Context: Code smells are well-known concepts in Object-Oriented (OO) programs as
symptoms that negatively impact software quality and cause long-term issues. However, the …

Context: Kubernetes has emerged as the de-facto tool for automated container
orchestration. Business and government organizations are increasingly adopting …

Android is nowadays the most popular operating system in the world, not only in the realm of
mobile devices, but also when considering desktop and laptop computers. Such a popularity …

WebAssembly is a compilation target for cross-platform applications that is increasingly
being used. In this paper, we investigate whether one can transparently cross-compile C …

Exploring GUIs of Android apps plays a key role in many important scenarios such as
functional testing (eg, finding crash errors), security analysis (eg, identifying malicious behav …

Many developers rely on Large Language Models (LLMs) to facilitate software development.
Nevertheless, these models have exhibited limited capabilities in the security domain. We …

Security issue reports are the primary means of informing development teams of security
risks in projects, but little is known about current practices. We aim to understand the …

The demand for Android mobile software applications is continuously increasing with the
evolution of technology and new enriching features to make the life of people easy and …

Research has shown that cryptography concepts are hard to understand for developers, and
secure use of cryptography APIs is challenging for mainstream developers. We have …

Web communication has become an indispensable characteristic of mobile apps. However,
it is not clear what data the apps transmit, to whom, and what consequences such …