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Large Language Models (LLMs) are gaining momentum in software development with prompt-driven programming enabling developers to create code from natural language (NL) instructions. However, studies have questioned their ability to produce…

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Analysts in Security Operations Centers routinely query massive telemetry streams using Kusto Query Language (KQL). Writing correct KQL requires specialized expertise, and this dependency creates a bottleneck as security teams scale. This…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Saleha Muzammil , Rahul Reddy , Vishal Kamalakrishnan , Hadi Ahmadi , Wajih Ul Hassan

Large Language Models (LLMs) can generate code but often introduce security vulnerabilities, logical inconsistencies, and compilation errors. Prior work demonstrates that LLMs benefit substantially from structured feedback, static analysis,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Vidyut Sriram , Sawan Pandita , Achintya Lakshmanan , Aneesh Shamraj , Suman Saha

Multi-source logs provide a comprehensive overview of ongoing system activities, allowing for in-depth analysis to detect potential threats. A practical approach for threat detection involves explicit extraction of entity triples (subject,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Zhuoran Tan , Christos Anagnostopoulos , Shameem P. Parambath , Jeremy Singer

Reasoning language models (RLMs) are increasingly used in programming. Yet, even state-of-the-art RLMs frequently introduce critical security vulnerabilities in generated code. Prior training-based approaches for secure code generation face…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Hao Wang , Niels Mündler , Mark Vero , Jingxuan He , Dawn Song , Martin Vechev

Logs are imperative in the development and maintenance process of many software systems. They record detailed runtime information that allows developers and support engineers to monitor their systems and dissect anomalous behaviors and…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-01-07 Jieming Zhu , Shilin He , Jinyang Liu , Pinjia He , Qi Xie , Zibin Zheng , Michael R. Lyu

Logging is a critical function in modern distributed applications, but the lack of standardization in log query languages and formats creates significant challenges. Developers currently must write ad hoc queries in platform-specific…

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

Logs are semi-structured text generated by logging statements in software source code. In recent decades, software logs have become imperative in the reliability assurance mechanism of many software systems because they are often the only…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-06-02 Shilin He , Pinjia He , Zhuangbin Chen , Tianyi Yang , Yuxin Su , Michael R. Lyu

Log parsing is a critical step that transforms unstructured log data into structured formats, facilitating subsequent log-based analysis. Traditional syntax-based log parsers are efficient and effective, but they often experience decreased…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Zeyang Ma , Dong Jae Kim , Tse-Hsun Chen

The collection of security-related logs holds the key to understanding attack behaviors and diagnosing vulnerabilities. Still, their analysis remains a daunting challenge. Recently, Language Models (LMs) have demonstrated unmatched…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Matteo Boffa , Rodolfo Vieira Valentim , Luca Vassio , Danilo Giordano , Idilio Drago , Marco Mellia , Zied Ben Houidi

Recent secure code generation methods, using vulnerability-aware fine-tuning, prefix-tuning, and prompt optimization, claim to prevent LLMs from producing insecure code. However, their robustness under adversarial conditions remains…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Melissa Tessa , Iyiola E. Olatunji , Aicha War , Jacques Klein , Tegawendé F. Bissyandé

Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown remarkable potential in code generation, making them increasingly important in the field. However, the security issues of generated code have not been fully addressed, and the usability of LLMs in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Shigang Liu , Bushra Sabir , Seung Ick Jang , Yuval Kansal , Yansong Gao , Kristen Moore , Alsharif Abuadbba , Surya Nepal

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems are essential for large enterprises to monitor their IT infrastructure by ingesting and analyzing millions of logs and events daily. Security Operations Center (SOC) analysts are…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Md Hasan Saju , Austin Page , Akramul Azim , Jeff Gardiner , Farzaneh Abazari , Frank Eargle

Static analysis tools provide a powerful means to detect security vulnerabilities by specifying queries that encode vulnerable code patterns. However, writing such queries is challenging and requires diverse expertise in security and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Claire Wang , Ziyang Li , Saikat Dutta , Mayur Naik

Log data provides crucial insights for tasks like monitoring, root cause analysis, and anomaly detection. Due to the vast volume of logs, automated log parsing is essential to transform semi-structured log messages into structured…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Viktor Beck , Max Landauer , Markus Wurzenberger , Florian Skopik , Andreas Rauber

Searching code is a common task that developers perform to understand APIs, learn common code patterns, and navigate code. Currently, developers most commonly search using keywords and regular expressions that are easy to use and widely…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Ben Limpanukorn , Yanjun Wang , Zach Patterson , Pranav Garg , Murali Krishna Ramanathan , Xiaofei Ma , Anoop Deoras , Miryung Kim

Large Language Models (LLMs) like Codex are powerful tools for performing code completion and code generation tasks as they are trained on billions of lines of code from publicly available sources. Moreover, these models are capable of…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-03-17 Catherine Tony , Markus Mutas , Nicolás E. Díaz Ferreyra , Riccardo Scandariato

Large Language Models (LLMs) are widely used for automated code generation. Their reliance on infrequently updated pretraining data leaves them unaware of newly discovered vulnerabilities and evolving security standards, making them prone…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Manisha Mukherjee , Vincent J. Hellendoorn

Modern distributed systems produce massive, heterogeneous logs essential for reliability, security, and anomaly detection. Converting these free-form messages into structured templates (log parsing) is challenging due to evolving formats…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Amir Shetaia , Sean Kauffman