Enhancing Cybersecurity with Machine Learning: A Hybrid Approach for Anomaly Detection and Threat Prediction

In today's digital era, cybersecurity has become a principal concern because of the increasing frequency and advancement of cyber threats. This study explores machine learning models for detecting and predicting anomalies in cybersecurity datasets. The research evaluates models such as linear regression, decision tree, RF, gradient boosting, KNN, SVR, LSTM, and neural networks utilizing performance metrics such as accuracy, MAE and MSE. A hybrid model that integrates different learning strategies is additionally proposed to improve the predictive accuracy and strength. The results highlight the superiority of ensemble approaches, especially the hybrid model, in improving peculiarity detection capabilities. The comparative analysis demonstrates that traditional models struggle with nonlinear patterns, whereas hybrid approaches successfully relieve this limitation. Moreover, this study emphasizes the importance of temporal data analysis for proactive threat detection and response. By leveraging diverse machine learning methods, this research contributes to strengthening cybersecurity infrastructures, enabling early threat detection, and minimizing security breaches. These discoveries emphasize the importance of adopting a comprehensive machine learning system to support cybersecurity resilience. Reason for Expression of Concern:The Editors wish to alert readers to potential concerns regarding the reliability of the findings reported in “Enhancing Cybersecurity with Machine Learning: A Hybrid Approach for Anomaly Detection and Threat Prediction”. The journal has initiated an additional editorial assessment of the article’s methodology, data provenance, and reported outcomes to confirm their reliability and reproducibility. This notice is issued to ensure transparency while the review is ongoing. The Expression of Concern does not constitute a final determination regarding the validity of the work. The journal will update readers once the assessment is completed and will take any necessary editorial action in accordance with the journal’s policies and COPE guidance.See expression of concern available at:https://doi.org/10.58496/2026/005https://mesopotamian.press/journals/index.php/CyberSecurity/article/view/1030