Save the date: @katta.bsky.social and me are organizing the Austrian Computer Science Day #ACSD on June 1, 2026 at TU Wien with the motto CS in Modern Society: a Sign of the Times!
More info and program coming soon here:
informatics.tuwien.ac.at/acsd
(CC) @tuwien.at & @informatics.tuwien.ac.at
Super excited to share that I'll present our latest research at ICSE 2026. Our work (co-authors Kyle Posluns, @kevin.borgolte.me, @lindorfer.in, and @proffnes.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy) explores the use of language models for software testing in TLS certificate validation logic. 1/n
📣 Event tip: "Invitation Kick-Off Vienna Doctoral College on #DigitalHumanism" 👨🔬👩🔬
@wwtf.at @tuwien.at @wuvienna.bsky.social
🗓 November 19, 2025 | 🕙 10:00–16:00 | 📍 Vienna
‼️ The registration deadline is November 3.
More information about the program & registration here: ⤵️
Our new Android attack, #TapTrap, is getting media coverage — so here's a quick explainer.
It's a new tapjacking technique that exploits Android's UI animations to hijack user taps without requiring any permissions. @beerphilipp.bsky.social will present it at #USENIX Sec'25.
🌐 taptrap.click
Our #TapTrap attack got covered in @tuwien.at's news!
This was such a fun project. Congrats to @beerphilipp.bsky.social on his second first-author paper at a top-tier conference ❤️
We'll present the paper at #USENIX in Seattle on August 14 . Looking forward to catching up with some of you there!
foxnews.com/tech/new-and...
> GrapheneOS, a security-focused operating system based on Android, confirmed that its current version is also affected. However, it plans to release a fix in its next update.
No, we said that on July 7 and then shipped grapheneos.org/releases#202... fixing it.
I'm part of the team that discovered the #TapTrap vulnerability. We confirmed that @grapheneos.org has properly fixed it, as detailed on our site taptrap.click
Despite a small factual error, it's good to see #GrapheneOS getting some media attention.
To S&P PhDs currently in the US and interested in a PostDoc in @tuwien.at: We are looking for nominations for a fully funded PostDoc for 4 years in #Vienna. The deadline is tight (August 6), but I'd be happy to support candidates or forward them to other profs! stipendien.oeaw.ac.at/en/fellowshi...
Discounted early bird registration for WOOT '25 is still open until Monday - www.usenix.org/conference/w... - join us in Seattle on Aug 11/12 (right before USENIX Security) for talks and discussions on great cutting-edge offensive security research. Full program at www.usenix.org/conference/w...
Interdisciplinary PhD vacancies at Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism (a project I'm part of as co-supervisor)
dighumcollege.at/second-call-...
Please spread the word: Want to work on legal frameworks vs technological realities in S&P with @nikolausf.substack.com, @bprainsack.bsky.social & me? Apply by August 31 for a PhD in our interdisciplinary @wwtf.at funded #Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
📢 #CfP: #PETCON 2025.2 – #Privacy Enhancing Techniques Convention
🗓 4.–5. Sept. 2025 | #Salzburg, Austria
Workshop on #Privacy, #PETs & #PrivacyEngineering, for students, researchers, activists
Register here: 👉
fg-pet.gi.de/veranstaltun...
This July in Nijmegen the 5th Interdisciplinary Privacy Summerschool will discuss the urgent topic of “Digitalization of the Public Sector: Risks, Rights, Resistance”
Want to join? 👀 Look here: isp.cs.ru.nl/2025/
Please help spread the word wide & bright to aspiring #privacy scholars & advocates!
Photo of Martina Lindorfer with a T-Shirt that says "This is what a Professor looks like"
Für die Forschung sind die Zeiten vielerorts schwieriger geworden. In #Wien wurden die Bedingungen stetig besser. Ich bin überzeugt, dass dieser Trend anhält, die Unterstützung dafür stark bleibt und werde meinen Teil beitragen. Ich lebe und forsche gerne in Wien!
#IchForscheGernInWien
📸 Luiza Puiu
[uspol]
it would be a _real shame_ if someone were to do something to this website https://www.professorwatchlist.org
The 2nd wave of challenges for the Austria Cyber Security Challenge #ACSC will be live in 1h! You have 1 month left to compete and prove your skills!
I contributed a hard web challenge this time, let's see who can solve it 👀
Ready? 👉 acsc.land
@informatics.tuwien.ac.at @cysecwien.bsky.social
What she said! Can we please stop being so US-centric as a community? I understand that it is hard for US-based people to leave the US right now but for anyone else going to the US for a conference always has been tricky, now more so than ever.
The reason DEI exists is so that competent, qualified people don't get passed over in favor of mediocre incompetent white men who had a well-connected buddy.
Or so that utter morons who share war plans on the group chat don't hire their brother and get away with it bc they're white dudes.
Please share: our security & privacy research unit @informatics.tuwien.ac.at @tuwien.at is looking for a project manager for support in all kinds of funding matters! Call is open until March 20, and afaik terms are flexible. Reach out if you have any questions! jobs.tuwien.ac.at/Job/248232?c...
Happy to share that our student, Andrej, will present his super cool MSc thesis at M0lecon (hosted by Politecnico di Torino) this March! He will explore Smart TV attacks over HbbTV, ranging from phishing to local network scanning 📺 If interested in the topic, feel free to reach out!
@lindorfer.in
We are looking for motivated folks to join the ACSAC Program Committee! Please nominate yourself or people you know.
I am hiring for a Ph.D. student to work in the areas of social network analysis, algorithms and fair machine learning.
Please apply and join our highly motivated team.
For more information please see the call: neumannstefan.com/hiring/
10. Wiener Innovationskonferenz. Wettbewerbsfähigkeit ata Risk, wie kann Wien weiter erfolgreich sein?
German-speaking folks, join our livestreamed panel next Thursday at 10:15 at the Wiener Innovationskonferenz where we talk about cybersecurity, the impact of AI, and Vienna as a hub (?) for cybersecurity.
innovationskonferenz-wien.at/sessions/c2V...
Eine Frage und Bitte um Mithilfe:
Ich würde auch gern - für eine Veranstaltung - so eine Taschentuch-Packung haben und herzeigen. Hat vielleicht jemand so eine Taschentuch-Packung und würde sie mir geben (oder vielleicht borgen)?
Bin dankbar über Antworten und RTs!
The submission deadline for the 9th Workshop on Technology and Consumer Protection (ConPro '25) is less than a week away (January 15), but there's still time to write a short two-page proposal:
conpro25.ieee-security.org
Excited to see this year's fantastic submissions!
Super excited to share this honor and add that this paper was also a runner-up for the Caspar Bowden Award for Outstanding Research in PETS 2024 🎉. Congrats to Carlotta and the whole team, and shoutout to Florian Hahn for kickstarting this project at @utwente.bsky.social as Carlotta's Master thesis!
Awesome news, congrats Carmela! Hope we get the chance to catch up in Bochum on one of my next visits 👋
Also stay tuned for further calls, we hope to open more positions later this year, including ones in the area of security and privacy🤞
Call for Applications Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism is seeking 5 PhD Candidates (Part-time, 30 hours/week, Starting March 01, 2025, 1+3 years)
Our new Doctoral College on Digital Humanism has the first call for PhD candidates out! This is an exciting new collaboration between TU Wien, Uni Wien and WU Wien and funded by the WWTF to work on interdisciplinary and impactful topics. Apply until January 15:
semantic-systems.org/vienna-docto...
The 4th edition of WoRMA is officially scheduled for June 30th, co-located with IEEE EuroS&P in magnificent Venice in Italy!
Website and CfP: worma.gitlab.io/2025/
Deadline: February 20th, 2025
Spread the word!
