In recent years, machine learning algorithms, and more specifically deep learning
algorithms, have been widely used in many fields, including cyber security. However …

Phishing has become an increasing threat in online space, largely driven by the evolving
web, mobile, and social networking technologies. Previous phishing taxonomies have …

Internet of Things applications for smart cities have currently become a primary target for
advanced persistent threats of botnets. This article proposes a botnet detection system …

Malicious URL, aka malicious website, is a common and serious threat to cybersecurity.
Malicious URLs host unsolicited content (spam, phishing, drive-by exploits, etc.) and lure …

Recent years have seen extensive adoption of domain generation algorithms (DGA) by
modern botnets. The main goal is to generate a large number of domain names and then …

Various families of malware use domain generation algorithms (DGAs) to generate a large
number of pseudo-random domain names to connect to a command and control (C&C) …

Many botnet detection systems employ a blacklist of known command and control (C&C)
domains to detect bots and block their traffic. Similar to signature-based virus detection, such …

In recent years, botnets have become a major threat on the Internet. Most sophisticated bots
use Domain Generation Algorithms (DGA) to pseudo-randomly generate a large number of …

Threats of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have been increasing day-by-day due
to rapid development of computer networks and associated infrastructure, and millions of …

Malicious domains are one of the major resources required for adversaries to run attacks
over the Internet. Due to the important role of the Domain Name System (DNS), extensive …