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.
Forged Web Certificates
A Fraunhofer SIT research team has found a way to issue fraudulent website certificates. As a mitigation the researchers developed an improved version of DV, called DV++, which could replace DV without any further modifications and which is provided free of charge.
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.
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.