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Paper accepted at USENIX Security 2026
The USENIX Security Symposium is one of the world’s most prestigious cybersecurity research conferences, bringing together researchers, practitioners and developers each year to present and discuss the latest findings on security and privacy in computer systems and networks. Once again this year, papers co-authored by ATHENE researchers from TU Darmstadt have been accepted for presentation at this prestigious conference.
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Sharenting and port scans: Two new cases before the ATHENE Simulation Court
A few days ago, the ATHENE Simulation Court at Fraunhofer SIT heard two fictitious but realistic cases concerning current legal issues in cyber security. The judgements revealed that both the behaviour of private individuals on social media and the use of scanning tools in security research can have significant legal consequences.
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ATHENE researchers have found that AI image generators unintentionally produce images of minors
In a recent study, ATHENE researchers at Fraunhofer SIT have demonstrated that widely used AI image generators produce a significant number of sexualised images of minors, despite explicit instructions to depict adults. As even the unintentional possession of such images can be a criminal offence in Germany, this finding poses a serious legal risk to users.
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New study: ‘From TikTok to Telegram’: What really helps combat disinformation
ATHENE researchers from the PEASEC research group at TU Darmstadt have published a new study: “From TikTok to Telegram: Cross-Platform Efficacy and User Acceptance of Erroneous and Flawless Misinformation Interventions”. The study was presented at this year’s ACM CHI conference. The findings of this study are being incorporated into the ATHENE project CYNTRA. We spoke to one of the researchers involved, Katrin Hartwig, about the findings.
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Launch of the ATHENE HAICC project: People and AI working together to combat cyber threats
The ATHENE project ‘Human-AI Collaboration for Cybersecurity’ (HAICC) is investigating how human expertise and AI systems can work together effectively on complex cybersecurity tasks. Studies have shown that simply combining human expertise with AI does not automatically lead to better results.
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ATHENE Digital Hub Cybersecurity
ATHENE Digital Hub Cybersecurity