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IT Security

Digital networking now permeates almost all areas of life. Developing protective mechanisms is an urgent task.

Handy mit Displaysperre
IT Security

How secure are four and six-digit mobile phone PINs

Apple and Android implement a number of measures to protect their users’ devices. An international team of IT security experts has investigated how useful they are.

11. März 2020 | Presseinformation
Handy mit Abo-Button
LTE vulnerability

Attackers can impersonate other mobile phone users

They can thus start a subscription at the expense of others or publish secret company documents under someone else’s identity.

17. Februar 2020 | Presseinformation
Alexa vor Monitor
IT Security

How voice assistants follow inaudible commands

An attack against speech recognition systems with manipulated audio files used to work only via a data interface. Now, all it takes is playing the secret messages via loudspeakers.

23. Oktober 2019 | Presseinformation
Kennworteingabe auf Monitor
Information Technology

Security weaknesses in PDF encryption

Encryption is supposed to protect confidential documents such as medical records or industrial correspondence. Attackers can, however, leak the content of encrypted documents.

30. September 2019 | Presseinformation
Moritz Contag und Thorsten Holz
Industrial espionage

Hacking group “Winnti” has targeted several enterprises

High-profile victims include the corporations Thyssen-Krupp and Bayer. In collaboration with researchers from Bochum, the broadcasting companies Bayerischer Rundfunk and NDR have now exposed “Winnti’s” tactics.

24. Juli 2019 | Presseinformation
Handy mit laufender Überwachungsapp
IT Security

Code in Chinese surveillance app analysed

Travellers entering China from Kyrgyzstan have to install an app on their phones, as was unearthed by investigative journalists. IT experts from Bochum have analysed the application’s function.

3. Juli 2019 | Presseinformation
Gruppenfoto
IT Security

Bochum researchers bypass digital signatures in PDF documents

Digital signatures are supposed to prevent forgeries of invoices and government documents. Researchers from Bochum bypassed this mechanism and went unnoticed by most PDF applications.

25. Februar 2019 | Presseinformation
Luftbild des Campus der RUB
IT Security

Why the Ruhr area is the perfect location

Ruhr-Universität Bochum and TU Dortmund University are delighted to announce the upcoming foundation of the Max Planck Institute for Cyber Security and Privacy in Bochum.

23. November 2018 | Presseinformation
Sprachassistent in Küche vor Ofen
IT security

More rules for the intelligent household

Lights out, doors open, online orders out: in a networked home, everything is controlled by voice or by pressing a smartphone button. But so far little thought has been given to who should be able to press which buttons.

24. Oktober 2018 | Presseinformation
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Success

Two Clusters of Excellence approved

Major success in Bochum: two Clusters of Excellence go to Ruhr-Universität.

27. September 2018 | Presseinformation
Sprachassistent Alexa
IT Security

Secret messages for Alexa and Co.

Researchers can hide secret commands for voice assistants in spoken sentences, birds’ twittering, or music. They are not audible to the human ear. The machine recognises them precisely.

24. September 2018 | Presseinformation
Cookie-Banner der RUB-Webseite auf einem Smartphone
IT Security

How the General Data Protection Regulation has affected the web

Most notably, the number of cookie notices has skyrocketed. However, they often do not meet the legal requirements.

28. August 2018 | Presseinformation
Vorhängeschloss auf Tastatur
Information Technology

Security gaps identified in Internet protocol “IPsec”

Anyone who needs to access data on the workplace server from their home office, for example, has to rely on a secure connection that “IPsec” is supposed to ensure.

15. August 2018 | Presseinformation
Axel Schölmerich, Angela Sasse, Horst Görtz
IT Security

Horst Görtz Endowed Professorship for Angela Sasse

In IT security, users play a pivotal role. Angela Sasse was among the first researchers to hold this view.

26. Juli 2018 | Presseinformation
Tastatur mit Schloss
IT Security

Email encryption standards hacked

Security gaps in the standard encryptions enable attackers to read confidential emails.

14. Mai 2018 | Presseinformation
Porträt
IT Security

Novel technology for monitoring nuclear weapons

In future, this technology might help verify if countries abide by disarmament treaties.

18. April 2018 | Presseinformation
Sascha Fahl
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize

The Human Factor in IT Security

It takes more than technological innovation to develop functional mechanisms for IT security and privacy.

13. April 2018 | Presseinformation
Windräder und Strommasten
IT Security

How safe are critical infrastructures from hacker attacks?

Mobile phone networks can be used to control wind power stations. This carries risks.

8. September 2017 | Presseinformation

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