Docker Containers Vs. Virtual Machines: A Comparative Study of Architecture, Performance, Configuration, and Security

Modern application platforms must isolate workloads while preserving deployment speed, portability, resource efficiency, and security. Virtual machines VMs and Docker containers address this requirement at different abstraction layers: VMs virtualize hardware and run independent guest operating...

OpenSkillRisk: Benchmarking Agent Safety When Using Real-World Risky Third-Party Skills

LLM-based agents leverage third-party skills to extend their capabilities in open-world scenarios. However, third-party skills can introduce extra security vulnerabilities, as seemingly harmless skills can contain latent safety risks that only emerge during actual execution. In this work, we...

A Comparative Study of Recent Advances in Internet of Intrusion Detection Things

The Internet of Things IoT has revolutionized the way devices communicate and interact with each other, but it has also created new challenges in terms of security. In this context, intrusion detection has become a crucial mechanism to ensure the safety of IoT systems. To address this issue, a...

Unpacking Security Scanners for GitHub Actions Workflows

GitHub Actions is a widely used platform that allows developers to automate the build and deployment of their projects through configurable workflows. As the platform's popularity continues to grow, it has become a target of choice for recent software supply chain attacks. These attacks exploit...