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13/08/2018

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.

07/08/2018

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.

06/08/2018

Start-up desof the Month

Authada is a Darmstadt cybersecurity startup and a spin-off of the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences. Authada's identification solutions are build on the eID functionality of the ID card. Authada revolutionises existing identification processes - people are identified in seconds by means of a mobile or stationary NFC-enabled terminal. It is legally secure on the basis of German and EU legislation, as well as application-safe due to the certification of these solutions by the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI).

06/08/2018

Three Tips for Founders

Public relations is one of the most important means of putting a newly founded startup, a newly introduced product idea or a service in a positive light. The press release is still the most popular PR tool. To succeed with the journalist, the message must stand out. We give three tips to consider when writing a press release.

02/08/2018

Darmstadt Start-Ups are in greater demand than ever

Prof. Peter Buxmann is Professor of Business Informatics | Software & Digital Business at the TU Darmstadt and Head of the Innovation and Start-up Center of the TU Darmstadt (HIGHEST). In an interview he explains why start-ups are so interesting for the economy, what HIGHEST's role is and why innovative ideas are needed, especially in the area of IT security.

02/08/2018

PLLS 2018: Workshop on the Protection of Long-Lived Systems

Following the first successful PLLS Workshop 2016 in Darmstadt, the second workshop on the protection of durable systems, PLLS 2018, takes place from 17 to 19 September 2018 in Pärnu, Estonia. CRISP spokesman Prof. Johannes Buchmann, CYEC [at] TU Darmstadt is program chair of the workshop. Prof. Stefan Katzenbeisser is a member of the program committee along with other scientists from the TU Darmstadt.

01/08/2018

Symposium "Insurance Fraud"

The symposium deals with the theme "Effective Fraud Management in the Insurance Industry". Various speakers provide in-depth insights into strategies, methods and current fraud detection and combat projects. Prof. Martin Steinebach, Fraunhofer SIT, talks about his research in the field of automated fraud detection.

30/07/2018

Holiday Program Computer Science with a Focus on IT Security and Programming

CRISP organized for 20 boys and girls in the ages of 10-14 years in the 5th week of the Hessian summer vacation a colorful holiday program around the topic of IT security. The children learned how to program in a playful way, dealt with data protection, password security and encryption, examined a computer from the inside and built simple circuits with conductive ink.

23/07/2018

Federal Minister Karliczek and Minister of State Rhein visit CRISP

Federal Research Minister Anja Karliczek and the Hessian Minister for Science and the Arts, Boris Rhein, informed themselves on the progress of Darmstadt cyber security research on their visit today. On the basis of numerous demos and exhibits they were able to convince themselves of the state of research of the Darmstadt scientists.