Can removing images of children from AI training datasets prevent text-to-image models from generating CSAM? New research by CISPA-Faculty Dr. @ana-mariacretu.bsky.social shows that dataset filtering provides only limited protection & can be circumvented. cispa.de/en/cretu-dataset-filtering

We're ready for ICML 2026! 🚀 From July 6–11, we'll be in Seoul at the 43rd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2026), where our researchers will present numerous papers. Find an overview of all our ICML 2026 papers here: cispa.de/en/icml-2026

Congrats to @andreaszeller.bsky.social for receiving his 11th Impact Paper Award at FSE 2026 in Montréal today! He is honored for the SZZ-algorithm, which he presented together with Jacek Śliwerski and Thomas Zimmermann in 2005. Read our interview with Andreas at cispa.de/en/interview...

What a great week for the wireless security community🔒📡 CISPA had the pleasure of hosting the 19. @acm.org WiSec 2026 in Saarbrücken. Special thanks go to our CISPA Faculty, Mridula Singh and Nils Ole Tippenhauer, who served as the General Chairs of WiSec. We were delighted to welcome the community!

Team from Sweden Takes the Title at the First Hackathon Championship After 24 hours of coding and scientific creativity, the first-ever CISPA European Cybersecurity & AI Hackathon Championship has come to a successful close. Congratulations to the winning teams! cispa.de/en/hackathon...

Inside the Research Ethics Office at CISPA: In our latest interview, Thorsten Helfer and Jannik Zeiser talk about their academic roots in philosophy, their role and remit at the Research Ethics Office, and the challenges of applied ethics. Find the interview at cispa.de/en/interview...

How promising—and dangerous—is AI in Cybersecurity? This question was discussed in the workshop “AI in Cybersecurity: Offensive Capabilities, Impacts, and Response Strategies” organised by CISPA-Faculty Mario Fritz. Recordings of the talks are now online! Have a look: youtu.be/waqc5HA676U

What happens when AI models increasingly train on AI-generated content? Researchers fear a phenomenon known as Model Collapse, where information can gradually be lost over time. Louis Kerner developed BitMark to help keep AI-generated images identifiable. 🎧 More in the latest CISPA TL;DR episode.

CISPA now has its very own Research Ethics Review Board! It’s a resource for all our researchers and provides a structured process for the reflection of ethical challenges. Read more about how we approach research ethics at cispa.de/en/research-...

CISPA-Faculty Mario Fritz has been appointed to the Scientific Panel of the EU AI Office. A newly established body, the Scientific Panel brings together world-leading experts to support the implementation of the EU AI Act. More at cispa.de/en/fritz-eu-...

More than 45 international organization representatives visited CISPA to explore cutting-edge cybersecurity research. The delegation accompanied President Steinmeier during his visit to Saarland. From satellite security to cryptography, and tech transfer, the visit sparked valuable global exchange.

AI labels seem to be the preferred way to foster trust and create transparency. But can they really deliver on that promise? In a recent study, CISPA researcher Sandra Höltervennhoff found that the effects of AI labels are ambivalent. Read more here: cispa.de/user-study-ai-labels

Whether in research, transfer, or administration – May once again showed: CISPA is shaped by the people who make our research center what it is. 💙

And here’s some more good news: Congratulations also to Thorsten Eisenhofer on receiving a Distinguished Reviewer Award at the 47th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 🎉

Strong results for CISPA at the 47th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy 🏆 Multiple papers and contributions were recognized with awards at the leading conference for security and privacy research. Congratulations to all involved on this international success! More info: cispa.de/en/sandp-2026

We keep pushing AI systems to perform better, but do we know their limits? CISPA-Faculty Dr. Andrew Lowy researches what ML can achieve under privacy and fairness constraints and where further optimization stops making sense. Want to learn more? Visit: cispa.de/en/andrew-lowy

Today at @sp.ieee-security.org, CISPA researcher Marcos Bajo presents “Segmentation Fault Oriented Programming (SFOP)”, a novel code-reuse attack that bypasses Intel CET in Linux systems, spawning segmentation faults in sequence. More at cispa.de/en/sfop

At @sp.ieee-security.org, CISPA researcher Apostolos Chatzianagnostou presents PLaTypus, a new protection layer for Intel CET that restricts unsafe cross-library control flows used in modern code-reuse attacks. More: cispa.de/en/platypus

From processor vulnerabilities and AI side-channel attacks to privacy risks in URL scanning services: CISPA researchers are presenting 14 papers at the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE S&P 2026) in San Francisco. More: cispa.de/en/sandp-2026

Six cities. Hundreds of participants. One European hackathon community. 🌍💻 The CISPA European Hackathon Championship wrapped up in Warsaw. Students coded, built & solved 24-hour sessions. Now it’s time for the next stop—the Grand Hackathon Finale at CISPA! 🚀 Full recap: cispa.de/en/news-and-...

Where the future meets history: we’re going to Rome! 🇮🇹 The historic city of Rome is hosting Eurocrypt 2026 on May 10 - May 14. As every year, CISPA researchers are part of the conference program with several papers. Find the full list of our Eurocrypt 2026 papers here: cispa.de/en/research/...

👀 Research insights: A CISPA study highlights privacy and security risks of on-body interaction techniques and presents guidelines to help prevent harm. Read more: cispa.de/en/on-body-interaction-techniques

DNS is trustworthy—but there is a semantic gap we still need to address. That was the key takeaway from Michael Bailey’s recent talk at CISPA’s Distinguished Lecture Series. More in the video. Want to learn more? Check out all of our DLS events - cispa.de/en/news-and-...

No fewer than two scientific papers were honored this month 🏆 – a strong sign of the international visibility and impact of our excellent research. Congratulations to dear Sandra and dear @andreaszeller.bsky.social!

How can we make AI more sustainable – and digital systems demonstrably secure? These are exactly the questions explored in the latest edition of our CISPA Inaugural Lectures. Want to learn more? youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Tech talks and Brazilian vibes: we’re in Rio! 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro is hosting the 14th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) from today until April 27. Researchers from CISPA are presenting an impressive 20 papers. Find our ICLR 2026 papers here: cispa.de/en/iclr-2026

For everyone who feels connected to the center, our shop now offers a selection of CISPA items for everyday life – far more than just stylish clothing. A piece of CISPA for your everyday life. 💙 Discover our shop: cispa.de/shop www.youtube.com/shorts/zO_0J...

We’re delighted to announce that Michael Bailey from the Georgia Institute of Technology will be giving a talk in our “Distinguished Lecture Series”. Professor Bailey will be speaking on "Trust and the Semantic Gap in DNS" at 2pm on Monday, April 27. More info: cispa.de/en/dls-bailey

📢 Deep Dive into CISPA Research: CISPA Display 2026 Edition Released The yearbook highlights the wide-ranging research conducted by CISPA researchers – from CSS-based user tracking to AI-driven drug development. ➡️ Explore more: cispa.de/en/cispa-dis...

CISPA taking part in the Helmholtz Earth Week! 🌍 📅 April 20 🎤 Talks by Dr. Jannik Zeiser & Dr. Wouter Lueks 👉 More info in the link – we’d love for you to join us!

Sun, sweat and sleep deprivation—our hackathon in Spain was intense ☀️💻 Congrats to the teams Chorrico de Limon, Team MalagAI, and Team IPC Victory Tasks, who won a ticket to the final of the CISPA European AI & Cybersecurity Hackathon Championship. 👉 cispa.de/en/hackathon...

Congrats to the winning teams of the fifth regional CISPA European Cybersecurity & AI Hackathon Championship. 🥇 1st place: Team CDL Chorrico de Limon 🥈 2nd place: Team MalagAI 🥉 3rd place: Team IPC Victory Also, congrats to all participating teams for 24 hours of focus, creativity, and grit. 💻

The clock’s ticking down at the Barcelona hackathon! Tired faces, empty coffee cups, and all-night coding – teams at TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme are gearing up for final presentations at 12:30. Who will claim the crown and head to the CISPA grand finale in St. Ingbert?

Hackathletes in Mataró aren’t even pausing for food – just quick tapas & pizza to recharge. For 24h, they’re tackling AI security challenges, including removing watermarks from LLM-generated text. Now the question: how hard is that? 🌙

Greetings from Spain! The 5th regional qualifier of the CISPA European AI & Cybersecurity Hackathon Championship is now underway at TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme. Over the next 24 hours, teams are taking on challenges in AI privacy and security – excited to see what they come up with!

👀 Research Insights: Memes Without Hate Speech: ToxicBench Allows Safer AI Image Generation To prevent AI image generators from embedding offensive or discriminatory text in images, CISPA researcher Aditya Kumar has developed ToxicBench. ➡️Learn more: cispa.de/en/ToxicBench

"If you don't test your software, someone else will." Others may discover bugs and vulnerabilities. Here’s where Fandango, CISPA’s new tool for automated software testing comes in. More from CISPA-Faculty @andreaszeller.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/LuPgQ...

In the lecture hall in Saarbrücken, Dr. Rebekka Burkholz and Dr. @swenjacobs.bsky.social marked their debut as tenured CISPA-Faculty, sharing accessible insights into Deep Learning and Guaranteed Security. Congratulations to both!

What could the social media platform of the future look like? CISPA researcher Jane Im explains how platforms could give users more control and move beyond ad-driven models. New episode of CISPA TL;DR out now. 🎧 Listen now: cispa.de/en/TLDR-48%22

What’s PhD life actually like? Keno Hassler shares insights on research, motivation, and working conditions at CISPA. Read the full interview: cispa.de/en/interview-zine

New CISPA alumni newsletter: Read about research in intelligent software development and applied cryptography and many more topics. If you completed a degree with CISPA, worked here in research or support, sign up here: cispa.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Digital sovereignty needs secure hardware: At the CISPA CYBER BRIEFING, experts discussed processor security, RISC-V, and strengthening Europe’s technological capabilities. Key takeaway: openness helps, but security requires research, investments and collaboration. cispa.de/en/cyber-briefing-berlin

Think security holistically: Thorsten Eisenhofer @eisenhofer.bsky.social shifts the focus from isolated ML model vulnerabilities to the security of the entire systems they’re part of—where real-world attacks happen. More info about Thorsten’s work: cispa.de/en/eisenhofer

🏆 Amazing work! Congratulations to the winning teams of the fourth regional CISPA European AI & Cybersecurity Hackathon Championship! 🎉 🥇 1st Place: Team Pentagon 🥈 2nd Place: Team ZOS 🥉 3rd Place: Team CATByte

⏱ Final Stretch: The Last Hours of the Hackathon Many teams spent the night continuing to work on their solutions, with very little time for sleep. As the final phase begins, teams prepare their presentations, in which they explain how they approached the challenges. 💻

🌙 Evening Break at the Hackathon – Recharging for the Night Shift After hours of intense work, it’s time to recharge, so the freshly delivered pizza comes at just the right moment. The teams at the hackathon in Munich are using this short break to recuperate and gather their thoughts. 🍕⚡

💻 Hacking, coding, researching–and having a ton of fun! Our fourth regional qualifier for the CISPA European AI & Cybersecurity Hackathon Championship has kicked off at @tum.de. Since early morning, the CISPA team has been working on the set up, checking the tech, and preparing the challenges.

PhD candidates & postdocs at CISPA aren’t on their own. Our Early Career Support team helps them focus on research while growing professionally & personally—through training, career tracks, kickoff days & 1:1 support. Learn more: cispa.de/en/ecas

Meet our new CISPA-Faculty: Fuzzing Expert Dr. Moritz Schloegel 💻 Since December 2025, Moritz has been working at CISPA to fulfill his mission: uncovering vulnerabilities in software to make it more secure. ➡️ Read more about his work: www.cispa.de/en/new-faculty-schloegel

Starting early pays off: From March 16 to 19, 25 girls from Saarland, aged 13 to 18, visited the CISPA CySec Lab. The BWINF GirlsCamp specifically supports girls who are interested in computer science. We are excited to support and inspire the next generation of female computer scientists!