Publications

Peer-reviewed research output.

Research spanning source-code vulnerability detection, Android malware and clone analysis, software testing, and scalable code assessment.

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2025
Journal

An Advanced Ensemble Framework for Defending Against Obfuscated Windows, Android, and IoT Malware

Danish Vasan, Junaid Akram, Mohammad Hammoudeh, Adel F. Ahmed

Applied Soft Computing, Volume 173, 112908
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2022
Journal

Obfuscated Code is Identifiable by a Token Based Clone Detection Technique

Junaid Akram, Danish Vasan, Ping Luo

International Journal of Information and Computer Security, 19(3–4), 254–273
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2021
Journal

DroidMD: An Efficient and Scalable Android Malware Detection Approach at Source Code Level

Junaid Akram, Majid Mumtaz, Gul Jabeen, Ping Luo

International Journal of Information and Computer Security, 16(3/4)
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2021
Journal

SQVDT: Scalable Quantitative Vulnerability Detection Technique for Source Code Security Assessment

Junaid Akram, Ping Luo

Software: Practice and Experience, 51(2), 294–318
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2020
Journal

MTHAEL: Cross-Architecture IoT Malware Detection Based on Neural Network Advanced Ensemble Learning

Danish Vasan, Mamoun Alazab, Sitalakshmi, Junaid Akram, Zheng Qin

IEEE Transactions on Computers, 69(11)
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2020
Journal

DroidSD: An Efficient Indexed Based Android Applications Similarity Detection Tool

Junaid Akram, Zhendong Shi, Majid Mumtaz, Ping Luo

Journal of Information Science and Engineering, 36, 13–29
2020
Journal

How to Build a Vulnerability Benchmark to Overcome Cyber Security Attacks

Junaid Akram, Ping Luo

IET Information Security, 14(1), 60–71
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2019
Conference

VCIPR: Vulnerable Code is Identifiable When a Patch is Released

Junaid Akram, Liang Qi, Ping Luo

IEEE Conference on Software Testing, Validation and Verification (ICST 2019)
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2018
Conference

DroidCC: A Scalable Clone Detection Approach for Android Applications

Junaid Akram, Zhendong Shi, Majid Mumtaz, Ping Luo

IEEE 42nd Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2018)
2015
Journal

Data Structure and Algorithm: A Visualized Web Based Courseware Improves Cognitive Learning

Junaid Akram, Fang Luping

International Journal of Digital Information and Wireless Communications, 5(3), 194–202
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Research Collaboration

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