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Everything about Cyberattack
Attack on a computer system
In computer science, a cyberattack is an attack targeted at computer systems. It occurs when there is an unauthorized action against computer infrastructure that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of its content. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CyberattackA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Cyberattack detection in wireless sensor networks using a hybrid feature reduction technique with AI and machine learning methodsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Advanced Persistent Threats in Cybersecurity – Cyber WarfareThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Industrial Control Systems: Cyberattack trends and countermeasuresCited 249 times
- Go sideways: Vulnerability (computer security)A closely related topic
- Go sideways: Data breachA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun An attack or intrusion by means of a computer network such as the Internet, often for the purpose of spying.
Verb To launch a cyberattack.
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Industrial Control Systems: Cyberattack trends and countermeasures
Ensemble unsupervised autoencoders and Gaussian mixture model for cyberattack detection
A retrospective impact analysis of the WannaCry cyberattack on the NHS
An Intelligent Secured Framework for Cyberattack Detection in Electric Vehicles’ CAN Bus Using Machine Learning
Modeling and analyzing cyberattack effects on connected automated vehicular platoons
Public Plug-in Electric Vehicles + Grid Data: Is a New Cyberattack Vector Viable?
A Deep Learning-Based Cyberattack Detection System for Transmission Protective Relays
A Unified Architectural Approach for Cyberattack-Resilient Industrial Control Systems
🆕 Influential since 2022
Cyberattack detection in wireless sensor networks using a hybrid feature reduction technique with AI and machine learning methods
A Secure Ensemble Learning-Based Fog-Cloud Approach for Cyberattack Detection in IoMT
A federated learning framework for cyberattack detection in vehicular sensor networks
DeepAK-IoT: An effective deep learning model for cyberattack detection in IoT networks
A New False Data Injection Attack Detection Model for Cyberattack Resilient Energy Forecasting
📚 Books worth reading
Advanced Persistent Threats in Cybersecurity – Cyber WarfareNicolae Sfetcu · 2024
The Intelligence Technology and Big Eye SecretsKarwan Mustafa Kareem · 2023
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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