{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4414539148","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icc52391.2025.11161496","title":"FedShield: Blockchain and Federated Learning Based Collaborative Framework for Windows Malware Detection in Smart Applications","display_name":"FedShield: Blockchain and Federated Learning Based Collaborative Framework for Windows Malware Detection in Smart Applications","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-06-08","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4414539148","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icc52391.2025.11161496"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/icc52391.2025.11161496","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icc52391.2025.11161496","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"conference-paper","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5093937509","display_name":"Keyaba Gohil","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165831266","display_name":"Nirma University","ror":"https://ror.org/05qkq7x38","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Keyaba Gohil","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021012332","display_name":"Aditya Patel","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165831266","display_name":"Nirma University","ror":"https://ror.org/05qkq7x38","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Aditya Patel","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5109685676","display_name":"Ayushi Shah","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165831266","display_name":"Nirma University","ror":"https://ror.org/05qkq7x38","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ayushi Shah","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5071867746","display_name":"Tarjni Vyas","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3481-489X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165831266","display_name":"Nirma University","ror":"https://ror.org/05qkq7x38","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Tarjni Vyas","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5015696485","display_name":"Rajesh Kumar Gupta","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8820-0661"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165831266","display_name":"Nirma University","ror":"https://ror.org/05qkq7x38","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rajesh Gupta","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044414974","display_name":"Nilesh Kumar Jadav","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0717-8907"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I3132999081","display_name":"Marwadi University","ror":"https://ror.org/030dn1812","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I3132999081"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Nilesh Kumar Jadav","raw_affiliation_strings":["Marwadi University,Department of Computer Engineering - AI, ML, & DS,Rajkot,India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Marwadi University,Department of Computer Engineering - AI, ML, & DS,Rajkot,India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I3132999081"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5089077811","display_name":"Sudeep Tanwar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1776-4651"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I165831266","display_name":"Nirma University","ror":"https://ror.org/05qkq7x38","country_code":"IN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}],"countries":["IN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sudeep Tanwar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Institute of Technology, Nirma University,Department of Computer Science and Engineering,Ahmedabad,India","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I165831266"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5107841783","display_name":"Isaac Woungang","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I530967","display_name":"Toronto Metropolitan University","ror":"https://ror.org/05g13zd79","country_code":"CA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I530967"]}],"countries":["CA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Isaac Woungang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Toronto Metropolitan University,Department of Computer Science,Toronto,ON,Canada"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Toronto Metropolitan University,Department of Computer Science,Toronto,ON,Canada","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I530967"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.30321432,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"4878","last_page":"4883"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11241","display_name":"Advanced Malware Detection Techniques","score":0.9994999766349792,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1711","display_name":"Signal Processing"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10400","display_name":"Network Security and Intrusion Detection","score":0.9968000054359436,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11598","display_name":"Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting","score":0.9761999845504761,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/malware","display_name":"Malware","score":0.7339000105857849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/blockchain","display_name":"Blockchain","score":0.4652999937534332},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/field","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","score":0.4203999936580658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/database-transaction","display_name":"Database transaction","score":0.413100004196167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-neural-network","display_name":"Artificial neural network","score":0.4004000127315521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/convolutional-neural-network","display_name":"Convolutional neural network","score":0.3727000057697296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scheme","display_name":"Scheme (mathematics)","score":0.366100013256073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/deep-learning","display_name":"Deep learning","score":0.3407999873161316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/latency","display_name":"Latency (audio)","score":0.30160000920295715}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8543000221252441},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C541664917","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14001","display_name":"Malware","level":2,"score":0.7339000105857849},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C38652104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510521","display_name":"Computer security","level":1,"score":0.4878999888896942},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779687700","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20514253","display_name":"Blockchain","level":2,"score":0.4652999937534332},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.4203999936580658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75949130","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q848010","display_name":"Database transaction","level":2,"score":0.413100004196167},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C50644808","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q192776","display_name":"Artificial neural network","level":2,"score":0.4004000127315521},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.39959999918937683},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81363708","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17084460","display_name":"Convolutional neural network","level":2,"score":0.3727000057697296},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77618280","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1155772","display_name":"Scheme (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.366100013256073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108583219","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q197536","display_name":"Deep learning","level":2,"score":0.3407999873161316},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.32260000705718994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.31630000472068787},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C82876162","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17096504","display_name":"Latency (audio)","level":2,"score":0.30160000920295715},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C178489894","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8789","display_name":"Cryptography","level":2,"score":0.30070000886917114},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C14036430","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3736076","display_name":"Function (biology)","level":2,"score":0.2953999936580658},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C84525096","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3506050","display_name":"Cryptovirology","level":3,"score":0.28870001435279846},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123201435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456632","display_name":"Information privacy","level":2,"score":0.2870999872684479},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2992525071","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q50818671","display_name":"Federated learning","level":2,"score":0.2867000102996826},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C190793597","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189768","display_name":"Application layer","level":3,"score":0.2847000062465668},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79974875","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q483639","display_name":"Cloud computing","level":2,"score":0.27559998631477356},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C75684735","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q858810","display_name":"Big data","level":2,"score":0.2750999927520752},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121822524","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5157582","display_name":"Computer security model","level":2,"score":0.26669999957084656},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C10511746","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q899388","display_name":"Data security","level":3,"score":0.262800008058548},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C182590292","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q989632","display_name":"Network security","level":2,"score":0.2623000144958496},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C67186912","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q367664","display_name":"Data modeling","level":2,"score":0.2572000026702881},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C177264268","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514741","display_name":"Set (abstract data type)","level":2,"score":0.2538999915122986},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C124101348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q172491","display_name":"Data mining","level":1,"score":0.25060001015663147}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/icc52391.2025.11161496","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/icc52391.2025.11161496","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ICC 2025 - IEEE International Conference on Communications","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"As":[0],"new":[1,46],"and":[2,15,24,42,50,56,92,109,159,212,228],"upcoming":[3],"technological":[4],"advancements":[5],"emerge,":[6],"the":[7,37,76,119,133,170,194,198,203,232],"threat":[8,21],"of":[9,26,75,187],"malware":[10,30,52],"will":[11],"continue":[12],"to":[13,22,54,94,106,113,131,150,173,208,246],"diversify":[14],"increase.":[16],"Malware":[17,139],"poses":[18],"a":[19,125,137,178],"serious":[20],"privacy":[23],"security":[25],"critical":[27],"data.":[28,196],"Some":[29],"do":[31],"not":[32,103],"collect":[33],"data":[34,155],"but":[35],"use":[36,79],"device's":[38],"resources":[39],"for":[40,48,234],"crypto-mining":[41],"other":[43],"activities.":[44],"Thus,":[45],"technology":[47],"evading":[49],"detecting":[51],"continues":[53],"grow":[55],"advance.":[57],"Artificial":[58,80],"Intelligence":[59],"(AI)":[60],"is":[61,144,218],"one":[62,145],"such":[63,146],"field":[64],"that":[65,148,167],"has":[66,164],"helped":[67],"tackle":[68],"this":[69,122],"problem":[70,135],"with":[71,169,190,223],"great":[72],"precision.":[73],"Most":[74],"existing":[77],"solutions":[78,101],"Neural":[81,85],"Networks":[82,86],"(ANN),":[83],"Convolutional":[84],"(CNN),":[87],"Long":[88],"Short-Term":[89],"Memory":[90],"(LSTM),":[91],"algorithms":[93],"make":[95,209],"more":[96],"accurate":[97],"predictions.":[98],"However,":[99],"their":[100,248],"are":[102,237],"optimized":[104],"due":[105,112],"generalized":[107],"training":[108],"higher":[110],"latency":[111],"large":[114],"model":[115,163,172,176,183],"structures.":[116],"Inspired":[117],"by":[118,220],"aforementioned":[120],"challenge,":[121],"paper":[123],"proposes":[124],"distributed":[126],"learning":[127],"approach":[128,240],"called":[129],"FedShield":[130,216],"solve":[132],"said":[134],"using":[136],"Windows":[138],"dataset.":[140],"Federated":[141],"Learning":[142],"(FL)":[143],"algorithm":[147],"helps":[149],"train":[151],"models":[152],"distributively,":[153],"ensuring":[154],"security,":[156],"privacy,":[157],"scalability,":[158],"diversification.":[160],"Each":[161],"client":[162],"an":[165,185],"ANN":[166],"communicates":[168],"global":[171],"update":[174],"its":[175],"via":[177],"blockchain":[179,199,233],"layer.":[180],"The":[181,214,226],"FL":[182],"achieves":[184],"accuracy":[186],"96":[188],"%":[189],"13":[191],"clients":[192],"on":[193],"unseen":[195],"Furthermore,":[197],"layer":[200],"also":[201],"stores":[202],"malicious":[204],"files":[205],"in":[206,231],"order":[207],"them":[210],"tamper-proof":[211],"secure.":[213],"proposed":[215],"system":[217],"evaluated":[219],"comparing":[221],"it":[222],"pre-existing":[224],"models.":[225],"transaction":[227],"execution":[229],"costs":[230],"each":[235],"function":[236],"recorded.":[238],"This":[239],"can":[241],"help":[242],"various":[243],"anti-malware":[244],"softwares":[245],"improve":[247],"products.":[249]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-29T14:22:42.915294","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}