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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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Successful submissions to ACL 2026
At the annual meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), ATHENE researcher Prof. Dr. Iryna Gurevych and her colleagues presented numerous research papers. A paper co-authored by ATHENE researchers Prof. Dr. Anna Rohrbach and Prof. Dr. Marcus Rohrbach was also honored with the Best Resource Paper Award. This highly regarded conference brings together researchers and experts in the field of computational linguistics and language technology (natural language processing) to discuss the latest developments in this area.
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Time for security innovations: Apply now for the ATHENE Startup Award UP26@it-sa!
Cybersecurity startups from the DACH region can now apply for the ATHENE Startup Award UP26@it-sa through July 12, 2026. The winning teams will receive prize money, networking opportunities with key players in the German cybersecurity market, and high visibility at Europe’s leading security trade fair.
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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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