Password Managers insecure
The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) has identified serious security vulnerabilities in Android's password apps. The manufacturers were informed and have corrected the vulnerabilities. However, users should ensure that they are using the updated app version.
TCG Leadership Award to Andreas Fuchs
Fraunhofer SIT expert on Trusted Computing Andreas Fuchs has been awarded the TCG Leadership Award of the Trusted Computing Group for his outstanding work in this field. On the latest assembly of TCG members, the award was handed over to Andreas Fuchs.
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.
Fraunhofer Singapore
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) and FraunhoferGesellschaft (Fraunhofer), a renowned German institution for applied research, are launching a research institute to develop digital technologies to help companies move into the digital era and remain competitive.
Next Generation Crypto
Cryptography must become more flexible in order to be able to react quickly to technical changes. If this does not happen soon, the cyber world could experience a security meltdown. This is an experts' opinion on how businesses and society can be protected from new forms of attacks on cryptography with quantum computers.
New ideas for more cybersecurity
HIPA is the first and only German-Israeli accelerator focusing on cybersecurity. The participating project teams of the first round presented new approaches to the quality control of cloud services, the security of Internet infrastructures, and the prevention of spam and denial of service attacks on e-mail accounts.
Events
- 23.-24. April 2018
COSADE'18 - Workshop on Constructive Side-Channel Analysis and Secure Design, Singapore - 11.-12. June 2018
EIT Digital Professional School: Security and Privacy for Big Data, Stockholm (Sweden) - 18. June 2018
EIT Digital Professional School: Security and Privacy for Big Data, Brussels (Belgium)
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.