The COVID-19 pandemic has witnessed a huge surge in the number of ransomware attacks.
Different institutions such as healthcare, financial, and government have been targeted …

Decentralized, distributed storage offers a way to reduce the impact of data silos as often
fostered by centralized cloud storage. While the intentions of this trend are not new, the topic …

Ransomware remains one of the most pernicious threats in cybersecurity, with its distribution
mechanisms evolving alongside technological advancements. This study explores the …

Ransomware remains an alarming threat in the 21st century. It has evolved from being a
simple scare tactic into a complex malware capable of evasion. Formerly, end-users were …

This article aims to analyze the current unpredictable cyber climate. In particular, Russia's
invasion of Ukraine has heightened concerns about security incidents, and ransomware …

Digitization and automation have engulfed every scope and sphere of life. Internet of Things
(IoT) has been the main enabler of the revolution. There still exist challenges in IoT that …

Cryptocurrencies have been a target for cybercriminal activities because of the pseudo-
anonymity and privacy they offer. Researchers have been actively working on analyzing and …

Blockchain technology is popular due to properties such as immutability, transparency,
distributed storage, and control decentralisation. Student certificates and skill verification are …

Today, the majority of the web's content and user data is controlled by a few large tech
companies. There is a growing movement to devolve this control evenly across the entire …

According to the premise that the first step to try to solve a problem is to deepen our
knowledge of it as much as possible, this work is mainly aimed at diving into and …