Analysis Tool for Android Apps
Many mobile applications have serious safety deficiencies. To make a detailed examination of the security features of Android apps more efficiently, Fraunhofer SIT together with the TU Darmstadt has developed CodeInspect. This tool can quickly detect vulnerabilities and malware in the program code.
Vulnerable Security Apps
The Fraunhofer SIT has discovered severe security vulnerabilities in security apps for Android. These vulnerabilities can be exploited to turn such apps into attack tools, taking control of smartphones and then extorting their owners financially. All of the important providers are affected, with up to 675 million installations in total.
Security by SDN
With Software-Defined Networking, companies are able to organize their networks more efficiently by controlling programmable network components via software. With OrchSec (Orchestrator for Security Applications) Fraunhofer SIT has developed an SDN-based network security solution.
BSI is new associated partner
The Fraunhofer Project Center for Cybersecurity in Jerusalem has a new associated partner: The German Federal Office for Information Security BSI joins the research cooperation. The Cybersecurity Center (Fraunhofer SIT/IL @HUJI) is a project of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem (HUJI) and Fraunhofer.
Software Platform for TPM 2.0
Many popular Android apps, including some apps from banks and publishers, pose significant security threats. Fraunhofer SIT informed over 30 app manufacturers that were affected; so far 16 have reacted and closed the security gap. Among those were Amazon, Yahoo, Google, and Volkswagen Bank.
Research Award
For her work "Pretty Bad Privacy: Pitfalls of DNS Encryption" Dr. Haya Shulman has received the Applied Networking Research Prize (ANRP). The ANRP is awarded for recent results in applied networking research that are relevant for transitioning into shipping Internet products and related standardization efforts.
Events
- 18.-20. October 2016
it-sa 2016, Nuremberg
Job offers
Fraunhofer SIT seeks scientific staff, partly also for management positions
You will be responsible for planning, leading, executing and representing applied R&D projects, jointly with clients and partners from industry, government agencies and academia.