About the Authors
- Masoom Alam
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* E-mail: masoom.alam@comsats.edu.pk
Affiliation Dept. of Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Asif Ihsan
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Affiliation Trillium Information Security Systems, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
- Muazzam A. Khan
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Affiliation NUST College of EME, National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Qaisar Javaid
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Affiliation Deptt of Computer Science, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Abid Khan
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Affiliation Dept. of Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Jawad Manzoor
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Affiliation Dept. of Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
- Adnan Akhundzada
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Affiliation Dept. of Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
- M Khurram Khan
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Affiliation King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- Sajid Farooq
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Affiliation Dept. of Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Competing Interests
Co-author AI was employed by Trillium Information Security Systems, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, a commercial company, during this study. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Data curation: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Formal analysis: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Funding acquisition: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Investigation: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Methodology: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Project administration: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Resources: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Software: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Supervision: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Validation: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Visualization: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Writing – original draft: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF. Writing – review & editing: MA AI AK MAK QJ JM AA MKK SF.