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Showing 1 to 20 of 163 for “"Security threats"”.
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Security threats to Android apps
… mobile app markets has complicated mobile app security. Many new threats emerged are either because of the deficiency of mobile app development or the design ambiguities of the Android operating system. In order to seek a better understanding of mobile app security, we present a systematic …
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Artificial Intelligence for Cyber Security Threats
… digital landscape becomes more intricate, cyber threats continue to advance in sophistication and scale, demanding proactive and adaptive solutions. This thesis delves into the realm of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its transformative impact on bolstering cybersecurity defenses against a …
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Security threats to the MAC-layer in wireless networks
Medium access control (MAC) protocol security is important in wireless networks due to the lack of physical access control that normally exists in wired networks in the form of connecting a cable. Most efforts in standards organizations and academic research focus on the requirements of …
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Investigating Security Threats of Resource Mismanagement in Networked Systems
… configure their online systems to minimize security vulnerabilities of resource management, including resource creation, maintenance, and disposal. However, numerous networked systems have been exploited or compromised by adversaries, due to misconfiguration and mismanagement of human …
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Privacy Attacks and Defenses under Security Threats in Machine Learning
… models exhibit some vulnerabilities against threats in the real world, including privacy risks and security concerns. In terms of privacy risks, malicious users can steal the private information of other users or model owners, including recovering training data, inferring membership, and …
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The Discursive Construction of National Security Threats from 2001-2018
… explain the discursive construction of national security threats facing the United States from 2001-2018. The driving argument is that the nation's perception of threats and conceptualization of itself are vulnerable to Presidential rhetoric. Presidents convey threats through rhetorical …
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Understanding contagion spreading processes of cyber security threats through social networks
… in terms of semantic social engineering threats, such as phishing, scams, drive-by-malware etc. have received so far little attention. Indeed, although their spreading is conducted primarily in online social networks, studies in cyber security have been focused mainly on defining the …
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Effectiveness of the 2010 Beijing Convention and Protocol in Addressing Aviation Security Threats
… and the occurrence of other new and emerging threats to civil aviation, the international community has been faced with the harsh reality in the field of aviation security, hence, several legal attempts were made to address such aviation threats. Consequently, the International Civil Aviation …
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“Effectiveness of the 2010 Beijing Convention and Protocol in Addressing Aviation Security Threats
… and the occurrence of other new and emerging threats to civil aviation, the international community has been faced with the harsh reality in the field of aviation security, hence, several legal attempts were made to address such aviation threats. Consequently, the International Civil Aviation …
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Reliable, secure and energy-efficient AI hardware
… but, also vulnerable to reliability and security threats. To date, many energy-aware solutions such as approximate computing have been proposed to address the energy constraints of AI devices. Approximate computing-based deep learning algorithms relax the abstraction with near-perfect …
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Identifying users on social networking using pattern recognition in messages
… Because of frequency of use and the apparent security measures of these sites, users often falsely believe the proffered identity of the person they are talking to. This blind belief sometimes results in security threats due to the passing of private or confidential information to the wrong …
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On Geopolitically Tailoring Missile Defense
<p>One of the United States' most challenging security threats of the 21st century is a possible ballistic missile attack. Whether it is armed conventionally or with a weapon of mass destruction, a ballistic missile attack on the U.S. would have a horrific outcome. To counter this, threat the U.S. …
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BINARY INSTRUMENTATION AND TRANSFORMATION FOR SOFTWARE SECURITY APPLICATIONS
… and manipulation are crucial to counter software security threats such as malware and vulnerabilities. Binary instrumentation and transformation are the essential techniques to enable software analysis and manipulation. However, existing approaches fail to meet requirements (e.g. flexibility, …
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Design and Implementation of a Secure Communication Architecture
… communications are protected by the traditional security protocols. The participants (especially, server-side) are authenticated using a certificate authority (CA)-based public key infrastructure (PKI). However, the security protocols and the CA-based PKI are not always able to address the …
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ESSAYS ON DOMESTIC FACTORS DRIVING ATTITUDES TOWARDS IMMIGRANTS AND EMIGRATION
… based on perceived economic, religious and security threats in strong and weak economies using European Social Survey for the period 2014-2015. The results suggest that the state of economy dominates a respondent’s perception of economic, religious or security threats against banning …
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Evolutionary Strategies for Secure Moving Target Configuration Discovery
Defense against many cyber security threats can be implemented with existing software on the machine, without requiring patches for current programs or the installation of specialized security software. There are certain operating system or program parameters which, if set properly, can close …
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Political Instability, Terrorism, and Proliferation in Algeria, Egypt and Libya
… the thesis analyzes two major international security threats from the region: terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Once the treat from the Southern rim of the Mediterranean is defined, this study concludes by prescribing measures for a more focused and coherent U.S. and …
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ASSESSING AND IMPROVING THE RELIABILITY AND SECURITY OF CIRCUITS AFFECTED BY NATURAL AND INTENTIONAL FAULTS
<p>The reliability and security vulnerability of modern electronic systems have emerged as concerns due to the increasing natural and intentional interferences. Radiation of high-energy charged particles generated from space environment or packaging materials on the substrate of integrated circuits …
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Effectiveness of Cache Pollution Attacks in ICN Cache Services
… to host networks in terms of naming, routing, security and caching. All these new terms created the chance of new security threats and attacks on network. One of these security threats is possible attacks on ICN cache services. In this Master thesis, we have studied cache pollution attacks on …
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