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Cybersecurity and Cyberconflict: State of the Art Research Conference
International researchers specializing in the strategic (Miss) use of cyberspace by state and non-state actors will analyze the governance challenges involved at the conference. Prof. Christian Reuter and Marc-André Kaufhold, M.Sc., both CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, talk in the panel "Cyber-violence" about "Cultural Violence and Peace in Social Media".
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Online Course to secure the Company's IT Infrastructure
CRISP scientists from Fraunhofer SIT have already prepared the first web training for IT-Grundschutz and have now completely revised and modernized it on behalf of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI). The online course offers a practice-oriented and compact introduction to information security with IT baseline protection.
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HSFK Annual Conference 2018: Verification in Crisis, the Crisis of Verification
This year's HSFK conference of the Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research has the motto "Verification in Crisis - Crisis of Verification. New Technology as a Hurdle to and Enabler of Verification in Arms Control " and will address the role of new technologies in arms control. Prof. Christian Reuter, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, talks about "Verification in Cyberspace" in the panel Emerging Technologies and the Impact of Software.
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Dangerous Security Holes in Tracker Apps
Tracker apps provide a means for legitimate personal tracking, i.e. for parents to locate their children. Many tracker apps, however, contain serious security vulnerabilities. CRISP-researchers of Fraunhofer SIT have analyzed popular tracker apps available in the Google Play Store – the result: not even one of them was secure; all had serious security flaws. Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities to generate movement profiles, to read chats and text messages, and to view pictures.
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Three papers accepted at top conferences IEEE S&P and ACM CCS
Three papers from the group of Prof. Sebastian Faus, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, have been accepted to the the top conferences IEEE S&P and ACM CCS.
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