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most citedYour Build Scripts Stink: The State of Code Smells in Build Scripts

2 citations · 5 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.SE2026

From Adoption to Deployment: A Qualitative Study on AI Integration in Software Development Practice

Mahzabin Tamanna, Elizabeth Lin, Sparsha Gowda +2

The increasing adoption of Large Language Models (LLMs) as AI components in modern software systems introduces distinct security risks to the software supply chain. While many cons…

cs.SE2026

What Are Adversaries Doing? Automating Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures Extraction: A Systematic Review

Mahzabin Tamanna, Shaswata Mitra, Md Erfan +4

Adversaries continuously evolve their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) to achieve their objectives while evading detection, requiring defenders to continually update thei…

cs.SE2025★ 2 cited

Your Build Scripts Stink: The State of Code Smells in Build Scripts

Mahzabin Tamanna, Yash Chandrani, Matthew Burrows +3

Build scripts automate the process of compiling source code, managing dependencies, running tests, and packaging software into deployable artifacts. These scripts are ubiquitous in…

cs.SE2024★ 1 cited

Security Implications of User Non-compliance Behavior to Software Updates: A Risk Assessment Study

Mahzabin Tamanna, Mohd Anwar, Joseph D. W. Stephens

Software updates are essential to enhance security, fix bugs, and add better features to the existing software. While some users accept software updates, non-compliance remains a w…

cs.CE2024

Analyzing Challenges in Deployment of the SLSA Framework for Software Supply Chain Security

Mahzabin Tamanna, Sivana Hamer, Mindy Tran +3

In 2023, Sonatype reported a 200\% increase in software supply chain attacks, including major build infrastructure attacks. To secure the software supply chain, practitioners can f…

cs.SE2024★ 2 cited

Trusting code in the wild: Exploring contributor reputation measures to review dependencies in the Rust ecosystem

Sivana Hamer, Nasif Imtiaz, Mahzabin Tamanna +2

Developers rely on open-source packages and must review dependencies to safeguard against vulnerable or malicious upstream code. A careful review of all dependencies changes often…