Information and System Security

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Prof. Dr. Lucas Davi

Lucas Davi Honored with ACM AsiaCCS Test of Time Award

The paper “ROPdefender: A Detection Tool to Defend Against Return-Oriented Programming Attacks” has received the Test of Time...

When Browser Memory Becomes a Bento Box

Google Earth, Zoom, Twitch.tv, or Photoshop – thanks to the WebAssembly standard, many powerful applications now run directly in...

CASA Cluster of Excellence Receives Funding for Another Seven Years

There is great excitement among cybersecurity researchers in Germany’s Ruhr area: Yesterday, the German Excellence Commission...

WebAssembly Under the Microscope: Study Reveals Security Issues in Popular Web Apps

The WebAssembly technology is enabling increasingly powerful web applications. However, many web apps that rely on WebAssembly...

Security for Smart Speakers

Smart speakers are highly popular and can be operated via voice commands. However, their microphones are always active, which...

Cyber Resilience in Critical Infrastructures

Cyber-attacks on critical infrastructures are increasing across Europe. The DYNABIC* project delivers software solutions to...

Great Success: Lucas Davi receives ERC Starting Grant

For his research in the field of software security, Dr. Lucas Davi, assistant professor at paluno, the Ruhr Institute for...

Security Vulnerabilities in Fingerprint Sensors and Crypto Wallets

Security experts from paluno, the Ruhr Institute for Software Technology at the University of Duisburg-Essen have developed a...

Data Protection between Edge and Cloud

Edge Computing is a key technology for the Internet of Thing (IoT). However, the combination with cloud computing poses new...