A web application could be visited for different purposes. It is possible for a web site to be
visited by a regular user as a normal (natural) visit, to be viewed by crawlers, bots, spiders …

Network borne attacks are currently major threats to information security. Enormous efforts
such as scanners, encryption devices, intrusion detection systems and firewalls have been …

Off late, the ever increasing usage of a connected Internet‐of‐Things devices has
consequently augmented the volume of real‐time network data with high velocity. At the …

Web applications are popular targets for cyber-attacks because they are network-accessible
and often contain vulnerabilities. An intrusion detection system monitors web applications …

With the increasing information sharing and other activities conducted on the World Wide
Web, the Web has become the main venue for attackers to make troubles. The effective …

Numerous techniques have been developed in order to prevent attacks on web servers.
Anomaly detection techniques are based on models of normal user and application …

Web-based applications have gained universal acceptance in every sector of lives,
including social, commercial, government, and academic communities. Even with the recent …

Web applications are the most common platforms for the exchange of information and
services on the Internet. With the launch of web 2.0, information has flourished through …

The increasing popularity of web applications makes the web a main venue for attackers
engaging in a myriad of cybercrimes. With large quantities of information processing and …

As the information technology develops rapidly, Web servers are easily to be attacked
because of their high value. Therefore, Web security has aroused great concern in both …