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The design of the techniques and algorithms used by the static, dynamic and interactive security testing tools differ. Therefore, each tool detects to a greater or lesser extent each type of vulnerability for which they are designed for. In addition,...

The Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) is crucial for safeguarding the ecosystem of embedded systems. It uses isolation to minimize the TCB (Trusted Computing Base) and protect sensitive software. It is vital because devices handle vast, potentially...

Static analysis is a software testing technique that analyzes the code without executing it. It is widely used to detect vulnerabilities, errors, and other issues during software development. Many tools are available for static analysis of Java code,...

The security of mobile applications has become a major research field which is associated with a lot of challenges. The high rate of developing mobile applications has resulted in less secure applications. This is due to what is called the “rus...

The increasing complexity of web applications and systems, driven by ongoing digitalization, has made software security testing a necessary and critical activity in the software development lifecycle. This article compares the performance of open-sou...

Established Internet of Things (IoT) platforms suffer from their inability to determine whether an IoT app is secure or not. A security analysis system (SAS) is a protective shield against any attack that breaks down data privacy and security. Its ma...

The advent of blockchain technology has revolutionized various sectors by providing transparency, immutability, and automation. Central to this revolution are smart contracts, which facilitate trustless and automated transactions across diverse domai...

Network exposure surface analysis aims to identify network assets that are exposed to the Internet and is critical for enterprise security. However, existing tools face two key challenges: combinatorial explosion in traditional packet testing, and hi...

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices on Linux platforms has heightened concerns regarding vulnerability to malware attacks. This paper introduces a novel approach to investigating the behavior of Linux IoT malware by examining syscal...

The agricultural front-end loader is an implement attached to the front of tractors to transport various agricultural materials, including soil. Since they are subjected to various loads due to the working environment, their safety analysis in consid...

Potential software weakness, which can lead to exploitable security vulnerabilities, continues to pose a risk to computer systems. According to Common Vulnerability and Exposures, 14,714 vulnerabilities were reported in 2017, more than twice the numb...

This paper examines the design of a maintenance shaft hatch cover at an airport service road which will be utilized at airports in the European Union. The shaft has a particular application: it will be used for information networks and airport securi...

As one important means of ensuring secure operation in a power system, the contingency selection and ranking methods need to be more rapid and accurate. A novel method-based least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (Lasso) algorithm is propose...

IoT web fuzzing is an effective way to detect security flaws in IoT devices. However, without enough information of the tested targets, IoT web fuzzing is often blind and inefficient. In this paper, we propose to use static analysis to assist IoT web...

The proliferation of binary vulnerabilities in the software supply chain has become a critical security challenge. Existing vulnerability detection approaches—including dynamic analysis, static analysis, and decompilation-assisted analysis&mdas...

During the excavation of underground projects, the rock masses left as the bearing support system are also subjected to dynamic loads from the excavation activities ahead. These rock masses have been damaged and fractured during the initial exposure...

Due to their high elongation at failure and damping capacity, polyurethanes are one of the main types of adhesives used in automotive structures. However, despite the wide range of applications of adhesives, their fracture mechanics behavior is still...

Today, rope access systems (RASs) and fall arrest systems (FASs) incorporate significant technological innovations. This research aims to determine the safest knot to be used in RASs. The most secure knots are those that leave the most resistance in...

Common software vulnerabilities can result in severe security breaches, financial losses, and reputation deterioration and require research effort to improve software security. The acceleration of the software production cycle, limited testing resour...

Since a large number of Linux kernel vulnerabilities are discovered every year, many vulnerabilities cannot be patched in time. Security vendors often prioritize patching high-risk vulnerabilities, and the ratings of vulnerabilities need to be evalua...

Android devices are currently widely used in many fields, such as automatic control, embedded systems, the Internet of Things and so on. At the same time, Android applications (apps) always use multiple permissions, and permissions can be abused by m...

With the rapid expansion of new energy in China, the large-scale grid connection of new energy is increasing, and the operating safety of the new energy power system is being put to the test. The static security and stability region (SSSR) with hyper...

The branch prediction units (BPUs) generally have security vulnerabilities, which can be used by attackers to tamper with the branches, and the existing protection methods cannot defend against these attacks. Therefore, this article proposes a hardwa...

This study proposes a robust chaotic encryption framework based on a Fuzzy Rule-Based Sugeno Inference (FRBSI) system, integrated with high-level security analyses. The algorithm employs a dynamic mixture of Lorenz chaotic state variables, which are...

Overhead transmission lines often suffer from mutual collisions between adjacent conductors in windy weather, which can cause power failures to villages. To solve this problem, this paper introduces a spacer ring and a teleoperated robot for the inst...

Predicting attacks in Android malware devices using machine learning for recommender systems-based IoT can be a challenging task. However, it is possible to use various machine-learning techniques to achieve this goal. An internet-based framework is...

The evaluation of bridge safety is closely related to structural stiffness, with dynamic characteristics and displacement being key indicators. Displacement is a significant factor as it is a physical phenomenon that bridge users can directly perceiv...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the fastest emerging technologies in the industry. It includes diverse applications with different requirements to provide services to users. Secure, low-powered, and long-range transmissions are some of the mos...

PHP is the most widely used server-side programming language, but it remains highly susceptible to diverse classes of vulnerabilities. Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools are commonly adopted for vulnerability detection; however, their e...

Laminated glass (LG) composite systems are increasingly being utilized in architectural and security applications due to their enhanced strength and safety features. Understanding the structural response of LG systems is crucial for optimizing their...

To provide detachable, secure and long-term stable joints in fused-layer modelling (FLM) components or assemblies, metal threaded inserts are widely used as extrinsic interfaces. However, the load-bearing capacity of such inserts is influenced by the...

The Internet of Drones (IoD) overcomes the physical limitations of traditional ground networks with its dynamic topology and 3D spatial flexibility, playing a crucial role in various fields. However, eavesdropping and spoofing attacks in open channel...

Modern malware poses a severe threat to cybersecurity, continually evolving in sophistication. To combat this threat, researchers and security professionals continuously explore advanced techniques for malware detection and analysis. Dynamic analysis...

In this work, a comprehensive planning framework for an electric vehicle charging ecosystem (EVCE) is developed, incorporating solar distributed generation (DG) and a distribution static compensator (DSTATCOM), to assess their long-term techno–...

As the Internet of Things (IoT) era arrives, the proliferation of IoT devices exposed to the Internet presents a significant challenge to device security. Firmware is software that operates within Internet of Things (IoT) devices, directly governing...

Today, as PHP application technology is becoming increasingly mature, the functions of modern multi-layer web applications are becoming more and more complete, and the complexity is also gradually increasing. While providing developers with various b...

In recent years, the alarming number of terrorist attacks has highlighted the critical need for extensive research aimed at fortifying structures against explosion-induced loads. However, the insufficient energy absorption and brittleness of conventi...

This paper addresses the critical challenge of selecting suitable pile foundations in port engineering by systematically investigating the axial bearing behavior of large-diameter steel pipe piles and prestressed high-strength concrete (PHC) piles. T...

The ongoing replacement of synchronous machine generators (SMs) with converter-interface generators (CIGs) is raising the voltage unbalance of power systems, affecting power quality and grid stability. This paper focuses on a key power quality index...

Prevention of bacterial inflammation around dental implants (peri-implantitis) is one of the keys to success of the implantation and can be achieved by securing the gingival tissue-abutment interface preventing penetration of bacteria. Modern dental...

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities are significant threats to web applications. The number of XSS vulnerabilities reported has increased annually for the past three years, posing a considerable challenge to web application maintainers. Black-...

(1) Background: In today's dentistry, implantology has become a therapeutic resource of choice in certain clinical situations. The design of implants has evolved in several aspects since their inception. Dental implants were initially designed with a...

Glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite laminates are considered the key material in many industries such as the infrastructure industries and the aerospace sector, and in building structures due to their superior specific strength and lightw...

This paper proposes an analysis of voltage stability under small disturbances following the integration of an offshore wind farm into a real power system, considering various load and generation scenarios under both normal and post-disturbance condit...

During the last decade, the cybersecurity literature has conferred a high-level role to machine learning as a powerful security paradigm to recognise malicious software in modern anti-malware systems. However, a non-negligible limitation of machine l...

The evolution of the wind turbine to generate carbon-free renewable energy is rapidly growing. Thus, performing maintenance and inspection tasks in high altitude environments or difficult to access places, and even bad weather conditions, poses a pro...

Existing studies have found that curved beam unilateral stayed bridges (CBUSB) have a risk of cable breakage under the design wind velocity. To ensure structural wind-induced vibration security, it is necessary to study the wind-induced vibration cha...

The Intel^® Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) encrypt guest memory and minimize host interactions to provide hardware-enforced isolation for sensitive virtual machines (VMs). Software vulnerabilities in the guest OS continue to pose a serious risk eve...

As a result of the rapid advancement of mobile and internet technology, a plethora of new mobile security risks has recently emerged. Many techniques have been developed to address the risks associated with Android malware. The most extensively used...

This research article delves into the development of a reinforcement learning (RL)-based continuous authentication system utilizing behavioral biometrics for user identification on computing devices. Keystroke dynamics are employed to capture unique...