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30 New PhD Students Join During This Fall’s Kickoff Days


We are dedicated to creating an inspiring environment where early career researchers can grow, connect and pursue their academic and professional goals. Twice a year, our PhD Kickoff Days give PhD students the perfect start to their journey.
October 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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We are delighted to share that we have recently signed Memoranda of Understanding with both the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS)! Read more here: cispa.de/en/uct-wits
CISPA signs Memoranda of Understanding with UCT and WITS
CISPA has recently signed Memoranda of Understanding with both the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). After joining the Africa Charter in January 2025, CISPA...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Die Stimmen gegen die #Chatkontrolle werden mehr und lauter. Nun hagelt es deutliche Kritik aus der Wirtschaft. Zudem warnen der Deutsche Journalistenverband und der Anwaltverein vor einer Überwachungsinfrastruktur, die schnell ausgebaut werden könnte.

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EU-Überwachungspläne in der Kritik: Wirtschaftsverbände Bitkom und eco klar gegen Chatkontrolle
Die Stimmen gegen die Chatkontrolle werden mehr und lauter. Nun hagelt es deutliche Kritik aus der Wirtschaft. Zudem warnen der Deutsche Journalistenverband und der Anwaltverein vor einer Überwachungs...
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October 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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aurore-fass.bsky.social
We are still looking for (self) nominations for USENIX Security '26 Artifact Evaluation Committee!
Please help us spread the word 🚀

You can *Promote and Support Open Science* by filling out the nomination form by Friday, October 17: forms.gle/sMCJHww2qcUK...
(Self-)Nomination for the USENIX Security '26 Artifact Evaluation Committee (AEC)
For the seventh year, USENIX Security allows the evaluation of artifacts that support a paper: software, hardware, evaluation data and documentation, raw measurement data, raw survey results, mechaniz...
forms.gle
October 7, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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The Danish Presidency is pushing a dangerous proposal in the EU that would allow the government to scan all our private communications. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Chat Control Is Back on the Menu in the EU. It Still Must Be Stopped
The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat
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October 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Kontraproduktiv und gefährlich: Der CCC und zivilgesellschaftliche Akteure warnen eindringlich vor drohendem Beschluss zur #Chatkontrolle www.heise.de/news/Deutsch...
Deutsches Ja zu Chatkontrolle? CCC & Co. warnen vor Grundrechtsgefährdung
Vor der entscheidenden Abstimmung im EU-Rat appellieren NGOs an die Bundesregierung, bei ihrem Nein zur Chatkontrolle zu bleiben. Sonst drohe eine Katastrophe.
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October 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Die #Chatkontrolle soll angeblich Kinder schützen, doch sogar der Kinderschutzbund ist entschieden gegen diese Maßnahme, weil sie unsere Grundrechte einschränkt ohne dabei effektiv zu sein
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Stellungnahme zur öffentlichen Anhörung des Ausschusses für Digitales zur “Chatkontrolle” am Mittwoch, 1. März 2023 - Der Kinderschutzbund
Der Ausschuss für Digitales befasst sich am Mittwoch, 1. März 2023, mit dem Thema Chatkontrolle. Die öffentliche Anhörung findet ab 14 Uhr statt. Unsere Stellungnahme finden Sie hier als PDF zum Downl...
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October 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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signal.org
We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Thank you to our colleagues from UCT and WITS, who visited CISPA to meet with our Faculty and science support teams. We discussed German and South African perspectives in cybersecurity and trustworthy AI, as well as opportunities for future cross-institutional research collaborations.
September 19, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Wegen Handyverbots: Schulen schaffen 2-Faktor-Authentifizierung ab

81 Schulen in Oregon schalten bei den Google-Konten ihrer 44.000 Schüler die 2-Faktor-Authentifizierung ab. Denn die dürfen ja kein Handy nutzen […]
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September 16, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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On Sept 5, we celebrated our CISPA Summer Party! 🎉 A day of good vibes, global flavors 🌍, live music by She Said Boom 🎶 & team spirit at the table soccer tournament ⚽️. Huge thanks to our Talent team, colleagues & families for making it a highlight of the year! 💙
September 8, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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isec-tugraz.bsky.social
This morning, David Oswald started our last day at GSW with his talk "Breaching the Gates: Uncovering Hardware Weaknesses in Confidential Computing", giving an overview of power side-channels and fault attacks in confidential computing scenario.

#GSW25 #sidechannels
September 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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Congrats to CISPA-Faculty Dr. Franziska Boenisch on a Starting Grant from the @erc.europa.eu of €1.5M 🎉 In #Privacy4FMs she’s building new methods to detect & prevent data leaks in foundation models. Trustworthy AI needs real privacy. More info: cispa.de/en/erc-grant...
#ERCStG
Protecting Against Data Leaks in Large AI Models: ERC Grant for CISPA Researcher
In the Privacy4FMs project, CISPA-Faculty Dr. Franziska Boenisch is developing new methods to better protect sensitive data in large AI models.
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September 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Three months in Seoul — research, culture, and new perspectives
CISPA researcher Carolyn Guthoff studied safety mechanisms against sexual risks in messaging services at SNU 👉 cispa.de/en/seoul
Three Months in Seoul: Research, Culture, and New Perspectives
CISPA researcher Carolyn Guthoff talks about her research stay in South Korea.
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September 2, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Dr. Willy Quach joined CISPA last year from the Weizmann Institute. He explores the theoretical foundations of cryptography — from classical to quantum-secure methods.
👉 Why cryptographers seldom sleep well — and what the age of the universe has to do with it: cispa.de/en/willy-quach
“In cryptography, difficult problems are a good thing”: CISPA-Faculty Dr. Willy Quach introduces himself
Exploring the possibilities and limitations of cryptographic methods is what drives Dr. Willy Quach.
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August 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Large AI models consume enormous amounts of energy & are often developed by big tech companies. But does it have to be that way? In the podcast Forschungsquartett, CISPA researcher Dr. Rebekka Burkholz shows how deep learning can be democratized. detektor.fm/wissen/forsc...
Deep Learning: Demokratie statt Datenmonopol
Deep Learning neu denken: Ein Forschungsteam am CISPA Helmholtz-Zentrum will KI-Modelle kleiner und unabhängiger machen.
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August 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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WebAuthn "immediate mediation" lets you build a dynamic #passkey sign-in experience upon checkout for example , falling back to a regular form based sign-in when no passkeys are available. Try it as an origin trial today. developer.chrome.com/blog/webauth...
August 19, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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How do online and social media scams really work - and how can we stop them? In our latest interview, Dr. Bhupendra Acharya (former postdoc at CISPA, now Assistant Professor at the University of Louisiana) shares his knowledge with us. cispa.de/en/interview...
Tracking Down Online Scammers—A Conversation with CISPA Researcher Bhupendra Acharya
Acharya devoted a large part of his work at CISPA to understanding online fraud and scam schemes on social networks.
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August 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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thorsheim.bsky.social
#PasswordsCon will be held on December 1-3 in Prague, Czech Republic. Kindly sponsored & facilited by @nic.cz. Our website with additional info, CFP, venue information and early bird registration is now available at passwordscon.org

Please share with anyone who might be interested!
PasswordsCon – We know your next password.
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August 15, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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USENIX Security is coming up! 🔐
In our special conference episode of CISPA TL;DR, @ap0ca1ypse.bsky.social looks at a powerful - and risky - tool we all use: browser extensions - and what do they mean for your security?
🎧 Now on all major podcast platforms & our website: cispa.de/en/tldr-usen...
#CISPA@USENIX 2025 – Browser Extension Security with Shubham Agarwal
Listen to our special USENIX 2025 conference episodes of TL;DR!
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August 13, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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USENIX Security is coming up! In our special conference episode of CISPA TL;DR, Divyanshu Bhardwaj dives into one of modern life’s worst nightmares: phone theft. What happens when it’s stolen and how can we protect our data? Now on all major podcast platforms & our website: cispa.de/en/tldr-usen...
#CISPA@USENIX 2025 – Phone Theft and Human Behavior with Divyanshu Bhardwaj
Listen to our special USENIX 2025 conference episodes of TL;DR!
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August 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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How agile is your crypto? Qualitative interview study by CISPA researcher Alexander Krause and his colleagues explores the possibilities and challenges of crypto updates! To be presented at the Usenix Security Symposium in Seattle on Aug. 14, 2025. More here: cispa.de/en/crypto-up...
How agile is your crypto? New interview study explores the opportunities and challenges of cryptographic update processes
In a qualitative interview study with 21 international participants, CISPA researcher Alexander Krause investigated the obstacles experienced software developers face when they want to renew existing ...
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August 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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As part of his inaugural visit, the Chancellor made a stop and visited our research center.
In a conversation with the Chancellor, CEO Backes emphasized the critical importance of disruptive research in cybersecurity and trustworthy AI for the digital sovereignty.
cispa.de/en/federal-c...
August 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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🧪 How important solid methodological support is in cybersecurity research is the topic of CISPA Faculty Dr. @svebug.bsky.social interview in the latest issue of our CISPA Zine.

📰 Read the full interview here 👉 cispa.de/en/interview...
“We are really lucky to have this team” CISPA Faculty Dr. Sven Bugiel in conversation
In this interview, Dr. Bugiel shares what he values about the Empirical Research Support team and how the collaboration works.
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August 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz visits CISPA 🚀🔐

During his inaugural visit to Saarland, Friedrich Merz stopped by CISPA together with Minister President of Saarland Anke Rehlinger. The focus was on our cutting-edge research in cybersecurity and trustworthy AI.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM