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ZISC researchers present a novel approach to detect cyber attacks

May 30, 2017Kari KostiainenUncategorized

Vincent Lenders (armasuisse science and technology), Pavlos Lamprakis, Ruggiero Dargenio, David Gugelmann, Markus Happe and Laurent Vanbever (ETH Zurich) developed a novel approach for the identification of targeted cyber attacks. Their approach supports the national strategy for Switzerland’s protection against cyber risks (NCS). Cyber attacks targeting sensitive information are an increasing threat to governmental administrations

ZISC Summit on Cyber Security Risks takes place in June 26

May 15, 2017Kari KostiainenUncategorized

The ZISC center is excited to announce the ZISC Summit on Cyber Risks 2017 that will take place in June 26, 2017 at ETH Zürich. The event will feature keynote speakers and panel discussions. It addresses industry leaders and representatives from fields of information security and ICT, information security scientists and specialists, students of areas

ZISC spin-off company Futurae wins all three stages of Venture Kick

April 3, 2017Kari KostiainenUncategorized

The ZISC spin-off company Futurae has won all three stages of Swiss Venture Kick final and secured 130’000 CHF of financing. Futurae is a Zurich-based IT security company with a focus on novel authentication solutions. The team is pictured below. Futurae provides a suite of authentication solutions, including the novel Sound-Proof technology, originally invented at

ZISC researchers nominated for TOP 5 invention of ETH

March 30, 2017Kari KostiainenUncategorized

ZISC researchers Sinisa Matetic, Kari Kostiainen, David Sommer, Aritra Dhar and Prof. Srdjan Capkun were nominated as TOP 5 finalist in the ETH Spark Award 2017 for their work on rollback protection in hardware-based security architectures and its applications to more secure financial transactions and services. The Spark Award is an annual ceremony that recognizes

ZISC researchers awarded by the Swiss Department of Defense

March 14, 2017Kari KostiainenUncategorized

ZISC researchers Daniel Moser, Aanjhan Ranganathan and Prof. Srdjan Capkun have received a Cyber Award 2016 from the Swiss Federal Department of Defense on their research work on location spoofing and countermeasures on air traffic control. The researcher results were published at the MobiCom’16 conference in October 2016. The research paper “Investigation of Multi-device Location

Prof. Capkun gave a talk at the Android Security Symposium

March 14, 2017Kari KostiainenUncategorized

Prof. Capkun gave an invited talk at the Android Security Symposium 2017 that was held in Vienna, Austria this year. In this talk, Prof. Capkun reviewed the security challenges of current navigation and positioning systems. “In this talk I will review security issues in today’s navigation and close-range positioning systems. I will discuss why GNS

Prof. Capkun’s work on wireless car entry in Tages Anzeiger

February 28, 2017Kari KostiainenUncategorized

The research group of Prof. Capkun has demonstrated that the wireless proximity-based entry systems widely used in modern cars are vulnerable to so called relay attacks. In a relay attack, the adversary relays signals to the wireless opening device that is expected to by in near proximity of the car, but actually resides a long

ZISC hosts OAuth Security Workshop 2017

February 27, 2017Ralf SasseUncategorized

ZISC hosts the OAuth Security Workshop 2017, organized by the IETF OAuth working group, with the goal of improving security of OAuth and related protocols. OAuth is a critical component of the Internet infrastructure. OAuth enables the user to authorize a third-party application or service to obtain limited access to any service or account owned

ZISC alumni Boris Danev and his company 3DB featured in Wired

February 22, 2017Kari KostiainenUncategorized

ZISC alumni Boris Danev and his company 3DB Technologies are featured in a Wired article that introduces exciting individuals and groups bringing about the next wave of digital security. “Convenience often comes at a security cost, as Boris Danev knows all too well. In 2010, while a Phd student at ETH Zurich, Danev discovered the

Dr. Raphael Reischuk awarded INRIA-CNIL Privacy Award

February 15, 2017Kari KostiainenUncategorized

Dr. Raphael Reischuk, senior researcher at the ZISC, has been awarded the INRIA-CNIL Award for Privacy Protection for the paper ADSNARK: Nearly Practical and Privacy-Preserving Proofs on Authenticated Data published at the IEEE Conference on Security and Privacy (S&P), 2015. Please find more information here.