Detecting the Cyber Attacks on IoT-Based Network Devices Using Machine Learning Algorithms

Year 2024, EARLY VIEW, 1 - 1

M. Hanefi Calp , Resul Bütüner

https://doi.org/10.2339/politeknik.1340515

Abstract

Today, the number and variety of cyber-attacks on all systems have increased with the widespread use of internet technology. Within these systems, Internet of Things (IoT)-based network devices are especially exposed to a lot of cyber-attacks and are vulnerable to these attacks. This adversely affects the operation of the devices in question, and the data is endangered due to security vulnerabilities. Therefore, in this study, a model that detects cyber-attacks to ensure security with machine learning (ML) algorithms were proposed by using the data obtained from the log records of an IoT-based system. For this, first, the dataset was created, and this dataset was preprocessed and prepared in accordance with the models. Then, Artificial Neural Network (ANN), Random Forest (RF), K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN), Naive Bayes (NB), and Logistic Regression (LR) algorithms were used to create the models. As a result, the best performance to detect cyber-attacks was obtained using the RF algorithm with a rate of 99.6%. Finally, the results obtained from all the models created were compared with other academic studies in the literature and it was seen that the proposed RF model produced very successful results compared to the others. Moreover, this study showed that RF was a promising method of attack detection.

Keywords

Internet of things, network devices, security, cyber-attack, machine learning

Makine Öğrenimi Algoritmaları Kullanılarak IoT Tabanlı Ağ Cihazlarına Yönelik Siber Saldırıların Tespiti

Abstract

Günümüzde internet teknolojisinin yaygınlaşmasıyla birlikte tüm sistemlere yönelik siber saldırıların sayısı ve çeşidi artmıştır. Bu sistemler içerisinde özellikle Nesnelerin İnterneti (IoT) tabanlı ağ cihazları çok sayıda siber saldırıya maruz kalmakta ve bu saldırılara karşı savunmasız kalmaktadır. Bu durum söz konusu cihazların çalışmasını olumsuz etkilemekte ve güvenlik açıkları nedeniyle veriler tehlikeye girmektedir. Bu nedenle bu çalışmada IoT tabanlı bir sistemin log kayıtlarından elde edilen veriler kullanılarak makine öğrenmesi (ML) algoritmaları ile güvenliği sağlamak için siber saldırıları tespit eden bir model önerilmiştir. Bunun için öncelikle veriseti oluşturulmuş ve bu veriseti ön işleme tabi tutularak modellere uygun olarak hazırlanmıştır. Ardından modelleri oluşturmak için Yapay Sinir Ağı (YSA), Rastgele Orman (RF), K-En Yakın Komşu (KNN), Naive Bayes (NB) ve Lojistik Regresyon (LR) algoritmaları kullanılmıştır. Sonuç olarak, siber saldırıları tespit etmede en iyi performans %99.6 ile RF algoritması kullanılarak elde edilmiştir. Son olarak oluşturulan tüm modellerden elde edilen sonuçlar literatürdeki diğer akademik çalışmalarla karşılaştırılmış ve önerilen RF modelinin diğerlerine göre oldukça başarılı sonuçlar ürettiği görülmüştür. Ayrıca, bu çalışma RF'nin gelecek vaat eden bir saldırı tespit yöntemi olduğunu göstermiştir.

Keywords

Nesnelerin interneti, ağ cihazları, güvenlik, siber saldırı, makine öğrenimi

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