A Digital DNA Sequencing Engine for Ransomware Analysis using a Machine Learning Network

The research work proposes a novel detection mechanism for ransomware using machine learning approach using Digital DNA sequencing. The proposed work contains three significant phases: Preprocessing and Feature Selection, DNA Sequence Generation and Ransomware Detection. In the first phase, data pre...

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المؤلف الرئيسي: KHAN, FIROZ (author)
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dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv The British University in Dubai (BUiD)
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Machine learning.
ransomware
DNA sequence
malware
Grey Wolf Optimisation
binary search
machine learning network
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description The research work proposes a novel detection mechanism for ransomware using machine learning approach using Digital DNA sequencing. The proposed work contains three significant phases: Preprocessing and Feature Selection, DNA Sequence Generation and Ransomware Detection. In the first phase, data preprocessing and feature selection technique is applied to the collected dataset. The preprocessing of data includes remove missing value records and remove columns that have a negligible impact. The feature selection uses Grey Wolf Optimisation and Binary Search algorithms for choosing the best features out of the dataset. In the DNA Sequence generation phase uses design constraints of DNA sequence and k-mer frequency vector. A newly collected dataset after feature selection is used to generate the DNA sequence. In the final phase, the new dataset is trained using active learning concept, and the test data is generated using a random DNA sequence method. The data is finally classified as either ransomware or goodware using the learning methodologies. The results are found to be promising and reconfirm the fact that the developed method has efficiently detected ransomware when compared to other methods. The thesis concludes by a discussion of future work to advance the proposed method and future directions of research on the use of Digital DNA sequencing engine for general malware detection.
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spelling A Digital DNA Sequencing Engine for Ransomware Analysis using a Machine Learning NetworkKHAN, FIROZMachine learning.ransomwareDNA sequencemalwareGrey Wolf Optimisationbinary searchmachine learning networkThe research work proposes a novel detection mechanism for ransomware using machine learning approach using Digital DNA sequencing. The proposed work contains three significant phases: Preprocessing and Feature Selection, DNA Sequence Generation and Ransomware Detection. In the first phase, data preprocessing and feature selection technique is applied to the collected dataset. The preprocessing of data includes remove missing value records and remove columns that have a negligible impact. The feature selection uses Grey Wolf Optimisation and Binary Search algorithms for choosing the best features out of the dataset. In the DNA Sequence generation phase uses design constraints of DNA sequence and k-mer frequency vector. A newly collected dataset after feature selection is used to generate the DNA sequence. In the final phase, the new dataset is trained using active learning concept, and the test data is generated using a random DNA sequence method. The data is finally classified as either ransomware or goodware using the learning methodologies. The results are found to be promising and reconfirm the fact that the developed method has efficiently detected ransomware when compared to other methods. The thesis concludes by a discussion of future work to advance the proposed method and future directions of research on the use of Digital DNA sequencing engine for general malware detection.The British University in Dubai (BUiD)2020-05-10T11:36:08Z2020-05-10T11:36:08Z2020-02Thesisapplication/pdf2016146087https://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/1586enoai:bspace.buid.ac.ae:1234/15862021-09-09T07:39:57Z
spellingShingle A Digital DNA Sequencing Engine for Ransomware Analysis using a Machine Learning Network
KHAN, FIROZ
Machine learning.
ransomware
DNA sequence
malware
Grey Wolf Optimisation
binary search
machine learning network
title A Digital DNA Sequencing Engine for Ransomware Analysis using a Machine Learning Network
title_full A Digital DNA Sequencing Engine for Ransomware Analysis using a Machine Learning Network
title_fullStr A Digital DNA Sequencing Engine for Ransomware Analysis using a Machine Learning Network
title_full_unstemmed A Digital DNA Sequencing Engine for Ransomware Analysis using a Machine Learning Network
title_short A Digital DNA Sequencing Engine for Ransomware Analysis using a Machine Learning Network
title_sort A Digital DNA Sequencing Engine for Ransomware Analysis using a Machine Learning Network
topic Machine learning.
ransomware
DNA sequence
malware
Grey Wolf Optimisation
binary search
machine learning network
url https://bspace.buid.ac.ae/handle/1234/1586