Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

7-2023

Abstract

Online social networks have become an integral aspect of our daily lives and play a crucial role in shaping our relationships with others. However, bugs and glitches, even minor ones, can cause anything from frustrating problems to serious data leaks that can have farreaching impacts on millions of users. To mitigate these risks, fuzz testing, a method of testing with randomised inputs, can provide increased confidence in the correct functioning of a social network. However, implementing traditional fuzz testing methods can be prohibitively difficult or impractical for programmers outside of the network’s development team. To tackle this challenge, we present Socialz, a novel approach to social fuzz testing that (1) characterises real users of a social network, (2) diversifies their interaction using evolutionary computation across multiple, non-trivial features, and (3) collects performance data as these interactions are executed. With Socialz, we aim to provide anyone with the capability to perform comprehensive social testing, thereby improving the reliability and security of online social networks used around the world.

Keywords

Fuzz testing, graph social network, diversity optimisation.

Discipline

Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces | Software Engineering

Research Areas

Software and Cyber-Physical Systems

Publication

GECCO '23: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Lisbon Portugal, 2023 July 15-19

First Page

1

Last Page

9

ISBN

9798400701191

Publisher

ACM

City or Country

New York

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