Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries

Rubin Special Issue on IT Security

The science magazine Rubin reports on current research highlights from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB). The editors look into laboratories and libraries, visit production halls and take the readers into the world of science with reports that are easy to understand.

In 2022/23, a special issue will be published on the topic of IT security: In 2022, the exciting reports on the research of our Cluster of Excellence CASA and the Horst Görtz Institute for IT Security (HGI) will initially appear online. Next year, there will then be a print edition with all the reports that have appeared.

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The Articles of Our Special Issue

06/2022

When the Hardware Traps Criminals

Up to now, protecting hardware against manipulation has been a laborious business: expensive, and only possible on a small scale. And yet, two simple antennas might do the trick.

With Johannes Tobisch and Paul Staat

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10/2022

Shield Data Processing in the Cloud

Using cloud services without running into trouble with the GDPR – the company Edgeless Systems makes it possible. Founder Dr. Felix Schuster reflects on the somewhat difficult entry into a new market.

With Felix Schuster

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[Translate to Englisch:] Copyright: CASA, Michael Schwettmann

12/2022

Intelligent Monkeys

Researchers from Bochum are particularly quick at finding security vulnerabilities in IT systems. Their trick: they focus on the essentials – and explain it with the theorem of the infinitely typing monkeys.

With Tobias Scharnowski and Thorsten Holz

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01/2023

Security With an In-Built Vulnerability

Secret services want to know as much as possible. For example, they try to circumvent data encryption. This can cause collateral damage, warn Bochum researchers.

With Gregor Leander, Christof Beierle and David Rupprecht

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02/2023

Three Tough Nuts for Quantum Computers to Crack

Algorithms made in Bochum are becoming the global standard for secure encryption in the age of quantum computing. They’ve arrived just in time.

With Eike Kiltz

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03/2023

The Telltale Zero

Attacks on the TLS protocol are both rare and highly complex. And yet, the encryption experts at Ruhr University Bochum are constantly tracking down new ones.

With Robert Merget

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03/2023

When the Chip Needs a Cooling Break

Many encryption algorithms are mathematically proven to be one hundred per cent secure. Nevertheless, they sometimes fail to protect confidential data. This is because encryption doesn’t happen merely in theory.

With David Knichel, Nicolai Müller, Pascal Sasdrich and Amir Moradi

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More articles from the special edition will follow in the coming weeks and months.

► To the Website of the Special Issue on IT Security in the News Portal of RUB