Matthew Smith
University of Bonn
159 Papers
1.1K Citations
Matthew Smith is an academic researcher from University of Bonn. The author has contributed to research in topics: Computer science & Grid. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 153 publications. Previous affiliations of Matthew Smith include Fraunhofer Society & Leibniz University of Hanover.
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Papers
Why eve and mallory love android: an analysis of android SSL (in)security
Sascha Fahl,Marian Harbach,Thomas Muders,Lars Baumgärtner,Bernd Freisleben,Matthew Smith +5 more
- 16 Oct 2012
TL;DR: An analysis of 13,500 popular free apps downloaded from Google's Play Market revealed that 1,074 (8.0%) of the apps examined contain SSL/TLS code that is potentially vulnerable to MITM attacks, and MalloDroid is introduced, a tool to detect potential vulnerability againstMITM attacks.
•Proceedings Article
It's a Hard Lock Life: A Field Study of Smartphone (Un)Locking Behavior and Risk Perception
Marian Harbach,Emanuel von Zezschwitz,Andreas Fichtner,Alexander De Luca,Matthew Smith +4 more
- 01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: It was found that on average, participants spent around 2.9 % of their smartphone interaction time with authenticating, and participants that used a secure lock screen like PIN or Android unlock patterns considered it unnecessary in 24.1 % of situations.
VCCFinder: Finding Potential Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Projects to Assist Code Audits
Henning Perl,Sergej Dechand,Matthew Smith,Daniel Arp,Fabian Yamaguchi,Konrad Rieck,Sascha Fahl,Yasemin Acar +7 more
- 12 Oct 2015
TL;DR: A new method of finding potentially dangerous code in code repositories with a significantly lower false-positive rate than comparable systems is presented, which combines code-metric analysis with metadata gathered from code repositories to help code review teams prioritize their work.
Big data privacy issues in public social media
Matthew Smith,Christian Szongott,Benjamin Henne,Gabriele von Voigt +3 more
- 18 Jun 2012
TL;DR: This paper discusses privacy implications and potential of the emerging trend of geo-tagged social media, and presents a concept with which users can stay informed about which parts of the social Big Data deluge is relevant to them.
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Developers are Not the Enemy!: The Need for Usable Security APIs
Matthew Green,Matthew Smith +1 more
- 01 Sep 2016
TL;DR: Using the example of cryptographic APIs, the authors show that developers aren't the enemy and that, to strengthen security systems across the board, security professionals must focus on creating developer-friendly and developer-centric approaches.
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