Internet of Things-Based Anomaly Detection Hybrid Framework Simulation Integration of Deep Learning and Blockchain

IoT environments have introduced diverse logistic support services into our lives and communities, in areas such as education, medicine, transportation, and agriculture. However, with new technologies and services, the issue of privacy and data security has become more urgent. Moreover, the rapid ch...

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Main Authors: Ahmad M. Almasabi, Ahmad B. Alkhodre, Maher Khemakhem, Fathy Eassa, Adnan Ahmed Abi Sen, Ahmed Harbaoui
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Maher Khemakhem
Fathy Eassa
Adnan Ahmed Abi Sen
Ahmed Harbaoui
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description IoT environments have introduced diverse logistic support services into our lives and communities, in areas such as education, medicine, transportation, and agriculture. However, with new technologies and services, the issue of privacy and data security has become more urgent. Moreover, the rapid changes in IoT and the capabilities of attacks have highlighted the need for an adaptive and reliable framework. In this study, we applied the proposed simulation to the proposed hybrid framework, making use of deep learning to continue monitoring IoT data; we also used the blockchain association in the framework to log, tackle, manage, and document all of the IoT sensor’s data points. Five sensors were run in a SimPy simulation environment to check and examine our framework’s capability in a real-time IoT environment; deep learning (ANN) and the blockchain technique were integrated to enhance the efficiency of detecting certain attacks (benign, part of a horizontal port scan, attack, C&C, Okiru, DDoS, and file download) and to continue logging all of the IoT sensor data, respectively. The comparison of different machine learning (ML) models showed that the DL outperformed all of them. Interestingly, the evaluation results showed a mature and moderate level of accuracy and precision and reached 97%. Moreover, the proposed framework confirmed superior performance under varied conditions like diverse attack types and network sizes comparing to other approaches. It can improve its performance over time and can detect anomalies in real-time IoT environments.
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spelling doaj-art-eb89e632c98e44c3be53881a4cf8fd6f2025-08-20T01:56:28ZengMDPI AGInformation2078-24892025-05-0116540610.3390/info16050406Internet of Things-Based Anomaly Detection Hybrid Framework Simulation Integration of Deep Learning and BlockchainAhmad M. Almasabi0Ahmad B. Alkhodre1Maher Khemakhem2Fathy Eassa3Adnan Ahmed Abi Sen4Ahmed Harbaoui5Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah 21442, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Information Technology, Faculty of Computer and Information Systems, Islamic University of Madinah, Al-Madinah 42351, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah 21442, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah 21442, Saudi ArabiaDr. Hussein ElSayyed Research Center, Department of Graduate Studies & Scientific Research, University of Prince Mugrin, Madinah 42241, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Computing & Information Technology, King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah 21442, Saudi ArabiaIoT environments have introduced diverse logistic support services into our lives and communities, in areas such as education, medicine, transportation, and agriculture. However, with new technologies and services, the issue of privacy and data security has become more urgent. Moreover, the rapid changes in IoT and the capabilities of attacks have highlighted the need for an adaptive and reliable framework. In this study, we applied the proposed simulation to the proposed hybrid framework, making use of deep learning to continue monitoring IoT data; we also used the blockchain association in the framework to log, tackle, manage, and document all of the IoT sensor’s data points. Five sensors were run in a SimPy simulation environment to check and examine our framework’s capability in a real-time IoT environment; deep learning (ANN) and the blockchain technique were integrated to enhance the efficiency of detecting certain attacks (benign, part of a horizontal port scan, attack, C&C, Okiru, DDoS, and file download) and to continue logging all of the IoT sensor data, respectively. The comparison of different machine learning (ML) models showed that the DL outperformed all of them. Interestingly, the evaluation results showed a mature and moderate level of accuracy and precision and reached 97%. Moreover, the proposed framework confirmed superior performance under varied conditions like diverse attack types and network sizes comparing to other approaches. It can improve its performance over time and can detect anomalies in real-time IoT environments.https://www.mdpi.com/2078-2489/16/5/406IoTdeep learningblockchainattackssecurityprivacy
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Internet of Things-Based Anomaly Detection Hybrid Framework Simulation Integration of Deep Learning and Blockchain
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deep learning
blockchain
attacks
security
privacy
title Internet of Things-Based Anomaly Detection Hybrid Framework Simulation Integration of Deep Learning and Blockchain
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title_short Internet of Things-Based Anomaly Detection Hybrid Framework Simulation Integration of Deep Learning and Blockchain
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deep learning
blockchain
attacks
security
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