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Smart contract developers frequently seek solutions to developmental challenges on Q&A platforms such as Stack Overflow (SO). Although community responses often provide viable solutions, the embedded code snippets can also contain hidden…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-07-24 Jiachi Chen , Chong Chen , Jiang Hu , John Grundy , Yanlin Wang , Ting Chen , Zibin Zheng

Large Language Models (LLMs) have become powerful tools for automated code generation. However, these models often overlook critical security practices, which can result in the generation of insecure code that contains…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-01 Hao Yan , Swapneel Suhas Vaidya , Xiaokuan Zhang , Ziyu Yao

AI coding assistants are now used to generate production code in security-sensitive domains, yet the exploitability of their outputs remains unquantified. We address this gap with Broken by Default: a formal verification study of 3,500 code…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Dominik Blain , Maxime Noiseux

AI-powered development platforms are making software creation accessible to a broader audience, but this democratization has triggered a scalability crisis in security auditing. With studies showing that up to 40% of AI-generated code…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Isaac David , Arthur Gervais

Code review is a critical software engineering practice where developers review code changes before integration to ensure code quality, detect defects, and improve maintainability. In recent years, AI agents that can understand code…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Suzhen Zhong , Shayan Noei , Ying Zou , Bram Adams

Aim. There are 10s of thousands of code review comments each week at Meta. We developed Metamate for Code Review (MetaMateCR) that provides AI-assisted fixes for reviewer comments in production at scale. Method. We developed an internal…

The rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) models and applications has led to an increasingly complex security landscape. Developers of AI projects must contend not only with traditional software supply chain issues but also with…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-01-12 The Anh Nguyen , Triet Huynh Minh Le , M. Ali Babar

Timely patching is paramount to safeguard users and maintainers against dire consequences of malicious attacks. In practice, patching is prioritized following the nature of the code change that is committed in the code repository. When such…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-01-27 Arthur D. Sawadogo , Tegawendé F. Bissyandé , Naouel Moha , Kevin Allix , Jacques Klein , Li Li , Yves Le Traon

The rapid advancements in Generative AI (GenAI) tools, such as ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot, are transforming software engineering by automating code generation tasks. While these tools improve developer productivity, they also present…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Alyssia Chen , Timothy Huo , Yunhee Nam , Dan Port , Anthony Peruma

Java platform and third-party libraries provide various security features to facilitate secure coding. However, misusing these features can cost tremendous time and effort of developers or cause security vulnerabilities in software. Prior…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-09-29 Na Meng , Stefan Nagy , Daphne Yao , Wenjie Zhuang , Gustavo Arango Argoty

Code review is a widespread practice to improve software quality and transfer knowledge. It is often seen as time-consuming due to the need for manual effort and potential delays. Several AI-assisted tools, such as Qodo, GitHub Copilot, and…

Security code review is a time-consuming and labor-intensive process typically requiring integration with automated security defect detection tools. However, existing security analysis tools struggle with poor generalization, high false…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Jiaxin Yu , Peng Liang , Yujia Fu , Amjed Tahir , Mojtaba Shahin , Chong Wang , Yangxiao Cai

As the role of information and communication technologies gradually increases in our lives, source code security becomes a significant issue to protect against malicious attempts Furthermore with the advent of data-driven techniques, there…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-02-03 Maryam Taeb

This study investigates the real-world impact of the generative AI (GenAI) tool GitHub Copilot on developer activity and perceived productivity. We conducted a mixed-methods case study in NAV IT, a large public sector agile organization. We…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-30 Viktoria Stray , Elias Goldmann Brandtzæg , Viggo Tellefsen Wivestad , Astri Barbala , Nils Brede Moe

AI-based code assistants are increasingly popular as a means to enhance productivity and improve code quality. This study compares four AI-based code assistants, GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, ChatGPT, and Google Bard, in method generation tasks,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Vincenzo Corso , Leonardo Mariani , Daniela Micucci , Oliviero Riganelli

Software developers share programming solutions in Q&A sites like Stack Overflow. The reuse of crowd-sourced code snippets can facilitate rapid prototyping. However, recent research shows that the shared code snippets may be of low quality…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-01-21 Morteza Verdi , Ashkan Sami , Jafar Akhondali , Foutse Khomh , Gias Uddin , Alireza Karami Motlagh

This paper presents an AI-assisted programming tool called Copilot for Xcode for program composition and design to support human software developers. By seamlessly integrating cloud-based Large Language Models (LLM) with Apple's local…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Chee Wei Tan , Shangxin Guo , Man Fai Wong , Ching Nam Hang

We demonstrate how AI-powered cybersecurity tools can be turned against themselves through prompt injection attacks. Prompt injection is reminiscent of cross-site scripting (XSS): malicious text is hidden within seemingly trusted content,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Víctor Mayoral-Vilches , Per Mannermaa Rynning

In recent years, large language models have been responsible for great advances in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). ChatGPT in particular, an AI chatbot developed and recently released by OpenAI, has taken the field to the next…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Raphaël Khoury , Anderson R. Avila , Jacob Brunelle , Baba Mamadou Camara

As AI systems integrate into critical infrastructure, security gaps in AI compliance frameworks demand urgent attention. This paper audits and quantifies security risks in three major AI governance standards: NIST AI RMF 1.0, UK's AI and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Keerthana Madhavan , Abbas Yazdinejad , Fattane Zarrinkalam , Ali Dehghantanha