Innovative Techniques for Cyber Threat Management Against Advanced Persistent Therats (APTs) / (Record no. 615840)
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| control field | NUST |
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| Classification number | 005.8,HAI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Haider, Raja Zeeshan |
| 9 (RLIN) | 131714 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Innovative Techniques for Cyber Threat Management Against Advanced Persistent Therats (APTs) / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Raja Zeeshan Haider |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Rawalpindi, |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | MCS (NUST), |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2025 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xi, 102 p |
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| Formatted contents note | The information age has been revolutionizing the world by bringing a plethora<br/>of opportunities with associated challenges. Cyber threats are eminent due to<br/>the increased dependence on the internet and the information infrastructure.<br/>The rapid evolution of cyber threats, particularly Advanced Persistent Threats<br/>(APTs), has highlighted the critical need for comprehensive and innovative threat<br/>management techniques. Detection of targeted attacks requires innovative and<br/>cutting-edge techniques for timely mitigation. The research examines a multipronged<br/>approach by considering the way existing solutions can be upgraded<br/>and the way new technology domains can be incorporated for the cyber threat<br/>management of APTs. C2-DNSEye, an encompassing framework has been introduced<br/>for detecting APTs, during developmental stages through the discovery of<br/>command and control channels, established by employing the Domain Name System<br/>(DNS). C2-DNSEye integrates host-specific activity with the corresponding<br/>network-specific activity, to determine the maliciousness of a DNS request. C2-<br/>DNSEye enables the detection of targeted attacks with an F1-Score of 98.70%.<br/>Likewise, the emerging technology domain of digital twins has been incorporated<br/>for effective cyber threat management. A novel intrusion indicator-based ontology<br/>modelling has been defined to facilitate the adoption of digital twins for APTs<br/>simulation and orchestration in the virtual environment. The ontology modelling<br/>facilitates the virtual replication of physical systems for threat monitoring and<br/>prediction through simulation and real-time input of attack indicators. The ontology<br/>delineates mechanisms to determine the operational effectiveness and cyber<br/>readiness of the Critical Information Infrastructure (CII) through virtual modelling,<br/>attack simulation, and anomaly detection. APT campaigns of HoneyBee,<br/>Sunburst, Hangover, Fin7 and DarkHotel have been evaluated under the pretext<br/>of the proposed ontology. Furthermore, the ontology modelling stipulates threat<br/>hunting mechanisms to make CII cyber resilient. |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | PhD Information Security Thesis |
| 9 (RLIN) | 132793 |
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| Geographic name | PhD IS Thesis |
| 9 (RLIN) | 132794 |
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| Personal name | Supervised by Dr. Baber Aslam |
| 9 (RLIN) | 132769 |
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| Military College of Signals (MCS) | Military College of Signals (MCS) | Thesis | 01/17/2026 | 005.8,HAI | MCSPhD IS-15 | 01/17/2026 | 01/17/2026 | Thesis | Almirah No.68, Shelf No.5 |