is a
collection of immersive and interconnected digital spaces in which users can interact …

[HTML][HTML] Web3: A comprehensive review on background, technologies, applications, zero-trust architectures, challenges and future directions

PP Ray - Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
Web3, the next generation web, promises a decentralized and democratized internet that
puts users in control of their data and online identities. However, Web3 faces significant …

Map** metaverse research: identifying future research areas based on bibliometric and topic modeling techniques

A Rejeb, K Rejeb, H Treiblmaier - Information, 2023 - mdpi.com
The metaverse represents an immersive digital environment that has garnered significant
attention as a result of its potential to revolutionize various industry sectors and its profound …

Evaluation of sustainable metaverse characteristics using scenario-based fuzzy cognitive map

A Maden, GN Yücenur - Computers in Human Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Metaverse, a virtual world that is parallel to the real world, has gained significant attention in
recent years. This is because of the merging of platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and …

Ai-powered fraud detection in decentralized finance: A project life cycle perspective

B Luo, Z Zhang, Q Wang, A Ke, S Lu, B He - ACM Computing Surveys, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Decentralized finance (DeFi) represents a novel financial system but faces significant fraud
challenges, leading to substantial losses. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) …

Who is who on Ethereum? Account labeling using heterophilic graph convolutional network

D Lin, J Wu, T Huang, K Lin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To combat cybercrimes and maintain financial security for the blockchain ecosystem,“know
your customer”(KYC) is an essential and also challenging process due to the pseudonymity …

When criminals abuse the blockchain: Establishing personal jurisdiction in a decentralised environment

C Watters - Laws, 2023 - mdpi.com
In August of 2022, the United States Department of Treasury sanctioned the virtual currency
mixer Tornado Cash, an open-source and fully decentralised piece of software running on …

Fishing for Fraudsters: Uncovering Ethereum Phishing Gangs With Blockchain Data

J Liu, J Chen, J Wu, Z Wu, J Fang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As one of the most typical cybercrime types, phishing scams have extended the devil's hand
to the emerging blockchain ecosystem in recent years. Especially huge economic losses …

Unveiling the dark and scary side of metaverse: an in-depth qualitative investigation

A Kumar, A Shankar, A Mehrotra, MZ Yaqub… - Journal of Enterprise …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Metaverse is one of the decade's most exciting and transformative technological
innovations. While the metaverse holds immense promise, it has potential risks and dark …

Predicting future cybercrime trends in the metaverse era

W Shafik - Forecasting cyber crimes in the age of the metaverse, 2024 - igi-global.com
The Metaverse is a virtual world where users can engage with each other and digital objects
in real time, and its usage is growing significantly. However, the rise of virtual environments …