OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of International Journal of Information Security is 5. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
pbins: private bins for top-k semantic search over encrypted data using transformers	103
A unit-based symbolic execution method for detecting memory corruption vulnerabilities in executable codes	74
Analysis of OSPU security effect and data assembly verification under semi-network OS architecture	66
Non-Alpha-Num: a novel architecture for generating adversarial examples for bypassing NLP-based clickbait detection mechanisms	43
Information security and privacy challenges of cloud computing for government adoption: a systematic review	42
Protection of centralized SDN control plane from high-rate Packet-In messages	35
Enhancing privacy protections in national identification systems: an examination of stakeholders’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices of privacy by design	34
Activity-based payments: alternative (anonymous) online payment model	27
Neighbor discovery protocol anomaly-based detection system using neural network algorithm	26
AutoPKI: public key infrastructure for IoT with automated trust transfer	23
A voting gray wolf optimizer-based ensemble learning models for intrusion detection in the Internet of Things	22
Adaptive context-aware access control for IoT environments leveraging fog computing	22
A comprehensive Blockchain-oriented secure framework for SDN/Fog-based IoUT	22
Generating ICS vulnerability playbooks with open standards	22
Exploring smooth number-based MAC algorithms for secure communication in IoT devices: a systematic literature review	21
Efficient arabic and english social spam detection using a transformer and 2D convolutional neural network-based deep learning filter	20
Inflect-text: a novel mechanism to evade neural text classifiers by leveraging word inflectional perturbations	19
A location-updating based self-healing group key management scheme for VANETs	18
Using machine learning to detect network intrusions in industrial control systems: a survey	18
A systematic review of graphical password methods resistant to shoulder-surfing attacks	17
Low-impact, near real-time risk assessment for legacy IT infrastructures	17
Novel mechanism for anonymous reporting and anonymous rewarding using blockchain technology	17
BitCracker: BitLocker meets GPUs	17
Information-theoretic privacy-preserving user authentication	17
A multi-objective cost–benefit optimization algorithm for network hardening	16

Anomalous behavior detection-based approach for authenticating smart home system users	15
A survey on analyzing encrypted network traffic of mobile devices	15
TENET: a new hybrid network architecture for adversarial defense	15
Flexible adversary disclosure risk measure for identity and attribute disclosure attacks	15
Highly private blockchain-based management system for digital COVID-19 certificates	14
Blockchain-based multi-diagnosis deep learning application for various diseases classification	13
Lib2Desc: automatic generation of security-centric Android app descriptions using third-party libraries	13
An integrated deep learning model for Ethereum smart contract vulnerability detection	13
The rise of “security and privacy”: bibliometric analysis of computer privacy research	13
Revisiting QUIC attacks: a comprehensive review on QUIC security and a hands-on study	13
A TCP-based covert channel with integrity check and retransmission	12
Integrating AI-driven threat intelligence and forecasting in the cyber security exercise content generation lifecycle	12
Expediting the design and development of secure cloud-based mobile apps	12
Selfish mining attack in blockchain: a systematic literature review	12
Challenges and future research directions in secure multi-party computation for resource-constrained devices and large-scale computations	12
SFCGDroid: android malware detection based on sensitive function call graph	12
Enhancing security in QCA-based circuits using optimal key gate placement	12
Challenges of post-quantum digital signing in real-world applications: a survey	11
The SAINT observatory subsystem: an open-source intelligence tool for uncovering cybersecurity threats	11
Browser-in-the-Middle (BitM) attack	11
cFEM: a cluster based feature extraction method for network intrusion detection	11
An overview of proposals towards the privacy-preserving publication of trajectory data	11
An SSH predictive model using machine learning with web proxy session logs	11
Abuse-freeness in contract signing: a blockchain-based proposal	10
SealFSv2: combining storage-based and ratcheting for tamper-evident logging	10
Pepal: Penalizing multimedia breaches and partial leakages	10
How education level influences internet security knowledge, behaviour, and attitude: a comparison among undergraduates, postgraduates and working graduates	10
Feature engineering impact on position falsification attacks detection in vehicular ad-hoc network	9
Information flow control for comparative privacy analyses	9
Enhancing security in Fiat–Shamir transformation-based non-interactive zero-knowledge protocols for IoT authentication	9
An intrusion detection approach based on incremental long short-term memory	9
Systematic review of SIEM technology: SIEM-SC birth	9
A comprehensive analysis on software vulnerability detection datasets: trends, challenges, and road ahead	9
A content-based deep intrusion detection system	9
A novel two-level secure access control approach for blockchain platform in healthcare	9
RAMA: a risk assessment solution for healthcare organizations	9
AiCEF: an AI-assisted cyber exercise content generation framework using named entity recognition	9
Fast but approximate homomorphic k-means based on masking technique	9
C2-Eye: framework for detecting command and control (C2) connection of supply chain attacks	9
De Bello Homomorphico: Investigation of the extensibility of the OpenFHE library with basic mathematical functions by means of common approaches using the example of the CKKS cryptosystem	9
Trends in publishing blockchain surveys: a bibliometric perspective	8
XAIRF-WFP: a novel XAI-based random forest classifier for advanced email spam detection	8
Cyber risk management for autonomous passenger ships using threat-informed defense-in-depth	8
Software vulnerability detection under poisoning attacks using CNN-based image processing	8
A review on fake news detection 3T’s: typology, time of detection, taxonomies	8
Cyber–physical risk assessment for false data injection attacks considering moving target defences	8
A modular cyber security training programme for the maritime domain	8
Cryptocurrency recovery framework using pre-signed transaction	8
Applying NLP techniques to malware detection in a practical environment	8
Speeding-up fuzzing through directional seeds	8

Intelligent and behavioral-based detection of malware in IoT spectrum sensors	8
Trust modeling in a distributed collaborative environment: application to a collaborative healthcare system	8
Applications of cyber insurance in smart cities: a systematic literature review	8
Outlier-oriented poisoning attack: a grey-box approach to disturb decision boundaries by perturbing outliers in multiclass learning	8
Privacy-preserving continuous authentication using behavioral biometrics	8
Intrusion detection system over real-time data traffic using machine learning methods with feature selection approaches	7
An enhanced and verifiable lightweight authentication protocol for securing the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) based on CP-ABE encryption	7
A study of machine learning-based models for detection, control, and mitigation of cyberbullying in online social media	7
Fairness as a Service (FaaS): verifiable and privacy-preserving fairness auditing of machine learning systems	7
Enhancing detection of malicious profiles and spam tweets with an automated honeypot framework powered by deep learning	7
Vulnerability discovery based on source code patch commit mining: a systematic literature review	7
Enhancing network security through integration of game theory in software-defined networking framework	7
Malware classification approaches utilizing binary and text encoding of permissions	7
Securing the IoT ecosystem: ASIC-based hardware realization of Ascon lightweight cipher	7
Evading malware classifiers using RL agent with action-mask	7
Perceptions of organizational responsibility for cybersecurity in Saudi Arabia: a moderated mediation analysis	7
BA-flag: a self-prevention mechanism of selfish mining attacks in blockchain technology	6
Dynamic authentication for intelligent sensor clouds in the Internet of Things	6
A method for insider threat assessment by modeling the internal employee interactions	6
Gaming the system: tetromino-based covert channel and its impact on mobile security	6
Publisher Correction: PPAM-mIoMT: a privacy-preserving authentication with device verification for securing healthcare systems in 5G networks	6
Multi-party codebook distribution strategy based on secret sharing	6
Maritime cybersecurity: protecting digital seas	6
BASPED: Blockchain assisted searchable public key encryption over outsourced data	6
Optimization of parallel firewalls filtering rules	6
Email bombing attack detection and mitigation using machine learning	6
Cyber threat assessment and management for securing healthcare ecosystems using natural language processing	6
Pioneering automated vulnerability detection for smart contracts in blockchain using KEVM: Guardian ADRGAN	6
RWArmor: a static-informed dynamic analysis approach for early detection of cryptographic windows ransomware	6
A hybrid IDS for detection and mitigation of sinkhole attack in 6LoWPAN networks	5
Random resampling algorithms for addressing the imbalanced dataset classes in insider threat detection	5
A novel approach for detection of APT malware using multi-dimensional hybrid Bayesian belief network	5
On the adoption and deployment of secure and privacy-preserving IIoT in smart manufacturing: a comprehensive guide with recent advances	5
PSO + FL = PAASO: particle swarm optimization + federated learning = privacy-aware agent swarm optimization	5
Deep behavioral analysis of machine learning algorithms against data poisoning	5
Balancing the act? Resampling versus imbalanced data for Wi-Fi IDS	5
Cyber range design framework for cyber security education and training	5
Network intrusion detection and mitigation in SDN using deep learning models	5
BAPRP: a machine learning approach to blackhole attacks prevention routing protocol in vehicular Ad Hoc networks	5
An exploratory study on domain knowledge infusion in deep learning for automated threat defense	5
Retraction Note: Deep learning based network intrusion detection system: a systematic literature review and future scopes	5
Correction: Cryptocurrency recovery framework using pre-signed transaction	5
Side-channel attacks and countermeasures for heart rate retrieval from ECG characterization device	5
Locating collaborative attack targets based on physical invariants toward cyber-physical systems	5
Evaluating the merits and constraints of cryptography-steganography fusion: a systematic analysis	5
Performance analysis of capsule networks for detecting GPS spoofing attacks on unmanned aerial vehicles	5
A comprehensive approach for mitigating impersonation in online assessment: integrity policy and random authentication	5
Validation and extension of two domain-specific information privacy competency models	5
Securesdp: a novel software-defined perimeter implementation for enhanced network security and scalability	5
From frontlines to online: examining target preferences in the Russia–Ukraine conflict	5
Press play, install malware: a study of rhythm game-based malware dropping	5