Detecting Remote Access Trojan (RAT) Attacks based on Different LAN Analysis Methods Salar Jamal Rashid, Shatha A. Baker, Omar I. Alsaif, Ali I. Ahmad Engineering Technology and Applied Science Research, 2024 Cyberattacks aim to access confidential information or disrupt system functionality. These days, they can take the form of attacks that give the attacker complete control over the victim's computer. Remote Access Trojans (RAT) are malware designed for these purposes. RAT gives an attacker direct access to a victim's computer and allows him to interact with the victim to steal confidential information, spy on him in real time, or interact directly with him through a dialogue box. RATs are used for information theft, surveillance, and extortion of victims. This study installed multiple virtual machines as a prototype for both the attacker and the victim, interconnected on a Local Area Network (LAN). RAT installations were explored using Mega RAT version 1.5 Beta. Ultimately, various RAT attacks were executed on target machines, and a range of static and dynamic analysis tools were employed to identify RAT. The scenarios implemented on the LAN demonstrated that RATs can be built and used with ease. Furthermore, their attacks can be identified through static or dynamic analysis using various freely available tools. The findings show that the static detection approach to identify RAT malware is more user-friendly compared to dynamic methods. However, dynamic detection can be easily performed using cost-free software.
Performance evaluation of software-defined networking controllers in wired and wireless networks Salar Jamal Rashid, Ahmed Maamoon Alkababji, Abdul Sattar Mohammed Khidhir Telkomnika Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control, 2023 Traditional networking solutions are unable to meet modern computing needs due to the expanding popularity of the internet, which requires increased agility and flexibility. To meet these objectives, software-defined networking (SDN) arises. A controller is a major element that will determine if SDN succeeds or fails. Various current SDN controllers in many sectors must be evaluated and compared. The performance of two well-known SDN controllers, POX and Ryu, is evaluated in this research. We used the Mininet-WiFi emulator to implement our work and the distributed internet traffic generator (D-ITG) to assess the aforementioned controllers using delay, jitter, packet loss, and throughput metrics. What is new in our research is the study of network performance in two different types of transmission media: wired and wireless. The speed of the wired medium was chosen to be fast ethernet, which was not previously studied. In addition, the size of the packet was varied among 128, 256, 512, and 1,024 bytes. The comparison was performed on three topologies (single, linear, and tree). The experimental results showed that Ryu offers significantly lower latency, jitter, and packet loss than POX in most scenarios. Also, the Ryu controller has higher throughput than POX, especially on wireless networks.
Path discovering in maze area using mobile robot Ibrahim Majid Mohammed, Mustafa Zuhaer Nayef Al-Dabagh, Salar Jamal Rashid, Nor Ashidi Mat Isa Telkomnika Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control, 2022 Robotic maze pathfinding problems deal with detecting the correct route from the start point to the end-point in a virtual maze environment consisting of walls. Automated robot mobility is a significant feature, which enables a mobile robot to traverse a maze independently, from one position to another, without human intervention. There is a myriad of autonomous industrial mobile robot applications, including the transportation of goods and parts, domestic cleaning, indoor security surveillance, airport baggage couriering, and a plethora of other applications to traverse dangerous locations. This paper proposes a pathfinding mobile robot in a virtual maze based on a combination of a simplified left-hand algorithm and a line-following control algorithm. The mobile robot works in any maze to determine a route from the initial starting point to the end-point. The approach outlined in this paper uses a left-hand algorithm to solve the maze problem and a line-follower control algorithm to enable the robot to move in a straight line through the virtual maze. The algorithm used is less complicated and prevents the robot from falling into infinity loops compared to the traditional wall-follower algorithm.
Face recognition system based on wavelet transform, histograms of oriented gradients and support vector machine International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems, 2020
Face recognition system based on gabor wavelets transform, principal component analysis and support vector machine Salar J Rashid, Abdulqadir I Abdullah, Mustafa A Shihab International Journal on Advanced Science Engineering and Information Technology, 2020 Face Recognition is a well-known image analysis application in the branches of pattern recognition and computer vision. It utilizes the uniqueness of human facial characteristics for personnel identification and verification. For a long time, the recognition of facial expressions by using computer-based applications has been an active area of study to recognize face scheme through a face image database. It is used in a variety of essential fields of modern life such as security systems, criminal identification, video retrieval, passport and credit cards. In general, face recognition process can be summarized in three distinct steps: preprocessing, feature extraction, and classification. At first, histogram equalization and median filter are applied as preprocessing methods. Secondly, Gabor wavelets transform extracts the features of desirable facial characterized by, orientation selectivity, spatial locality, and spatial frequency to keep up the variations caused by the varying of facial expression and illumination. In addition to that, Principal Component Analysis methodology (PCA) is used in dimensionality reduction. At last, Support vector machine (SVM) is applied in classifying the feature of the image according to the classis of every mage. In order to test the approach used in this research, experiments were running on Yale database of 165 images from 15 individuals in MATLAB environment. The results obtained from the experiments confirmed the accuracy and robustness of the proposed system.
RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Empowering Paperless Workflows: Networked UDC-Based EDMS for Enhanced Efficiency and Data Security SJ Rashid NTU Journal of Engineering and Technology 3 (4), 1-6 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
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Fog Computing: A Comprehensive Review of Architectures, Applications, and Security Challenges SA Baker, SJ Rashid, OI Alsaif NTU Journal of Engineering and Technology 2 (2) , 2023 2023 Citations: 8
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Communication and network technologies of IoT in smart building: A survey SJ Rashid, A Alkababji, ASM Khidhir NTU Journal of Engineering and Technology 1 (1), 1-18 , 2021 2021 Citations: 28
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Performance analysis of different types of multiple antenna systems using BPSK and QPSK modulation EU Taha, SJ Rashid 2014
MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS
Communication and network technologies of IoT in smart building: A survey SJ Rashid, A Alkababji, ASM Khidhir NTU Journal of Engineering and Technology 1 (1), 1-18 , 2021 2021 Citations: 28
Performance evaluation of software-defined networking controllers in wired and wireless networks SJ Rashid, AM Alkababji, ASM Khidhir TELKOMNIKA (Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control) 21 (1), 49-59 , 2023 2023 Citations: 17
Face Recognition System Based on Gabor Wavelets Transform, Principal Component Analysis and Support Vector Machine SJ Rashid, AI Abdullah, MA Shihab 2020 Citations: 14
Path discovering in maze area using mobile robot IM Mohammed, MZN Al-Dabagh, SJ Rashid, NAM Isa TELKOMNIKA (Telecommunication Computing Electronics and Control) 20 (2), 416-425 , 2022 2022 Citations: 9
Fog Computing: A Comprehensive Review of Architectures, Applications, and Security Challenges SA Baker, SJ Rashid, OI Alsaif NTU Journal of Engineering and Technology 2 (2) , 2023 2023 Citations: 8
Detecting Remote Access Trojan (RAT) attacks based on different LAN analysis methods SJ Rashid, SA Baker, OI Alsaif, AI Ahmad Engineering, Technology & Applied Science Research 14 (5), 17294-17301 , 2024 2024 Citations: 6
Face recognition system based on wavelet transform, histograms of oriented gradients and support vector machine MZN Al-Dabagh, SJ Rashid, MI Ahmad International Journal of Computing and Digital Systems 10, 1-4 , 2020 2020 Citations: 4
Empowering Paperless Workflows: Networked UDC-Based EDMS for Enhanced Efficiency and Data Security SJ Rashid NTU Journal of Engineering and Technology 3 (4), 1-6 , 2024 2024 Citations: 1
Performance analysis of different types of multiple antenna systems using BPSK and QPSK modulation EU Taha, SJ Rashid 2014
