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EC SPRIDE -PI Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi is Program Chair of ACNS 2016

The prestigious International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS) is an annual conference focusing on innovative research and current developments that advance the areas of applied cryptography, cyber security and privacy. Both academic research works with high relevance to real-world problems as well as developments in industrial and technical frontiers fall within the scope of the conference.

Best Paper Award for the research group of Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi

The paper HAFIX: Hardware-Assisted Flow Integrity Extension  by Orlando Arias, Lucas Davi, Matthias Hanreich, Yier Jin, Patrick Koeberl, Debayan Paul, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi and Dean Sullivan received a Best Paper Award at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2015. Prof. Dr. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, head of the System Security Lab, said: "This is a big honor for us and our collaborators and shows that our research is competitive at inter­national level. Further, it was highly visible at DAC how the security topic has emerged and how important it has become."

NoPhish ? Internet fraud easily learn to recognize

The educational game App "NoPhish" is now available in the Google PlayStore (for German users). It enables users to increase their awareness and competence with respect to Internet phishing attacks in a playful and interactive way. In different game levels users learn how to properly parse a URL and detect phishing attacks, while the exercises give direct and positive feedback.

PC member of ACM CCSW 2015