Empirical Evaluation of Machine Learning for Cloud Cryptojacking Detection: Effects of Preprocessing and Evaluation Protocols

arXiv:2610.20658 · cs.CR · Submitted 2026-10-14 · Read on arXiv

cs.CR

Submitted: 2026-10-14

Updated: 2026-10-14

Code: https://github.com/AmitabhCh822/cloud-cryptojackingml-evaluation

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Accuracy — 4× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• K-Nearest Neighbors — 1× in this paper
• XGBoost — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Detecting Fileless Cryptojacking in PowerShell Using AST-Enhanced CodeBERT Models

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