Semantics-driven static analysis is being proposed by a group of researchers as way to ensure that Unix, Linux, and macOS shell programs are safe, bug-free, and work as expected.However, the ...

"Most programming languages already have a principal design, so their syntax and semantics follow a very, very principled approach," he explained. "But the shell is actually one of the oldest ...

Shell scripts are dynamic in nature, with runtime code evaluation and shell parameter expansion that can't easily be anticipated. Vasilakis said that his colleagues and collaborators from other ...

This research aims to modify the existing shell shoveling technique to gain persistent control over a target's windows system without the knowledge of the compromised user. A .exe file is executed on ...