4 papers
PrivacyAssist: A User-Centric Agent Framework for Detecting Privacy Inconsistencies in Android Apps
Tran Thanh Lam Nguyen, Edoardo Di Tullio, Barbara Carminati +1
Mobile apps offer significant benefits, but their privacy protections often remain ineffective and confusing for users. While prior work mainly analyzes app privacy vulnerabilities…
LoRA-based Parameter-Efficient LLMs for Continuous Learning in Edge-based Malware Detection
Christian Rondanini, Barbara Carminati, Elena Ferrari +2
The proliferation of edge devices has created an urgent need for security solutions capable of detecting malware in real time while operating under strict computational and memory…
LLMs on support of privacy and security of mobile apps: state of the art and research directions
Tran Thanh Lam Nguyen, Barbara Carminati, Elena Ferrari
Modern life has witnessed the explosion of mobile devices. However, besides the valuable features that bring convenience to end users, security and privacy risks still threaten use…
Malware Detection at the Edge with Lightweight LLMs: A Performance Evaluation
Christian Rondanini, Barbara Carminati, Elena Ferrari +2
The rapid evolution of malware attacks calls for the development of innovative detection methods, especially in resource-constrained edge computing. Traditional detection technique…