Speaker: Ibéria Medeiros

Date: 19th of June, 2024

Time: 4:00pm

Place: Room G4.1

Presentation title: "Software inSecurity: Attack, Detection and Correction of Vulnerabilities"

Short bio:

Ibéria Medeiros is an Associate Professor in the Department of Informatics, at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisboa, and an integrated researcher of LASIGE. She holds a PhD degree in Computer Science and a MSc degree in Informatics both at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisboa. She has been involved in international and national research projects related to cybersecurity, among them SEAL, XIVT, DiSIEM, SEGRID, and she has more than 50 publications. Her main research focuses on software security, including detection and correction of vulnerabilities, in the context of web and stand-alone applications, and machine learning applied for cybersecurity. More information about her here.

Abstract:

The growing use of the web and embedded system products has led to a rise in cyber attacks exploiting software vulnerabilities, thereby causing significant damage to companies and individuals. Although there are many mechanisms to protect network infrastructures and computer systems, such as firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDS and IPS), malicious threats are still a constant concern, which a significant amount of malicious activities is caused by vulnerabilities existent in software. 

In this talk, she will present an overview of the causes of the appearance and persistence of software vulnerabilities, the work she has done to detect and correct them and the challenges that have arisen.