Recent years have experienced sustained focus in research on software defect prediction
that aims to predict the likelihood of software defects. Moreover, with the increased interest …

Background: Software vulnerabilities are weaknesses in source code that might be exploited
to cause harm or loss. Previous work has proposed a number of automated machine …

It is increasingly suggested to identify Software Vulnerabilities (SVs) in code commits to give
early warnings about potential security risks. However, there is a lack of effort to assess …

Software vulnerabilities are weaknesses in source code that can be potentially exploited to
cause loss or harm. While researchers have been devising a number of methods to deal …

Context Code review is a widely used technique of systematic examination of code changes
which aims at increasing software quality. Code reviews provide several benefits for the …

Despite the availability of various methods and tools to facilitate secure coding, developers
continue to write code that contains common vulnerabilities. It is important to understand …

Building more secure software is a recent concern for software engineers due to increasing
incidences of data breaches and other types of cyber attacks. However, software security …

Attacks against computer systems exploiting software vulnerabilities can cause substantial
damage to the cyber infrastructure of our modern society and economy. To minimize the …

Given programming languages can provide different types and levels of security support, it is
critically important to consider security aspects while selecting programming languages for …

Software vulnerability detection is critical in software security because it identifies potential
bugs in software systems, enabling immediate remediation and mitigation measures to be …