Publications

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Journal papers

• [J9] Ehsan Nowroozi, Yassine Mekdad, Mauro Conti, Simone Milani, Selcuk Uluagac, Berrin Yanikoglu. Real or Virtual: A Video Conferencing Background Manipulation-Detection System. Multimedia Tools and Applications, volume 84, pages 28157-28189, 2025.
• [J8] Ehsan Nowroozi, Mohammadreza Mohammadi, Pargol Golmohammadi, Yassine Mekdad, Mauro Conti, Selcuk Uluagac. Resisting Deep Learning Models Against Adversarial Attack Transferability via Feature Randomization. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, volume 17, number 1, pages 18-29, 2024.
• [J7] Yassine Mekdad, Faraz Naseem, Ahmet Aris, Harun Oz, Abbas Acar, Leonardo Babun, Selcuk Uluagac, Guliz Seray Tuncay, Nasir Ghani. On the Robustness of Image-Based Malware Detection Against Adversarial Attacks. In Network Security Empowered by Artificial Intelligence, pages 355-375, 2024. Publisher: Springer.
• [J6] Yassine Mekdad, Ahmet Aris, Abbas Acar, Mauro Conti, Riccardo Lazzeretti, Abdeslam El Fergougui, Selcuk Uluagac. A Comprehensive Security and Performance Assessment of UAV Authentication Schemes. Security and Privacy, volume 7, number 1, pages e338, 2024.
• [J5] Yassine Mekdad, Ahmet Aris, Leonardo Babun, Abdeslam El Fergougui, Mauro Conti, Riccardo Lazzeretti, Selcuk Uluagac. A Survey on Security and Privacy Issues of UAVs. Computer Networks, volume 224, pages 109626, 2023.
• [J4] Ehsan Nowroozi, Mohammadreza Mohammadi, Erkay Savaş, Yassine Mekdad, Mauro Conti. Employing Deep Ensemble Learning for Improving the Security of Computer Networks Against Adversarial Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, volume 20, number 2, pages 2096-2105, 2023.
• [J3] Ehsan Nowroozi, Yassine Mekdad. Detecting High-Quality GAN-Generated Face Images Using Neural Networks. In Big Data Analytics and Intelligent Systems for Cyber Threat Intelligence, pages 235-252, 2023. Publisher: River Publishers.
• [J2] Ehsan Nowroozi, Seyedsadra Seyedshoari, Yassine Mekdad, Erkay Savaş, Mauro Conti. Cryptocurrency Wallets: Assessment and Security. In Blockchain for Cybersecurity in Cyber-Physical Systems, pages 1-19, 2022. Publisher: Springer.
• [J1] Ehsan Nowroozi, Yassine Mekdad, Mohammad Hajian Berenjestanaki, Mauro Conti, Abdeslam El Fergougui. Demystifying the Transferability of Adversarial Attacks in Computer Networks. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, volume 19, number 3, pages 3387-3400, 2022.

Conference papers

• [C4] Fernando Brito, Yassine Mekdad, Monique Ross, Mark A. Finlayson, Selcuk Uluagac. Enhancing Cybersecurity Education with Artificial Intelligence Content. In Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education (SIGCSE 2025), pages 158-164, 2025.
• [C3] Yassine Mekdad, Abbas Acar, Ahmet Aris, Abdeslam El Fergougui, Mauro Conti, Riccardo Lazzeretti, Selcuk Uluagac. Exploring Jamming and Hijacking Attacks for Micro Aerial Drones. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2024), pages 1939-1944, 2024.
• [C2] Yassine Mekdad, Giuseppe Bernieri, Mauro Conti, Abdeslam El Fergougui. The Rise of ICS Malware: A Comparative Analysis. In European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2021), pages 496-511, 2021. Publisher: Springer.
• [C1] Yassine Mekdad, Giuseppe Bernieri, Mauro Conti, Abdeslam El Fergougui. A Threat Model Method for ICS Malware: The TRISIS Case. In Proceedings of the 18th ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers, pages 221-228, 2021.

Theses

• [Msc] Yassine Mekdad.
  3-D Secure Enrollment Process Implementation: Activation During Shopping & Registration Using ACS Back Office.
  Master Thesis, October 2016.
  Mohammed V University of Rabat, Morocco.


• [Bsc] Yassine Mekdad.
  Implementation of a Private Cloud Computing System.
  Bachelor Thesis, June 2014.
  Moulay Ismail University of Meknes, Morocco.