Press / Media

The press team at the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) supports journalists in their research on cybersecurity and data protection. We connect researchers with the media for interviews, background discussions, statements, and live broadcasts. Through our press releases, we provide information on the latest research findings, studies, and new security solutions from the institute, as well as the activities of the National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity (ATHENE).

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M.A. Oliver Küch
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Our Experts

Dr.-Ing. Steven Arzt

Dr. Steven Arzt

Software Security, Cybersecurity & Space, Corporate Security

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Dr. Michael Kreutzer

Dr. Michael Kreutzer

Cyber Security and Local Authorities, Post-Quantum Cryptography and Crypto-Agility

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Dr. iur. Annika Selzer

Dr. Dr. Annika Selzer

IT Law and Data Protection

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Prof. Dr. Martin Steinebach

Prof. Martin Steinebach

Detection of Deepfakes, Age Verification, Media Security

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Prof. Dr. Michael Waidner

Prof. Michael Waidner

Cyber Security Policy, Active Defence, ATHENE Research Center

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Press Releases

09. Aug 2018
Your Smartphone is Watching You: 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. Scientists from the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology 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.
23. May 2018
Automated electric mobility: The research project iKoPA presents architecture for secure and privacy-aware mobility services.
The project partners of the research project integrated communications platform for automated electric vehicles (iKoPA) presented on May 23, 2018 in Merzig the technical groundwork for a communications system that will accelerate the implementation of mobility services for automated electric mobility by simple, secure and privacy-aware concepts. Technologies that have been advanced by the project were presented during demonstration drives.
05. Apr 2018
Freezing the Web
Everybody, who uses the Internet, is familiar with the problem: you need information of a web site urgently, want to make a booking or an online-purchase, but the required web site does not load. Common measures, such as restarting your computer or checking the WiFi connection, are not always successful, sometimes it also helps to wait for some time and then try again. Scientists at the Center for Research in Security and Privacy, CRISP demonstrate that malicious intentions may cause such scenarios.
21. Mar 2018
Transparent IT Production for Digital Sovereignty
Whether in the automotive, the energy or the financial sector: information technology is increasingly penetrating all aspects of life. At the same time, security gaps in closed hardware and software produced in globalised supply chains are becoming increasingly incalculable. This is the result reached by IT security experts from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology, Fraunhofer Singapore, RheinMain University of Applied Sciences, and Technical University of Berlin.
20. Mar 2018
Next Generation Cryptography
Whether online-banking or blockchain – most IT security mechanisms for protecting data and digital communication are based on cryptography. Quantum computers and new forms of attacks are threatening many of these IT security mechanisms. How businesses and society can protect the cyber world from such devastating threats in the future was discussed by experts from business, research, and politics at the “Eberbacher Gespräch” on “Next Generation Cryptography”. The experts’ opinion: 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.
10. Jan 2018
German-Israeli Partnership Accelerator presents new ideas and solutions in Cybersecurity
Verification of Cloud Services, Internet Security and Protection of Spam and DoS attacks: Cyersecurity premiere of HIPA - Hessian-Israeli Partnership Accelerator
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