1,549 research outputs found
Classifying Web Exploits with Topic Modeling
This short empirical paper investigates how well topic modeling and database
meta-data characteristics can classify web and other proof-of-concept (PoC)
exploits for publicly disclosed software vulnerabilities. By using a dataset
comprised of over 36 thousand PoC exploits, near a 0.9 accuracy rate is
obtained in the empirical experiment. Text mining and topic modeling are a
significant boost factor behind this classification performance. In addition to
these empirical results, the paper contributes to the research tradition of
enhancing software vulnerability information with text mining, providing also a
few scholarly observations about the potential for semi-automatic
classification of exploits in the existing tracking infrastructures.Comment: Proceedings of the 2017 28th International Workshop on Database and
Expert Systems Applications (DEXA).
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8049693
An Empirical Analysis of Vulnerabilities in Python Packages for Web Applications
This paper examines software vulnerabilities in common Python packages used
particularly for web development. The empirical dataset is based on the PyPI
package repository and the so-called Safety DB used to track vulnerabilities in
selected packages within the repository. The methodological approach builds on
a release-based time series analysis of the conditional probabilities for the
releases of the packages to be vulnerable. According to the results, many of
the Python vulnerabilities observed seem to be only modestly severe; input
validation and cross-site scripting have been the most typical vulnerabilities.
In terms of the time series analysis based on the release histories, only the
recent past is observed to be relevant for statistical predictions; the
classical Markov property holds.Comment: Forthcoming in: Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on
Empirical Software Engineering in Practice (IWESEP 2018), Nara, IEE
Gendering NATO : a feminist analysis of a military organization
The aim of this thesis is to explain how the benefits of gender are understood in NATOâs official gender policy agenda. During the past decade, gender issues have gained increasing attention with regards to conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction. The research material is gathered from NATOâs website, where the special section dedicated to gender policy has existed for some years. The empirical material consists of multiple kinds of documents, thus the analysis method is content analysis. By applying feminist international relations theory and Michel Foucaultâs concepts of biopower and governmentality, it is shown that gender is perceived in NATO as a concept that is supposed to collaborate with organizational objectives. However, the accelerating âgender awarenessâ is not challenging the existing masculine power structures in NATO. At NATO, an inside enquiry has yielded the results that gender is not unequivocally defined. Regardless of the intricacy, gender is articulated to indicate the biolog cal female sex. Gender is also a biopolitical apparatus to govern the sexual difference between male and female.
This thesis concludes that NATOâs intentions of increasing female participation by mainstreaming gender perspectives is an attempt to react to the ongoing change in the security sector and to support peace and humanity, that by turn are the very concepts of modern era that should be re-evaluated. In Foucauldian sense, this is also a question of war and its definition. There is a relational force to the ways in which war intersects with power and life under modern conditions. It also has an individuating force.
The main dilemma of gender is twofold: female NATO-personnel are presented as empathic communicators, thus independent, whilst the women in targeted countries become presented as a homogenous group, which needs to be secured. All together the discussion about the role of women in the military, as the discussion of âwomen as victimsâ is a part of the process of globalization. The conclusions of this thesis are twofold. Firstly, we shall analyse the role of women working for the military, and the gender roles within the military. Secondly, when attention is given to the local women, we receive another concept of âwomanhoodâ, which is created within Western feminist academic discourse by creating the âotherâ women. These âotherâ women are the ones to be secured. These two ways of perceiving womanhood does not lead to universal feminism, as it ends up promoting the division between the (developed) West and the (underdeveloped) rest. Another question is, if there should be a common feminist objective based on gender that is a very fluid concept even within feminist discourse
Kuolleiden saaret. Historiallisen ajan keskisuomalaisten saarihautausmaiden luonne ja kaÌyttoÌ hautapaikkoina
Kirkkomaiden ulkopuolella sijaitsevat hautasaaret ovat leimallisia erityisesti harvaan asutuille seuduille, joissa kirkkomatkat ovat olleet pitkiaÌ ja hankalia. Saaria on pidetty vaÌliaikaisina hautausmaina, joihin on haudattu kesaÌllaÌ, kelirikkoaikana tai levottomana ajankohtana kuolleet odottamaan myoÌhempaÌaÌ kuljetusta kirkkomaalle. Saarten kaÌyttoÌaÌ hautaustarkoituksiin ei ole kuitenkaan systemaattisesti tutkittu. TaÌssaÌ artikkelissa tarkastellaan Keski-Suomessa sijaitsevien PetaÌjaÌveden ja Uuraisten hautapaikkoja sekaÌ niiksi epaÌiltyjaÌ kohteita. Laajan ja monia tieteenaloja kaÌsittelevaÌn laÌhdeaineiston kautta artikkeli selvittaÌaÌ kohteiden luonnetta ja niiden kaÌyttoÌaÌ hautapaikkoina. ErityistaÌ huomiota kiinnitetaÌaÌn aineiston esittelyn lisaÌksi hautaustradition ajoittamiseen eri menetelmillaÌ
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