Privacy and trust are significant issues in intelligent transportation systems(ITS).Data security is critical in ITS systems since sensitive user data is communicated to another user over the internet through wireless...Privacy and trust are significant issues in intelligent transportation systems(ITS).Data security is critical in ITS systems since sensitive user data is communicated to another user over the internet through wireless devices and routes such as radio channels,optical fiber,and blockchain technology.The Internet of Things(IoT)is a network of connected,interconnected gadgets.Privacy issues occasionally arise due to the amount of data generated.However,they have been primarily addressed by blockchain and smart contract technology.While there are still security issues with smart contracts,primarily due to the complexity of writing the code,there are still many challenges to consider when designing blockchain designs for the IoT environment.This study uses traditional blockchain technology with the“You Only Look Once”(YOLO)object detection method to accurately locate and identify license plates.While YOLO and blockchain technologies used for intelligent vehicle license plate recognition are promising,they have received limited research attention.Real-time object identification and recognition would be possible by combining a cutting-edge object detection technique with a regional convolutional neural network(RCNN)built with the tensor flow core open source libraries.This method works reasonably well for identifying any license plate.The Automatic License Plate Recognition(ALPR)approach delivered outstanding results in various datasets.First,with a recognition rate of 96.2%,our system(UFPR-ALPR)surpassed the previously used technology,consisting of 4500 frames and around 150 films.Second,a deep learning algorithm was trained to recognize images of license plate numbers using the UFPR-ALPR dataset.Third,the license plate’s characters were complicated for standard methods to identify because of the shifting lighting correctly.The proposed model,however,produced beneficial outcomes.展开更多
Supply chain attacks,exemplified by the SUNBURST attack utilizing SolarWinds Orion updates,pose a growing cybersecurity threat to entities worldwide.However,the need for suitable datasets for detecting and anticipatin...Supply chain attacks,exemplified by the SUNBURST attack utilizing SolarWinds Orion updates,pose a growing cybersecurity threat to entities worldwide.However,the need for suitable datasets for detecting and anticipating SUNBURST attacks is a significant challenge.We present a novel dataset collected using a unique network traffic data collection methodology to address this gap.Our study aims to enhance intrusion detection and prevention systems by understanding SUNBURST attack features.We construct realistic attack scenarios by combining relevant data and attack indicators.The dataset is validated with the J48 machine learning algorithm,achieving an average F-Measure of 87.7%.Our significant contribution is the practical SUNBURST attack dataset,enabling better prevention and mitigation strategies.It is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners to enhance supply chain attack defenses.In conclusion,our research provides a concise and focused SUNBURST attack dataset,facilitating improved intrusion detection and prevention systems.展开更多
This study is designed to develop Artificial Intelligence(AI)based analysis tool that could accurately detect COVID-19 lung infections based on portable chest x-rays(CXRs).The frontline physicians and radiologists suf...This study is designed to develop Artificial Intelligence(AI)based analysis tool that could accurately detect COVID-19 lung infections based on portable chest x-rays(CXRs).The frontline physicians and radiologists suffer from grand challenges for COVID-19 pandemic due to the suboptimal image quality and the large volume of CXRs.In this study,AI-based analysis tools were developed that can precisely classify COVID-19 lung infection.Publicly available datasets of COVID-19(N=1525),non-COVID-19 normal(N=1525),viral pneumonia(N=1342)and bacterial pneumonia(N=2521)from the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology(SIRM),Radiopaedia,The Cancer Imaging Archive(TCIA)and Kaggle repositories were taken.A multi-approach utilizing deep learning ResNet101 with and without hyperparameters optimization was employed.Additionally,the fea-tures extracted from the average pooling layer of ResNet101 were used as input to machine learning(ML)algorithms,which twice trained the learning algorithms.The ResNet101 with optimized parameters yielded improved performance to default parameters.The extracted features from ResNet101 are fed to the k-nearest neighbor(KNN)and support vector machine(SVM)yielded the highest 3-class classification performance of 99.86%and 99.46%,respectively.The results indicate that the proposed approach can be bet-ter utilized for improving the accuracy and diagnostic efficiency of CXRs.The proposed deep learning model has the potential to improve further the efficiency of the healthcare systems for proper diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19 lung infection.展开更多
Smart grid systems are advancing electrical services,making them more compatible with Internet of Things(IoT)technologies.The deployment of smart grids is facing many difficulties,requiring immediate solutions to enha...Smart grid systems are advancing electrical services,making them more compatible with Internet of Things(IoT)technologies.The deployment of smart grids is facing many difficulties,requiring immediate solutions to enhance their practicality.Data privacy and security are widely discussed,and many solutions are proposed in this area.Energy theft attacks by greedy customers are another difficulty demanding immediate solutions to decrease the economic losses caused by these attacks.The tremendous amount of data generated in smart grid systems is also considered a struggle in these systems,which is commonly solved via fog computing.This work proposes an energytheft detection method for smart grid systems employed in a fog-based network infrastructure.This work also proposes and analyzes Zero-day energy theft attack detection through a multi-layered approach.The detection process occurs at fog nodes via five machine-learning classification models.The performance of the classifiers is measured,validated,and reported for all models at fog nodes,as well as the required training and testing time.Finally,the measured results are compared to when the detection process occurs at a central processing unit(cloud server)to investigate and compare the performance metrics’goodness.The results show comparable accuracy,precision,recall,and F1-measure performance.Meanwhile,the measured execution time has decreased significantly in the case of the fog-based network infrastructure.The fog-based model achieved an accuracy and recall of 98%,F1 score of 99%,and reduced detection time up to around 85%compared to the cloud-based approach.展开更多
基金extend their appreciation to the deanship of scientific research at Shaqra University for funding this research work through the Project Number(SU-ANN-202248).
文摘Privacy and trust are significant issues in intelligent transportation systems(ITS).Data security is critical in ITS systems since sensitive user data is communicated to another user over the internet through wireless devices and routes such as radio channels,optical fiber,and blockchain technology.The Internet of Things(IoT)is a network of connected,interconnected gadgets.Privacy issues occasionally arise due to the amount of data generated.However,they have been primarily addressed by blockchain and smart contract technology.While there are still security issues with smart contracts,primarily due to the complexity of writing the code,there are still many challenges to consider when designing blockchain designs for the IoT environment.This study uses traditional blockchain technology with the“You Only Look Once”(YOLO)object detection method to accurately locate and identify license plates.While YOLO and blockchain technologies used for intelligent vehicle license plate recognition are promising,they have received limited research attention.Real-time object identification and recognition would be possible by combining a cutting-edge object detection technique with a regional convolutional neural network(RCNN)built with the tensor flow core open source libraries.This method works reasonably well for identifying any license plate.The Automatic License Plate Recognition(ALPR)approach delivered outstanding results in various datasets.First,with a recognition rate of 96.2%,our system(UFPR-ALPR)surpassed the previously used technology,consisting of 4500 frames and around 150 films.Second,a deep learning algorithm was trained to recognize images of license plate numbers using the UFPR-ALPR dataset.Third,the license plate’s characters were complicated for standard methods to identify because of the shifting lighting correctly.The proposed model,however,produced beneficial outcomes.
文摘Supply chain attacks,exemplified by the SUNBURST attack utilizing SolarWinds Orion updates,pose a growing cybersecurity threat to entities worldwide.However,the need for suitable datasets for detecting and anticipating SUNBURST attacks is a significant challenge.We present a novel dataset collected using a unique network traffic data collection methodology to address this gap.Our study aims to enhance intrusion detection and prevention systems by understanding SUNBURST attack features.We construct realistic attack scenarios by combining relevant data and attack indicators.The dataset is validated with the J48 machine learning algorithm,achieving an average F-Measure of 87.7%.Our significant contribution is the practical SUNBURST attack dataset,enabling better prevention and mitigation strategies.It is a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners to enhance supply chain attack defenses.In conclusion,our research provides a concise and focused SUNBURST attack dataset,facilitating improved intrusion detection and prevention systems.
文摘This study is designed to develop Artificial Intelligence(AI)based analysis tool that could accurately detect COVID-19 lung infections based on portable chest x-rays(CXRs).The frontline physicians and radiologists suffer from grand challenges for COVID-19 pandemic due to the suboptimal image quality and the large volume of CXRs.In this study,AI-based analysis tools were developed that can precisely classify COVID-19 lung infection.Publicly available datasets of COVID-19(N=1525),non-COVID-19 normal(N=1525),viral pneumonia(N=1342)and bacterial pneumonia(N=2521)from the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology(SIRM),Radiopaedia,The Cancer Imaging Archive(TCIA)and Kaggle repositories were taken.A multi-approach utilizing deep learning ResNet101 with and without hyperparameters optimization was employed.Additionally,the fea-tures extracted from the average pooling layer of ResNet101 were used as input to machine learning(ML)algorithms,which twice trained the learning algorithms.The ResNet101 with optimized parameters yielded improved performance to default parameters.The extracted features from ResNet101 are fed to the k-nearest neighbor(KNN)and support vector machine(SVM)yielded the highest 3-class classification performance of 99.86%and 99.46%,respectively.The results indicate that the proposed approach can be bet-ter utilized for improving the accuracy and diagnostic efficiency of CXRs.The proposed deep learning model has the potential to improve further the efficiency of the healthcare systems for proper diagnosis and prognosis of COVID-19 lung infection.
文摘Smart grid systems are advancing electrical services,making them more compatible with Internet of Things(IoT)technologies.The deployment of smart grids is facing many difficulties,requiring immediate solutions to enhance their practicality.Data privacy and security are widely discussed,and many solutions are proposed in this area.Energy theft attacks by greedy customers are another difficulty demanding immediate solutions to decrease the economic losses caused by these attacks.The tremendous amount of data generated in smart grid systems is also considered a struggle in these systems,which is commonly solved via fog computing.This work proposes an energytheft detection method for smart grid systems employed in a fog-based network infrastructure.This work also proposes and analyzes Zero-day energy theft attack detection through a multi-layered approach.The detection process occurs at fog nodes via five machine-learning classification models.The performance of the classifiers is measured,validated,and reported for all models at fog nodes,as well as the required training and testing time.Finally,the measured results are compared to when the detection process occurs at a central processing unit(cloud server)to investigate and compare the performance metrics’goodness.The results show comparable accuracy,precision,recall,and F1-measure performance.Meanwhile,the measured execution time has decreased significantly in the case of the fog-based network infrastructure.The fog-based model achieved an accuracy and recall of 98%,F1 score of 99%,and reduced detection time up to around 85%compared to the cloud-based approach.
