Traditional network covert channels have become insecure due to the continuous
improvement of traffic analysis techniques. As an emerging technology combined with …

Despite the myriad benefits offered by blockchain technology, most of them still face several
interrelated issues, such as limited transaction throughput, exorbitant transaction fees, and …

Covert communication is an method that plays an important role in secure data transmission.
The technology embeds covert information into data and propagates it through covert …

While various covert botnets were proposed in the past, they still lack complete
anonymization for their servers/botmasters or suffer from slow communication between the …

The permanent availability and relative obscurity of blockchains is the perfect ground for
using them for malicious purposes. However, the use of blockchains by malwares has not …

Bitcoin has emerged as a revolutionary payment system with its decentralized ledger
concept; however it has significant problems such as high transaction fees and low …

Botnet poses a persistent and well-recognized threat to all Internet users. Botnets have
developed from being a curiosity to highly sophisticated tools for illegally earning money …

The covert channel is a dangerous cyber-attack threat to industry control networks; however,
it is a lack of specific research for the network environment of smart substations. Existing …

With the increase in connectivity, the popularization of cloud services, and the rise of the
Internet of Things (IoT), decentralized approaches for trust management are gaining …