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Marco Squarcina @minimalblue.bsky.social · Jul 10

Our new Android attack, #TapTrap, is getting media coverage — so here's a quick explainer.

It's a new tapjacking technique that exploits Android's UI animations to hijack user taps without requiring any permissions. @beerphilipp.bsky.social will present it at #USENIX Sec'25.

🌐 taptrap.click

TapTrap: Animation‑Driven Tapjacking on Android

taptrap.click

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Marco Squarcina @minimalblue.bsky.social · Jul 17

Our #TapTrap attack got covered in @tuwien.at's news!

This was such a fun project. Congrats to @beerphilipp.bsky.social on his second first-author paper at a top-tier conference ❤️

We'll present the paper at #USENIX in Seattle on August 14 . Looking forward to catching up with some of you there!

TU Wien @tuwien.at · Jul 17

Scheinbar harmlose Apps können zur Falle werden. Sicherheitslücke bei Android-Handys aufgedeckt:
www.tuwien.at/tu-wien/aktu...

TU Wien deckt Android-Sicherheitslücke auf

Mit einer bisher unentdeckten Attacke können betrügerische Apps die Kontrolle über das Handy an sich reißen – aber die Lücke kann geschlossen werden.

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GrapheneOS @grapheneos.org · Jul 22

foxnews.com/tech/new-and...

> GrapheneOS, a security-focused operating system based on Android, confirmed that its current version is also affected. However, it plans to release a fix in its next update.

No, we said that on July 7 and then shipped grapheneos.org/releases#202... fixing it.

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Marco Squarcina @minimalblue.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'm part of the team that discovered the #TapTrap vulnerability. We confirmed that @grapheneos.org has properly fixed it, as detailed on our site taptrap.click

Despite a small factual error, it's good to see #GrapheneOS getting some media attention.

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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · Jul 29

To S&P PhDs currently in the US and interested in a PostDoc in @tuwien.at: We are looking for nominations for a fully funded PostDoc for 4 years in #Vienna. The deadline is tight (August 6), but I'd be happy to support candidates or forward them to other profs! stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi...

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Stipendien & Preise der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

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wootsecurity.bsky.social @wootsecurity.bsky.social · Jul 17

Discounted early bird registration for WOOT '25 is still open until Monday - www.usenix.org/conference/w... - join us in Seattle on Aug 11/12 (right before USENIX Security) for talks and discussions on great cutting-edge offensive security research. Full program at www.usenix.org/conference/w...

WOOT '25 Technical Sessions

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Mark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · Jul 8

Interdisciplinary PhD vacancies at Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism (a project I'm part of as co-supervisor)
dighumcollege.at/second-call-...

Second Call for Applications: 5 PhD Positions at the Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism

The Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism is now accepting applications for its second cohort of five PhD candidates (part-time, 30 hours/week, starting November 1, 2025, for a duration of 1+3 y...

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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · Jul 7

Please spread the word: Want to work on legal frameworks vs technological realities in S&P with @nikolausf.substack.com, @bprainsack.bsky.social & me? Apply by August 31 for a PhD in our interdisciplinary @wwtf.at funded #Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

University Assistant Prae-Doc: Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism

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Frank Pallas @sallapf.bsky.social · Jul 3

📢 #CfP: #PETCON 2025.2 – #Privacy Enhancing Techniques Convention
🗓 4.–5. Sept. 2025 | #Salzburg, Austria
Workshop on #Privacy, #PETs & #PrivacyEngineering, for students, researchers, activists
Register here: 👉
fg-pet.gi.de/veranstaltun...

Detail - FG PET

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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · Apr 15

This July in Nijmegen the 5th Interdisciplinary Privacy Summerschool will discuss the urgent topic of “Digitalization of the Public Sector: Risks, Rights, Resistance”

Want to join? 👀 Look here: isp.cs.ru.nl/2025/

Please help spread the word wide & bright to aspiring #privacy scholars & advocates!

The 6th Interdisciplinary Summerschool on Privacy (ISP 2025)

The official website of the ISP Summerschool. Find out more about dates, tutorials, talks, the programme, the venue, and travelling suggestions.

isp.cs.ru.nl

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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · Apr 9

Für die Forschung sind die Zeiten vielerorts schwieriger geworden. In #Wien wurden die Bedingungen stetig besser. Ich bin überzeugt, dass dieser Trend anhält, die Unterstützung dafür stark bleibt und werde meinen Teil beitragen. Ich lebe und forsche gerne in Wien!
#IchForscheGernInWien
📸 Luiza Puiu

Photo of Martina Lindorfer with a T-Shirt that says "This is what a Professor looks like"

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Q ✨ @q.glauca.space.ap.brid.gy · Apr 6

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it would be a _real shame_ if someone were to do something to this website https://www.professorwatchlist.org

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Marco Squarcina @minimalblue.bsky.social · Apr 1

The 2nd wave of challenges for the Austria Cyber Security Challenge #ACSC will be live in 1h! You have 1 month left to compete and prove your skills!

I contributed a hard web challenge this time, let's see who can solve it 👀

Ready? 👉 acsc.land

@informatics.tuwien.ac.at @cysecwien.bsky.social

Austria Cyber Security Challenge 2025

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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · Mar 31

What she said! Can we please stop being so US-centric as a community? I understand that it is hard for US-based people to leave the US right now but for anyone else going to the US for a conference always has been tricky, now more so than ever.

Clémentine Maurice @bloody-tangerine.bsky.social · Mar 20

And pretty please, let's move S&P from San Francisco and NDSS from San Diego. Thanks 😘

Nigel Smart @smartcryptology.bsky.social · Mar 20

Given problems with scientists entering the USA perhaps moving Crypto from Santa Barbara would be the first step to think about....

www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

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David Atkins @davidoatkins.bsky.social · Mar 29

The reason DEI exists is so that competent, qualified people don't get passed over in favor of mediocre incompetent white men who had a well-connected buddy.

Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.

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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · Mar 3

Please share: our security & privacy research unit @informatics.tuwien.ac.at @tuwien.at is looking for a project manager for support in all kinds of funding matters! Call is open until March 20, and afaik terms are flexible. Reach out if you have any questions! jobs.tuwien.ac.at/Job/248232?c...

Projektmanager_in

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Carlotta Tagliaro @pseudorandomico.bsky.social · Feb 27

Happy to share that our student, Andrej, will present his super cool MSc thesis at M0lecon (hosted by Politecnico di Torino) this March! He will explore Smart TV attacks over HbbTV, ranging from phishing to local network scanning 📺 If interested in the topic, feel free to reach out!

@lindorfer.in

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Gianluca Stringhini @gianlucastringhini.com · Feb 12

We are looking for motivated folks to join the ACSAC Program Committee! Please nominate yourself or people you know.

Annual Computer Security Applications Conference @acsacconf.bsky.social · Feb 12

📣 If you yourself or someone you know is interested in contributing to #ACSAC2025 by joining the PC, you can fill out the following nomination form by 28th February 2025 (self-nomination and nominating someone else is possible): docs.google.com/form...

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Stefan Neumann @neumannstefan.com · Jan 29

I am hiring for a Ph.D. student to work in the areas of social network analysis, algorithms and fair machine learning.

Please apply and join our highly motivated team.

For more information please see the call: neumannstefan.com/hiring/

Call for Doctoral Students in Social Network Analysis, Algorithms and Fair Machine Learning

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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · Jan 22

German-speaking folks, join our livestreamed panel next Thursday at 10:15 at the Wiener Innovationskonferenz where we talk about cybersecurity, the impact of AI, and Vienna as a hub (?) for cybersecurity.
innovationskonferenz-wien.at/sessions/c2V...

10. Wiener Innovationskonferenz. Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ata Risk, wie kann Wien weiter erfolgreich sein?

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Ingrid Brodnig @brodnig.bsky.social · Jan 20

Eine Frage und Bitte um Mithilfe:

Ich würde auch gern - für eine Veranstaltung - so eine Taschentuch-Packung haben und herzeigen. Hat vielleicht jemand so eine Taschentuch-Packung und würde sie mir geben (oder vielleicht borgen)?

Bin dankbar über Antworten und RTs!

Martin Thür @martinthuer.at · Jan 5

Gesucht für meine Wahlgeschenkesammlung. Hat das noch jemand und würde es mir abtreten?

(Foto von Philipp Aichinger, Die Presse)

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Joe Calandrino @jcalandrino.bsky.social · Jan 10

The submission deadline for the 9th Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (ConPro '25) is less than a week away (January 15), but there's still time to write a short two-page proposal:
conpro25.ieee-security.org

Excited to see this year's fantastic submissions!

Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (ConPro ’25)

conpro25.ieee-security.org

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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · Jan 10

Super excited to share this honor and add that this paper was also a runner-up for the Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in PETS 2024 🎉. Congrats to Carlotta and the whole team, and shoutout to Florian Hahn for kickstarting this project at @utwente.bsky.social as Carlotta's Master thesis!

Carlotta Tagliaro @pseudorandomico.bsky.social · Jan 5

With some delay, but happy to share that our paper "I Still Know What You Watched Last Sunday: Privacy of the HbbTV Protocol in the European Smart TV Landscape" won the best Dutch Cyber Security Research Paper Award (multidisciplinary track)💫Huge thanks to my advisors @lindorfer.in and Florian Hahn!

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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · Jan 10

Awesome news, congrats Carmela! Hope we get the chance to catch up in Bochum on one of my next visits 👋

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Martina Lindorfer @lindorfer.in · Jan 10

Also stay tuned for further calls, we hope to open more positions later this year, including ones in the area of security and privacy🤞