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Freezing the Web
Everybody, who uses the Internet, is familiar with the problem: you need information of a web site urgently, want to make a booking or an online-purchase, but the required web site does not load. Common measures, such as restarting your computer or checking the WiFi connection, are not always successful, sometimes it also helps to wait for some time and then try again. Scientists at the Center for Research in Security and Privacy, CRISP demonstrate that malicious intentions may cause such scenarios. The scientists discovered vulnerabilities in JavaScript software modules, which allow cyber criminals to freeze specific web sites, so that other users cannot access the web site anymore.
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CRISP- Researchers are Members in the new acatech-Project
CRISP-spokesperson Prof. Johannes Buchmann and Prof. Peter Buxmann, both CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, are members of the working group „IT-Security, Privacy, legal and ethical conditions“ of the new acatech-project „Learning Systems - The Platform for Artificial Intelligence“.
ARES 2018
This years International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security, (ARES) 2018 and the conference accompanying workshops, CRISP researchers hold several important position and functions.
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Google Faculty Research Awards
CRISP-Scientist Prof. Mira Mezini, CYSEC [at] TU Darmstadt, received one of the Google Faculty Research Awards 2017. A 70.000€ funding for the project "Identifying Problematic Children Apps" was approved. The project deals with the problem of identifying appropriate Apps for children.
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Innovations strengthen the economic power
In the context of the parliamentary evening at the State Parliament of Hesse TU Darmstadt presented their activities with which they support and push ahead spin-offs and innovations. In front of about 25 Member of Parliament of all parliamentary parties the TU-Strat-ups Alcan Systems GmbH and IT-Seal GmbH presented their business ideas and market success up to nos. IT-Seal was founded in the Cybersecurity-Scene of TU Darmstadt and deals with effective and practical further education of employees, to be able to assert themselves over Social Engineering-threats.
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