Considering Context Events in Event-Based Testing of Mobile Applications

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Domenico Amalfitano ◽  
Anna Rita Fasolino ◽  
Porfirio Tramontana ◽  
Nicola Amatucci
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Event Based

scholarly journals A Taxonomy for Security Flaws in Event-Based Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (20) ◽  
pp. 7338
Author(s):  
Youn Kyu Lee ◽  
Dohoon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Applications ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Communication Model ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Security Attacks ◽  
Security Vulnerabilities ◽  
Physical Systems ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Event Based ◽  
The Relationship

Event-based system (EBS) is prevalent in various systems including mobile cyber physical systems (MCPSs), Internet of Things (IoT) applications, mobile applications, and web applications, because of its particular communication model that uses implicit invocation and concurrency between components. However, an EBS’s non-determinism in event processing can introduce inherent security vulnerabilities into the system. Multiple types of attacks can incapacitate and damage a target EBS by exploiting this event-based communication model. To minimize the risk of security threats in EBSs, security efforts are required by determining the types of security flaws in the system, the relationship between the flaws, and feasible techniques for dealing with each flaw. However, existing security flaw taxonomies do not appropriately reflect the security issues that originate from an EBS’s characteristics. In this paper, we introduce a new taxonomy that defines and classifies the particular types of inherent security flaws in an EBS, which can serve as a basis for resolving its specific security problems. We also correlate our taxonomy with security attacks that can exploit each flaw and identify existing solutions that can be applied to preventing such attacks. We demonstrate that our taxonomy handles particular aspects of EBSs not covered by existing taxonomies.

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