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It is clear by now that generative artificial intelligence is changing the way information is disseminated and received. Sadly, it has been found a useful tool by perpetuators of disinformation and spreaders of malicious narratives destabilizing trust in public institutions. Muhammad Sajid Khan approaches the problem from the social cybersecurity standpoint and proposes a framework for identifying and neutralizing this kind of threats: STRIDE ¬– Social Threat Resilience through Integrated Detection and Engagement.
Read his paper “Social Cybersecurity as Digital Resilience: The STRIDE Framework for Countering AI-Driven Information Manipulation” on our website: https://www.acigjournal.com/Social-Cybersecurity-as-Digital-Resilience-The-STRIDE-Framework-for-Countering-AI,213864,0,2.html

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#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #disinformation #socialCybersecurity

Increasing dependence of our daily lives on new communication technologies on the one hand, and the ever-increasing prevalence of attacks against digital infrastructure on the other translate to a growing demand for #cybersecurity services. But to what extent has the global financial market been reacting to this reality?
This #cyberFriday we bring you back the paper by Grzegorz Przekota, “Investment in Cybersecurity Companies in Times of Political and Economic Instability.” Read the analysis of how a war and a global health crisis did impact the financial standing of cybersecurity companies.
Available on our website: https://www.acigjournal.com/Investment-in-Cybersecurity-Companies-in-Times-of-Political-and-Economic-Instability,190342,0,2.html

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#stock #investments

This #cyberFriday we would like to remind you of an article offering insights into the methodology of #cybersecurity data gathering and its cross-national comparison for sake of informed policy-making. Come back to “Structured Field Coding and its Applications to National Risk and Cybersecurity Assessments” by William H. Dutton, Ruth Shillair, Louise Axon, and Carolin Weisser.
As always available on our website: https://www.acigjournal.com/Structured-Field-Coding-and-its-Applications-to-National-Risk-and-Cybersecurity-Assessments,184303,0,2.html

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🔐 Long, unique, avoiding common patterns… Do you follow the rules of making a strong password? And do people with similar background do?
📝 On the occasion of the European #CyberSecMonth we would like to remind you of the insightful analysis by Andreanne Bergeron. In her paper “Tell Me Where You Live and I Will Tell Your P@Ssw0rd: Understanding the Macrosocial Variables Influencing Password’s Strength” she explores how factors such as literacy or government accountability correlate with cybersecurity habits of the broad population. Read it online on our website: https://www.acigjournal.com/Tell-Me-Where-You-Live-and-I-Will-Tell-Your-P-Ssw0rd-Understanding-the-Macrosocial,184304,0,2.html

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#cybersecurity #passwordStrength #ECSM

Dear readers,
We are happy to announce that following the publication of the letter from our Editor-in-Chief, volume 4 of ACIG is now complete. Read the introduction to our latest issue by @agasztold@mastodon.world, revisit its contents and stay tuned for this year’s upcoming papers! https://www.acigjournal.com/Letter-from-Editor-in-Chief,217227,0,2.html

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As new attack strategies emerge, network intrusion detection systems are subject to increasing pressure. Accurate classification of potential threats requires both adequate analysis of complex data sets and effective utilisation of computational resources available.
Researchers Akanksha Pamena and Manohar Naik Sugali propose an approach combining deep learning for dimensionality reduction with attention modules: SAE-AM. Their solution proves highly effective, reaching 99% accuracy on benchmark datasets. Read the latest article on our website, “SAE-AM: Enhancing Network Intrusion Detection Using Sparse Autoencoders with Attention Modules” and learn more about their method.
https://www.acigjournal.com/SAE-AM-Enhancing-Network-Intrusion-Detection-Using-Sparse-Autoencoders-with-Attention,213872,0,2.html

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#cybersecurity #machineLearning #networkSecurity #intrusionDetection #machineLearning #deepLearning

Esteemed readers of ACIG,

as the winter holiday season unfolds, the whole Editorial Team would like to wish you a time of peaceful rest and regeneration, as well as all the best for the coming year. Stay cyber-safe and see you soon in 2026!

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More digital technologies bring greater convenience and efficiency, but also expand the attack surface and increase security risks. In the light of this, EU’S #CyberResilienceAct introduces requirements pertaining to vulnerability disclosure and mitigation. Jukka Ruohonen and Paul Timmers examine the act’s details and sketch out the directions for future research.
Read their paper “Vulnerability Coordination under the Cyber Resilience Act,” now available at https://www.acigjournal.com/Vulnerability-Coordination-under-the-Cyber-Resilience-Act,213350,0,2.html

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#cybersecurity #vulnerability #cra

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Today, more than at any previous point in history, traditional warfare is being combined with non-kinetic threats, such as broadly conceived attacks on the state’s information security. Appropriate defence mechanisms require institutional cooperation and adaptability. Emir Muhić, in his new paper “Transforming the Intelligence Cycle through Adapting to Complex Environments and the Operational Dynamics of Special Warfare,” reviews the existing approaches and develops a model presenting how intelligence processes can evolve to meet the realities of modern hybrid and special warfare.
Read the article at https://www.acigjournal.com/Transforming-the-Intelligence-Cycle-through-Adapting-to-Complex-Environments-and,211788,0,2.html

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This #cyberFriday is the time to recommend you one of the insightful articles from our archive.

Honeypots are often employed by cybersecurity teams to gain insights into possible attack scenarios. But both sides in this scenario are acting with limited knowledge. Thus a way to model the probability of various outcomes is highly useful.
In their paper “Predictive Modelling of a Honeypot System Based on a Markov Decision Process and a Partially Observable Markov Decision Process” Lidong Wang, Reed Mosher, Patti Duett, and Terril Falls provide a mathematical analysis of interactions with networks of this kind. Learn more about their results: https://www.acigjournal.com/Predictive-Modelling-of-a-Honeypot-System-Based-on-a-Markov-Decision-Process-and,184296,0,2.html#idm66

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#cybersecurity #honeypot

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As the newly published paper “Information Sovereignty under Fire: Legal Challenges for Ukraine” by Irina Aristova et al. notes, in the digitalised, interconnected world, state #cybersecurity is as important a factor for national defence as traditional military capabilities. The authors address the sovereignty aspect of regulations pertaining to information security in Ukraine, critically assessing the current division of responsibilities and compliance with international standards. They conclude that the formulation of a coherent National Strategy of Information Sovereignty is necessary.
Read their analysis at https://www.acigjournal.com/Information-Sovereignty-under-Fire-Legal-Challenges-for-Ukraine,209993,0,2.html#S1

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Inda Kreso’s new publication, “Cyber Threats and Vulnerability Mapping in the Energy Sector: Laying the Groundwork for Smart Grid Resilience” identifies the most critical cyber threats and vulnerabilities within the energy sector and provides the first comprehensive mapping between them. The findings of this research provide a practical foundation for aligning cybersecurity practices with existing frameworks such as NIS2 and NERC CIP.
Read the entire paper at: https://www.acigjournal.com/Cyber-Threats-and-Vulnerability-Mapping-in-the-Energy-Sector-Laying-the-Groundwork,211124,0,2.html.

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This #CyberFriday we highlight the article "Redefining Systemic Cybersecurity Risk in Interconnected Environments" by Giacomo Assenza, Alessandro Ortalda, and Roberto Setola.
The authors review events that reveal systemic dynamics, evaluate tools for managing systemic risk, and emphasize that such risk is shared—demanding common understanding for coordinated mitigation.

Recommended read: Redefining Systemic Cybersecurity Risk in Interconnected Environments: https://www.acigjournal.com/Redefining-Systemic-Cybersecurity-Risk-in-Interconnected-Environments,192119,0,2.html

#riskassessment #riskmanagement #cybersecurity

📝 In this week’s post we would like to remind you about the fantastic work of Kovid Tiwari, Ajay Kumar Phulre, Devraj Vishnu and Saravanan D. In their in-depth article “Enhancing Secure Key Management Techniques for Optimised 5G Network Slicing Security,” the researchers provide an exhaustive review of the state of research on transmission security in systems utilizing 5G networks and present detailed assessment of the proposed cryptographic model.
👉 We encourage you to read their paper at our webpage: https://www.acigjournal.com/Enhancing-Secure-Key-Management-Techniques-for-Optimised-5G-Network-Slicing-Security,199725,0,2.html.

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Express kidnappings are a type of crime on the rise in many parts of the world. Their perpetuators capture their victims for a relatively short period of time and force them to withdraw big amounts of cash or make transfers from their bank accounts.
In their paper “The Role of Cybersecurity in Addressing Express Kidnappings: Challenges and Innovative Solutions” Khutso Lebea, Sherali Zeadally and Aditya Sood argue that a robust and integrated system of #cybersecurity measures is essential to counter this kind of abuse.
Read their analysis on our website: https://www.acigjournal.com/The-Role-of-Cybersecurity-in-Addressing-Express-Kidnappings-Challenges-and-Innovative,210222,0,2.html

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The evolving landscape of #cybersecurity threats demands new, robust methods of automatic breach detection. In their paper “Improving Threat Detection in Information Security with Ensemble Learning” Ahmad Sanmorino, Rendra Gustriansyah, Shinta Puspasari, and Fauziah Afriyani demonstrate how combining multiple machine learning algorithms may result in greater precision of cyberattack classification.
Read the article and learn more about their approach at our website: https://www.acigjournal.com/Improving-Threat-Detection-in-Information-Security-with-Ensemble-Learning,210525,0,2.html

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Increasing complexity of modern cyberspace, with all of its risks and vulnerabilities, requires more than just isolated amendments. Developing holistic approaches and efficient frameworks is an urgent necessity. The widespread push for the use of AI in many new areas makes the ability to ask the right questions especially indispensable. Jasper Uyi Egbobamwonyi-Bedaux does just that in his paper “Problematisation Analytics: New Foucauldian Direction in Theory and Method for Cybersecurity and AI Governance Research,” providing a way of understanding the interplay of various factors contributing to the current #cybersecurity picture.
Read the article at our website: https://www.acigjournal.com/Improving-Threat-Detection-in-Information-Security-with-Ensemble-Learning,210525,0,2.html

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One of the chief concerns related to the growing adoption of AI-based solutions is their impact on human work. Currently, most attempts at quantifying it analyse the character of different professions using lists of broadly defined, general tasks. Bin Mai, Marc Walker, and David Sweeney notice the need for a much more fine-grained way of tracking how AI adoption intertwines with human action. In their newly published paper “Of (AI) Machine and Human (Labour): An Integrated Nexus of Work Operating System Architecture for Orchestrating Human–AI Collaborations” they provide a theoretical framework for development of software infrastructure that could track the influence of AI on the basic professional activities – so called atomic tasks.
Read it online on ACIG website: https://www.acigjournal.com/Of-AI-Machine-and-Human-Labour-An-Integrated-Nexus-of-Work-Operating-System-Architecture,217714,0,2.html

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#AI #work #labour

This week’s #cyberFriday we would like to encourage you to read an article from our archive. It provides an analysis of the way in which modern communication technologies have enabled the proliferation of disinformation, both organically arising and intentionally manufactured.
“One of the core changes at the heart of the formation of today’s information environment has been the shift in emphasis from a supposed ‘information age’ towards a ‘post-truth era’. … Indeed, while previously the Internet was itself seen as a ‘liberation technology’, enabling networked individuals to self-organise in a struggle for democracy and freedom, currently the attention has shifted to the opposite end of the spectrum, namely manipulation, disinformation, and information warfare.”

“Post-Truth and Information Warfare in their Technological Context” by Ignas Kalpokas – now even more relevant, available in open access on our website: https://www.acigjournal.com/Post-Truth-and-Information-Warfare-in-their-Technological-Context,190407,0,2.html

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#postTruth #disinformation #informationWarfare #generativeAI

We are pleased to share that ACIG, recently indexed in Scopus, has been ranked Q3 in the latest SCImago Journal Rank evaluation. Its current score can be tracked live via the new widget on our website. This result reflects the continued development of the journal under the leadership of Editor-in-Chief, Prof. @agasztold@mastodon.world. The ranking confirms the journal’s growing international visibility and academic quality.
We would like to sincerely thank our authors, reviewers, editorial board members, and readers for their trust, engagement, and valuable contribution to this success.
Read the Online First articles now shaping vol. 5, no. 1, and discover the latest contributions in the field of applied cybersecurity: https://www.acigjournal.com/.

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Living in an interconnected world does not entail exclusively positive developments, like the ability to stay in touch with others or broadening of the scope of work opportunities. It is no secret that sometimes digital technologies become tools of violence. This #cyberFriday we encourage you to look at the issue from the point of view analysed by Aaron Brantly in his paper “Targeting the Weak: Exploring Transnational Digital Repression.” The article examines the available data on cyberattacks against civil-society activists and minorities living in a diaspora carried out by regimes of their authoritarian states of origin.
Available on our website: https://www.acigjournal.com/Targeting-the-Weak-Exploring-Transnational-Digital-Repression,203788,0,2.html

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#humanRights #cybersecurity #sovereignty #repression

Ransomware attacks are often more reliably attributed to groups with ties to nation states than to lone wolves. And for some states allowing ransomware groups to operate and target adversary countries is a more important part of their strategy than it is for others. In their new paper “The State in Ransomware: Evidence of Concentration and Targeting Patterns among Russian-Affiliated Groups” Aaron Brantly (@afterwestphalia@mastodon.social) and Ryan Mason present results of an analysis of an open-source database of ransomware incidents, demonstrating a disproportionate share of attacks originating from Russia and targeting victims abroad.
Full text now available on our website: https://www.acigjournal.com/The-State-in-Ransomware-Evidence-of-Concentration-and-Targeting-Patterns-among-Russian,219041,0,2.html

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#Ransomware #Russia