Using New Technologies on Cyber Security Solutions

Dear Colleagues,

In this Special Issue of Computers, original research articles as well as reviews are welcome. The main topic of research is cyber security. Any technologies and methods that can be used in cyber security fields are acceptable. Example research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following.

• Using blockchain technologies on cyber security solutions
• Using machine learning techniques on cyber security solutions
• Deep learning on cyber security solutions
• Active learning on cyber security solutions
• Reinforcement learning on cyber security solutions
• IoT and cloud security
• Security and privacy issues in metaverse
• Network security
• Malware analysis
• Vulnerability assessment
• Using cryptography in security
• Secure smart contracts
• Cyber attacks on blockchain technology
• Cyber crimes on social media

Recently, most of the daily life activities moved into the digital world. The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated this process. Due to high usage of digital world transactions, cybercriminals speed up committing more crimes in the digital World rather than real life. These days, it is easier to get benefits from online transactions because many people can be easily manipulated by cyber attackers. According to the recent scientific reports, in 2025 the cybercrimes will cost about $10 trillion to the world economy and cybercrime will be one of the most profitable sectors worldwide. It can be clearly understood that the number of cyber-related crimes are increasing in high volumes, and there is no feasible technique or method which can effectively stop the attackers. When cyber defenders find new solutions to the known attacks, cybercriminals find new attacks which have not been seen before. In other words, most of the time, the cybercriminals are one step ahead. To effectively find software vulnerabilities, prevent or decrease the cyber attacks, the new solutions needed in this regard. Using new technologies such as blockchain, smart contracts, virtualization, machine learning, deep learning, active learning, or reinforcement learning can be one of the best promising solutions in the cyber security area. Thus, in this Special Issue we expect original research articles as well as review papers that may apply various new technologies and methods in the cyber security field. We expect This Special Issue will present new ideas on cyber security, expand scholars domain knowledge and provide possible efficient solutions against the cybercriminals.

Dr. Ömer Aslan
Prof. Dr. Refik Samet
Guest Editors

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