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Root exploit detection and features optimization: mobile device and blockchain based medical data management

Firdaus, Ahmad, Anuar, Nor Badrul, Razak, Mohd Faizal Ab, Hashem, Ibrahim Abaker Targio, Bachok, Syafiq, Sangaiah, Arun Kumar·2018·Journal of Medical Systems

Abstract

The increasing demand for Android mobile devices and blockchain has motivated malware creators to develop mobile malware to compromise the blockchain. Although the blockchain is secure, attackers have managed to gain access into the blockchain as legal users, thereby comprising important and crucial information. Examples of mobile malware include root exploit, botnets, and Trojans and root exploit is one of the most dangerous malware. It compromises the operating system kernel in order to gain root privileges which are then used by attackers to bypass the security mechanisms, to gain complete control of the operating system, to install other possible types of malware to the devices, and finally, to steal victims' private keys linked to the blockchain. For the purpose of maximizing the security of the blockchain-based medical data management (BMDM), it is crucial to investigate the novel features and approaches contained in root exploit malware. This study proposes to use the bio-inspired method of practical swarm optimization (PSO) which automatically select the exclusive features that contain the novel android debug bridge (ADB). This study also adopts boosting (adaboost, realadaboost, logitboost, and multiboost) to enhance the machine learning prediction that detects unknown root exploit, and scrutinized three categories of features including (1) system command, (2) directory path and (3) code-based. The evaluation gathered from this study suggests a marked accuracy value of 93% with Logitboost in the simulation. Logitboost also helped to predicted all the root exploit samples in our developed system, the root exploit detection system (RODS).

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  • Scholars have focused on storage and preservation of sensitive data from sources such as medical devices and medical insurance.

    “With the increasing inter-institutional adoption of blockchain, scholars have also focused on the issue of storage and preservation of sensitive data (Al Omar et al., 2019) from different sources such as medical devices (Firdaus et al., 2018), and medical insurance (Zhou et al., 2018).”
  • Majority of research in this domain has focused on enhancing the performance of developed systems and architectures through technical improvements.

    “Majority of research in this domain has focused on enhancing the performance of developed systems and architectures through technical improvements, such as unknown root exploitation detection (Firdaus et al., 2018), use of smaller data block sizes (Yang et al., 2019), and improvement of transaction propagation delay (Rahmadika & Rhee, 2019).”
  • Some studies reported data limitations including non-representativeness of sample data, limited training data availability, and possibility of data duplication.

    “Some studies reported limitations for data, such as non-representativeness of sample data (Quaini et al., 2018;Firdaus et al. 2018), the limited availability of training data for running simulations or tests (Lee & Yang, 2018), and the possibility of data duplication (Roehrs et al., 2017).”
  • Other reported constraints include lack of testing with actual inter-institutional medical data and lack of time for dynamic analysis.

    “Other reported constraints pertain to lack of testing using actual inter-institutional medical data (Quaini et al., 2018), and the lack of time for dynamic analysis (Firdaus et al. 2018).”

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Authors
Firdaus, A., Anuar, N. B., Razak, M. F. A., Hashem, I. A. T., Bachok, S., & Sangaiah, A. K.
Affiliations
  • Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah (MY)
  • University of Malaya (MY)
  • Vellore Institute of Technology University (IN)
Corresponding author
Sangaiah, Arun Kumar
Venue
Journal of Medical Systems
Published
2018-05-04
Volume
42
Issue
6
Pages
112-112
ISSN
  • 0148-5598 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-689X
OpenAlex
W2799581224
Cited by
73
References
0
Citations by year
2025: 4 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 2
FWCI
7.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of Medical Systems (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • UMP Institutional Repository (Universiti Malaysia Pahang) (acceptedVersion)
  • The University of Malaya Research Repository (University of Malaya) (submittedVersion)
Funders
Universiti Malaysia Pahang
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Signal Processing › Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Information Systems › Digital and Cyber Forensics
Keywords
mobile malware, Android, feature selection, Android Debug Bridge, AdaBoost, LogitBoost, boosting, botnets, Trojans
MeSH terms
Smartphone, Machine Learning, Algorithms, Humans, Computer Security, Telemedicine, Health Information Systems

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