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2022

Phishing and Advanced Persistent Threats

Authors
Brandao, PR; S Mamede, H;

Publication
Journal of Mathematical & Computer Applications

Abstract
The paper addresses one of the techniques mor used by Advanced Persistent Threats attacks, phishing. The paper demonstrates the complexity of the technique, explains how attacks can be carried out, and presents defense techniques, and strategies against phishing attacks. The article also presents a summary description of what an Advanced Persistent Threat attack is. This description characterizes this type of attack.

2022

Special issue on information systems quality for digital transformation

Authors
Perez Castillo, R; Paiva, ACR; Cavalli, AR;

Publication
SOFTWARE QUALITY JOURNAL

Abstract

2022

E-APK: Energy Pattern Detection in Decompiled Android Applications

Authors
Gregório, N; Fernandes, JP; Bispo, J; Medeiros, S;

Publication
SBLP

Abstract
Energy efficiency is a non-functional requirement that developers must consider. This requirement is particularly relevant when building software for battery-operated devices like mobile ones: a long-lasting battery is an essential requirement for an enjoyable user experience. It has been shown that many mobile applications include inefficiencies that cause battery to be drained faster than necessary. Some of these inefficiencies result from software patterns that have been catalogued in the literature. The catalogues often provide more energy-efficient alternatives. While the related literature is vast, most approaches so far assume as a fundamental requirement that one has access to the source code of an application in order to be able to analyse it. This requirement makes independent energy analysis challenging, or even impossible, e.g. for a mobile user or, most significantly, an App Store trying to provide information on how efficient an application being submitted for publication is. Our work studies the viability of looking for known energy patterns in applications by decompiling them and analysing the resulting code. For this, we decompiled and analysed 236 open-source applications. We extended an existing tool to aid in this process, making it capable of seamlessly decompiling and analysing android applications. With the collected data, we performed a comparative analysis of the presence of energy patterns between the source code and the decompiled code. While further research is required to more assertively say if this type of static analysis is viable, our results point in a promising direction with 163 applications, approximately 69%, containing the same number of detected patterns in both source code and the release APK.

2022

Sports Streaming: Transition from TV to Digital

Authors
Meneses, J; Souto, L; Sil, S; Silva, T; Au-Yong-Oliveira, M;

Publication
Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems - Information Systems and Technologies

Abstract

2022

Tool support to aligning requirements and testing through behaviour-driven requirements patterns

Authors
Queiroz Ribeiro, Pd; Veiga, EF; Martins, MC; Vincenzi, AMR; Kudo, TN; Bulcão Neto, RF;

Publication
CIBSE

Abstract
The software industry still struggles with adverse effects of a weak alignment between requirements and testing. The Software Pattern Metamodel (SoPaMM) aligns requirements and test patterns under the influence of agile practices. However, these patterns will be more beneficial for professionals if development activities are supported by a software tool. This paper presents the behaviour-DRivEn Application Model generator (DREAM) tool, automatically generating requirements and test specifications from SoPaMM-based patterns. We show how DREAM supports requirements elicitation and specification, test case elaboration, and software documentation using a patterns catalogue for electronic health record systems.

2022

Systematic Mapping Literature Review of Mobile Robotics Competitions

Authors
Brancaliao, L; Goncalves, J; Conde, MA; Costa, P;

Publication
SENSORS

Abstract
This paper presents a systematic mapping literature review about the mobile robotics competitions that took place over the last few decades in order to obtain an overview of the main objectives, target public, challenges, technologies used and final application area to show how these competitions have been contributing to education. In the review we found 673 papers from 5 different databases and at the end of the process, 75 papers were classified to extract all the relevant information using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method. More than 50 mobile robotics competitions were found and it was possible to analyze most of the competitions in detail in order to answer the research questions, finding the main goals, target public, challenges, technologies and application area, mainly in education.

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