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Best Paper Award at CANS 2020
We are happy to announce that the paper “An Attack on Some Signature Schemes Constructed from Five-Pass Identification Schemes” by Daniel Kales and Greg Zaverucha has won a Best Paper Award at the 19th International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security (CANS 2020). Check out the paper (eprint) and the presentation on YouTube.
IAIK Christmas Special 2020
The “IAIK Christmas Special” is a yearly unique show that reviews what happened in InfoSec in 2020 and showcases recent hacks and exploits. With 300-500 viewers in a packed lecture hall, it cannot take place offline this year – now it takes place online and we will make it a better and greater show than any year before.
We invited 5 InfoSec guests, a music live act, and of course, most importantly: exciting hacks, exploits, and demos.
This special lecture is part of the TU Graz SSD and InfoSec courses.
Join on Youtube!
Jakob Heher is awarded WKO research stipend
Jakob Heher is currently working on his master’s thesis on the security of online learning platforms, for which he has now received the WKO Forschungsstipendium 2020/21! The stipend will be awarded in an award ceremony in 2021. The WKO Steiermark annually awards 20 students, who are honoured with a grant of €2100 for the development of master’s theses with high economic relevance. Congratulations!
In his thesis, Jakob is investigating the security of several online learning platforms recommended for schools. These platforms are currently experiencing a sharp increase in users due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He has already reported several critical issues to software vendors in responsible disclosure processes.
Further details on the grant are provided by WKO.
Sujoy Sinha Roy joins IAIK as Assistant Professor
We welcome Sujoy Sinha Roy as assistant professor in cryptographic engineering at IAIK. Sujoy is interested in the implementation aspects of cryptography. He is a co-designer of ‘Saber’ which is a finalist in NIST’s Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Project. He received the PhD degree in 2017 with ‘Summa cum laude with congratulations from the examination committee’ from COSIC, KU Leuven, Belgium. His doctoral thesis was awarded the ‘IBM Innovation Award 2018’ that recognizes an outstanding doctoral thesis in informatics. Before joining TU Graz, he worked as an assistant professor at the University of Birmingham’s Security and Privacy group.
SGS and TU Graz open Lamarr Security Research
SGS and TU Graz announce the opening of Lamarr Security Research, a non-profit research center focusing on information security and establishing trust in digital systems and products. This new research environment is open for partner sponsors to work together, and to make the world a safer place.
Stefan Mangard from Graz University of Technology (left) and Martin Schaffer from the SGS Group (right) are the leading heads of Lamarr Security Research.
Find out more about Lamarr Security Research HERE!
PLATYPUS: New vulnerabilities discovered in Intel processors
Together with their international colleagues Michael Schwarz (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security) and David Oswald (University of Birmingham), computer scientists Moritz Lipp, Andreas Kogler, Catherine Easdon, Claudio Canella and Daniel Gruss from Graz University of Technology present PLATYPUS attacks: a method that allows power side-channel attacks even without physical access.
You can find the whole article HERE
c Desiree Koch Peter Grassberger awarded funding by Digitale TU Graz
IAIK student Peter Grassberger has been awarded a funding of 6.000€ for a project extending his Master’s Thesis. The funding is provided by Digitale TU Graz and Vice Rector for Digitalisation and Change Management Claudia von der Linden.
In his project, Mr. Grassberger develops a system which enables students to receive their graduation diploma (e.g. Bachelor’s Degree) or course transcript in digital form. The student can then share their diplomas electronically with universities or future employers.
IAIK, and especially the advisers Andreas Abraham and Stefan More, congratulate on this achievement!
You can find more information about the project here.
5 Finalists from TU Graz @ Austrian Cyber Security Challenge 2020
After four intense months of qualification, the best participants competed in the finals of the annual Austrian Cyber Security Challenge on 21st October. The competition took place among school pupils, students, and general “hackers” in Austria.
The 16 challenges comprised several categories: Reverse Engineering, Exploitation, Machine Learning, Web Security, Programming, Cryptography, Forensics, Networking, and Mathematics & Probabilities.
Five students of the TU Graz were among the best-ranked participants!
Interested in challenges like this? Get in touch with LosFuzzys (our student team for CTF challenges at TU Graz).
IAIK congratulates the finalists for their great efforts!
Our Redesigned Major in Information Security
We are proud to present our completely redesigned Major in Information Security that is offered as part of the renewed Master’s Programs in Computer Science (CS), Information and Computer Engineering (ICE) and Software Engineering and Management (SEM). Students can choose from four exciting modules, which cover System Security, Cryptology & Privacy, Formal Methods for Security, and Secure Applications. For more information on the new module system, the offered courses and transition modalities visit our Guide to Master-Level Courses in Information Security.