Metamorphic Testing for Cybersecurity.

Metamorphic testing (MT) can enhance security testing by providing an alternative to using a test oracle, which is often unavailable or impractical. The authors report how MT detected previously unknown bugs in real-world critical applications such as code obfuscators, giving evidence that software...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Computer (00189162) Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 48 - 56
Main Authors:	Chen, Tsong Yueh, Kuo, Fei-Ching, Ma, Wenjuan, Susilo, Willy, Towey, Dave, Voas, Jeffrey, Zhou, Zhi Quan
Format:	Article
Published:	IEEE Jun2016
Subjects:	Internet security Computer software testing Computer security Computer science Computer software correctness
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost

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Summary:	Metamorphic testing (MT) can enhance security testing by providing an alternative to using a test oracle, which is often unavailable or impractical. The authors report how MT detected previously unknown bugs in real-world critical applications such as code obfuscators, giving evidence that software testing requires diverse perspectives to achieve greater cybersecurity.