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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

Security patterns are a means to encapsulate and communicate proven security solutions. They are well-established approaches for introducing security into the software development process. Our objective is to explore the research efforts on…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-12-03 Abbas Javan Jafari , Abbas Rasoolzadegan

The paper examines quantitative assessment of wireless distribution system security, as well as an assessment of risks from attacks and security violations. Furthermore, it describes typical security breach and formal attack models and five…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-06-27 Volodymyr Buriachok , Volodymyr Sokolov , Pavlo Skladannyi

Penetration testing is a vital practice for identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities in cybersecurity systems, but its manual execution is labor-intensive and time-consuming. Existing large language model (LLM)-assisted or automated…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-24 He Kong , Die Hu , Jingguo Ge , Liangxiong Li , Tong Li , Bingzhen Wu

Adversaries are abusing Internet security and privacy services to execute cyber attacks. To cope with these threats, network operators utilize various security tools and techniques to monitor the cyber space. An efficient way to infer…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-08-05 Claude Fachkha

Deployment of network/distributed systems sets high requirements for procedures, tools and approaches for the complex testing of these systems. This work provides a survey of testing activities with regard to these systems based on…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2015-04-28 Andrey A. Shchurov , Radek Marik , Vladimir A. Khlevnoy

This paper outlines the infrastructure required for a penetration testing suite centered around the cellular call control protocol called Diameter. A brief description of Diameter is given along with the basic equipment and design…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2014-07-25 Frederick R. Carlson

Web applications require access to the file-system for many different tasks. When analyzing the security of a web application, secu- rity analysts should thus consider the impact that file-system operations have on the security of the whole…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-05-11 Federico De Meo , Luca Viganò

Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) are key components for securing critical infrastructures, capable of detecting malicious activities on networks or hosts. The procedure of implementing a IDS for Internet of Things (IoT) networks is not…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-05-19 Luca Arnaboldi , Charles Morisset

Modeling and simulation are widely used in cybersecurity research to assess cyber threats, evaluate defense mechanisms, and analyze vulnerabilities. However, the diversity of application areas, the variety of cyberattacks scenarios, and the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Luca Serena , Gabriele D'Angelo , Stefano Ferretti , Moreno Marzolla

Social Media Site (SMS) usage has grown rapidly in the last few years. This sudden increase in SMS usage creates an opportunity for data leakage which could compromise personal and/or professional life. In this work, we have reviewed…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-09-11 Sabarathinam Chockalingam , Harjinder Singh Lallie

This Work-In-Progress Paper for the Innovative Practice Category presents a novel experiment in active learning of cybersecurity. We introduced a new workshop on hacking for an existing science-popularizing program at our university. The…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-03-12 Valdemar Švábenský , Jan Vykopal

The goal of an Intrusion Detection is inadequate to detect errors and unusual activity on a network or on the hosts belonging to a local network by monitoring network activity. Algorithms for building detection models are broadly classified…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-10-28 M. Sadiq Ali Khan

Experimental research methods describe standards to safeguard scientific integrity and reputability. These methods have been extensively integrated into traditional scientific disciplines and studied in the philosophy of science. The field…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-05-20 Carrie Gardner , Abby Waliga , David Thaw , Sarah Churchman

An Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is a software that monitors a single or a network of computers for malicious activities (attacks) that are aimed at stealing or censoring information or corrupting network protocols. Most techniques used…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2015-05-12 Mahdi Zamani , Mahnush Movahedi

Intrusion Detection is one of major threats for organization. The approach of intrusion detection using text processing has been one of research interests which is gaining significant importance from researchers. In text mining based…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2016-03-15 Gunupudi RajeshKumar , N Mangathayaru , G Narsimha

This paper aims to provide an innovative machine learning-based solution to automate security testing tasks for web applications, ensuring the correct functioning of all components while reducing project maintenance costs. Reinforcement…

The identification of cyberattacks which target information and communication systems has been a focus of the research community for years. Network intrusion detection is a complex problem which presents a diverse number of challenges. Many…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-10-07 Borja Molina-Coronado , Usue Mori , Alexander Mendiburu , José Miguel-Alonso

Agile development methods are commonly used to iteratively develop the information systems and they can easily handle ever-changing business requirements. Scrum is one of the most popular agile software development frameworks. The…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2015-04-07 Martin Tomanek , Tomas Klima

The openness of modern IT systems and their permanent change make it challenging to keep these systems secure. A combination of regression and security testing called security regression testing, which ensures that changes made to a system…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Irdin Pekaric , Clemens Sauerwein , Michael Felderer