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Application services often support mobile and web applications with REST interfaces, implemented using a set of distributed components that interact with each other. This approach allows services to have high availability and performance at…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-03-27 Sara Simoes , Ana Ribeiro , Carla Ferreira , Nuno Preguica

Assessing network security is a complex and difficult task. Attack graphs have been proposed as a tool to help network administrators understand the potential weaknesses of their network. However, a problem has not yet been addressed by…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2013-06-21 Jorge Lucangeli Obes , Carlos Sarraute , Gerardo Richarte

Cyber threats are rapidly increasing, expanding their impact from large-scale enterprises to government services and individual users, making robust security systems increasingly essential. However, a significant shortage of skilled…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Yasod Ginige , Pasindu Marasinghe , Sajal Jain , Suranga Seneviratne

Penetration testing is an essential means of proactive defense in the face of escalating cybersecurity incidents. Traditional manual penetration testing methods are time-consuming, resource-intensive, and prone to human errors. Current…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Yunfei Ge , Quanyan Zhu

The Huge growth in the usage of web applications has raised concerns regarding their security vulnerabilities, which in turn pushes toward robust security testing tools. This study compares OWASP ZAP, the leading open-source web application…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Usha-Sri Potti , Hong-Sheng Huang , Hsuan-Tung Chen , Hung-Min Sun

Penetration Testing is a methodology for assessing network security, by generating and executing possible hacking attacks. Doing so automatically allows for regular and systematic testing. A key question is how to generate the attacks. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-07-06 Carlos Sarraute , Olivier Buffet , Joerg Hoffmann

As per Adusumilli (2015),'70% of corporate business systems today are legacy applications. Recent statistics prove that over 60% of IT budget is spent on maintaining these Legacy systems, showing the rigidity and the fragile nature of these…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-02-19 Sandra Smyth

A cyber-attack is a malicious attempt by experienced hackers to breach the target information system. Usually, the cyber-attacks are characterized as hybrid TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) and long-term adversarial behaviors,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-12-17 Mingqi Lv , Chengyu Dong , Tieming Chen , Tiantian Zhu , Qijie Song , Yuan Fan

WebView applications are widely used in mobile applications to display web content directly within the app, enhancing user engagement by eliminating the need to open an external browser and providing a seamless experience. Progressive Web…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Sajib Talukder , Nur Imtiazul Haque , Khandakar Ashrafi Akbar

We present RapidPen, a fully automated penetration testing (pentesting) framework that addresses the challenge of achieving an initial foothold (IP-to-Shell) without human intervention. Unlike prior approaches that focus primarily on…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Sho Nakatani

This paper tackles the problems of generating concrete test cases for testing whether an application is vulnerable to attacks, and of checking whether security solutions are correctly implemented. The approach proposed in the paper aims at…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-07-08 Sébastien Salva , Loukmen Regainia

Phishing is a prevalent cyberattack that uses look-alike websites to deceive users into revealing sensitive information. Numerous efforts have been made by the Internet community and security organizations to detect, prevent, or train users…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Gaurav Varshney , Akanksha Raj , Divya Sangwan , Sharif Abuadbba , Rina Mishra , Yansong Gao

Autonomous UI agents powered by AI have tremendous potential to boost human productivity by automating routine tasks such as filing taxes and paying bills. However, a major challenge in unlocking their full potential is security, which is…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Ivan Evtimov , Arman Zharmagambetov , Aaron Grattafiori , Chuan Guo , Kamalika Chaudhuri

In recent years, the advances in digitalisation have also adversely contributed to the significant rise in cybercrimes. Hence, building the threat intelligence to shield against rising cybercrimes has become a fundamental requisite.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Cebajel Tanan , Sameer G. Kulkarni , Tamal Das , Manjesh K. Hanawal

Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is one of the security measures being used as an additional defence mechanism to prevent the security breaches on web. It has been well known methodology for detecting network-based attacks but still…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-08-14 Nancy Agarwal , Syed Zeeshan Hussain

AI pentesting agents are increasingly credible as offensive security systems, but current benchmarks still provide limited guidance on which will perform best in real-world targets. Existing evaluation protocols assess and optimize for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Pedro Conde , Henrique Branquinho , Valerio Mazzone , Bruno Mendes , André Baptista , Nuno Moniz

Penetration Testing is a methodology for assessing network security, by generating and executing possible hacking attacks. Doing so automatically allows for regular and systematic testing. A key question is how to generate the attacks. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2013-07-31 Carlos Sarraute , Olivier Buffet , Joerg Hoffmann

Software vulnerabilities are a fundamental cause of cyber attacks. Effectively identifying these vulnerabilities is essential for robust cybersecurity, yet it remains a complex and challenging task. In this paper, we present SafePyScript, a…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Talaya Farasat , Atiqullah Ahmadzai , Aleena Elsa George , Sayed Alisina Qaderi , Dusan Dordevic , Joachim Posegga

In the realm of cybersecurity, phishing stands as a prevalent cyber attack, where attackers employ various tactics to deceive users into gathering their sensitive information, potentially leading to identity theft or financial gain.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-09-11 Aditya Kulkarni , Vivek Balachandran , Tamal Das

Cybersecurity software tool evaluation is difficult due to the inherently adversarial nature of the field. A penetration testing (or offensive) tool must be tested against a viable defensive adversary and a defensive tool must, similarly,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Jeremy Straub