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ByteDefender's work is grounded in peer-reviewed research across satellite network security, 5G network slicing, and IoT protocol security — published in leading IEEE venues and applied directly to how we test and defend real systems.

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Publications
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Journal Articles
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Conference Papers
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Core Research Areas
Research Areas

Three frontiers, one focus: securing what's next

LEO Satellite Security

Service function chaining, secure slicing, and migration-aware orchestration for low-Earth-orbit satellite networks — a fast-emerging and under-defended attack surface.

5G & Network Slicing

Security analysis of critical 5G interfaces, network-function sharing, and the impact of flooding attacks across slicing configurations.

IoT & RPL Security

Routing security for constrained IoT networks: RPL attack analysis, reliable low-latency mechanisms, and privacy engineering for smart-home systems.

Publications

Peer-reviewed & published

Full list below. Author M. Mahyoub highlighted throughout. Filter by type or browse by group.

Journal Articles

Scalable Security and Migration-Aware SFC Provisioning in LEO Satellite Networks

JournalUnder Review2026
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
M. Mahyoub, W. Jaafar, S. Muhaidat, H. Yanikomeroglu

STARS: Stability-Aware SFC Orchestration and Associations in LEO Satellite Networks

Journal2026
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 23, pp. 3326–3340
M. Mahyoub, W. Jaafar, S. Muhaidat, H. Yanikomeroglu

Visibility-Aware User Association and Resource Allocation in Multi-Slice LEO Satellite Networks

Journal2026
IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 23, pp. 1596–1614
M. Mahyoub, H. Yanikomeroglu, G. Karabulut Kurt, S. Martel

Cybersecurity Challenge Analysis of Work-From-Anywhere (WFA) and Recommendations Guided by a User Study

Journal2025
IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 428–439
M. Mahyoub, A. Matrawy, K. Isleem, O. Ibitoye

A Security-Aware Network Function Sharing Model for 5G Slicing

Journal2025
Security and Privacy, vol. 8, no. 3
M. Mahyoub, A. AbdulGhaffar, E. Alalade, A. Matrawy

Security Analysis of Critical 5G Interfaces

Journal2024
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 2382–2410
M. Mahyoub, A. AbdulGhaffar, E. Alalade, E. Ndubisi, A. Matrawy

An Efficient RPL-Based Mechanism for Node-to-Node Communications in IoT

Journal2021
IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 7152–7169
M. Mahyoub, A. S. H. Mahmoud, M. Abu-Amara, T. R. Sheltami

Traffic-Aware Auto-Configuration Protocol for Service-Oriented Low-Power and Lossy Networks in IoT

Journal2019
Springer Wireless Networks
A. Mahmoud, M. Mahyoub, T. Sheltami, M. Abu-Amara

Privacy Engineering in Smart Home Systems: A Comprehensive Privacy Threat Analysis and Risk Management Approach

JournalUnder Review2024
Computers & Security
E. Alalade, M. Mahyoub, A. Matrawy

A Comprehensive IoT Attacks Survey based on a Building-Blocked Reference Model

Journal2018
International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 355–372
H. Akram, D. Konstantas, M. Mahyoub
Conference Proceedings (Selected)

Cross-Slice Co-Location Risk-Aware SFC Provisioning in Multi-Slice LEO Satellite Networks

ConferenceUnder Review2026
IEEE GLOBECOM
M. Mahyoub, W. Jaafar, S. Muhaidat, H. Yanikomeroglu

Joint Satellite Association and SFC Placement with Stability Optimization in LEO Satellite Networks

Conference2026
IEEE WCNC (accepted)
M. Mahyoub, W. Jaafar, S. Muhaidat, H. Yanikomeroglu

Assessing Contiki-NG's Reliability for RPL-Based Trickle Algorithm in IoT Networks

Conference2025
IEEE IWCMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE, pp. 73–78
M. Mahyoub, A. Mahmoud

Risk-Aware Slicing-Based Security Functions Allocation in LEO Satellite Networks

Conference2025
IEEE IWCMC, Abu Dhabi, UAE, pp. 728–733
M. Mahyoub, S. Muhaidat, H. Yanikomeroglu, G. Karabulut Kurt

On the Impact of the RPL Decreased Rank Attack on 6TiSCH Networks

Conference2024
IEEE DRCN, Montreal, QC, Canada, pp. 70–75
M. Mahyoub, S. Hossain, A. Matrawy

On the Impact of Flooding Attacks on 5G Slicing with Different VNF Sharing Configurations

Conference2024
IEEE DRCN, Montreal, QC, Canada, pp. 136–142
A. AbdulGhaffar, M. Mahyoub, A. Matrawy

On Mitigating DIS Attacks in IoT Networks

Conference2023
IEEE WONS, Madonna di Campiglio, Italy
G. Aljufair, M. Mahyoub, A. S. Almazyad

Reliable and Low-Latency Routing Mechanism for IoT-Based Networks

Conference2019
IEEE MICC, Selangor
M. Mahyoub, A. Mahmoud, M. Abu-Amara, T. Sheltami

An Optimized Discovery Mechanism for Smart Objects in IoT

Conference2017
IEEE IEMCON, Vancouver, BC, pp. 649–655
M. Mahyoub, A. Mahmoud, T. Sheltami
Beyond Papers

White papers, reports & open source

White Papers

Industry Guidance

Practical translations of our academic research into defensive guidance for practitioners. First titles publishing soon.

Technical Reports

Engagement Insights

Anonymized findings and methodology notes distilled from real-world testing. Coming soon.

Open Source

Tools & Datasets

Security tooling and reproducible research artifacts released to the community. Repository links to follow.

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