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Title	Modular Neural Network For Edge-Based Detection Of Early-Stage Iot Botnet
ID_Doc	37792
Authors	Alqattan D.; Ojha V.; Habib F.; Noor A.; Morgan G.; Ranjan R.
Year	2025
Published	High-Confidence Computing, 5, 1
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hcc.2024.100230
Abstract	The Internet of Things (IoT) has led to rapid growth in smart cities. However, IoT botnet-based attacks against smart city systems are becoming more prevalent. Detection methods for IoT botnet-based attacks have been the subject of extensive research, but the identification of early-stage behaviour of the IoT botnet prior to any attack remains a largely unexplored area that could prevent any attack before it is launched. Few studies have addressed the early stages of IoT botnet detection using monolithic deep learning algorithms that could require more time for training and detection. We, however, propose an edge-based deep learning system for the detection of the early stages of IoT botnets in smart cities. The proposed system, which we call EDIT (Edge-based Detection of early-stage IoT Botnet), aims to detect abnormalities in network communication traffic caused by early-stage IoT botnets based on the modular neural network (MNN) method at multi-access edge computing (MEC) servers. MNN can improve detection accuracy and efficiency by leveraging parallel computing on MEC. According to the findings, EDIT has a lower false-negative rate compared to a monolithic approach and other studies. At the MEC server, EDIT takes as little as 16 ms for the detection of an IoT botnet. © 2024 The Author(s)
Author Keywords	Botnet detection; Edge computing; IoT botnet; Modular neural network

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