In 2025, SECUSO was part of the evaluation of the @helmholtz.de Topic Engineering Secure Systems. Part of the evaluation was the research of the group Human and Societal Factors under SECUSO leadership. This includes the development of the NoPhish concept with various measures and their evaluation.

KASTEL Security Research Labs wishes all women and girls success and encouragement on the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

The call for papers for #EVoteID26 is published! Submissions can be made to 5 tracks: Deadline for the tracks “Security, #Usability and Technical Issues” and “Governance Issues” is May, 15. Submission deadline for the PhD Colloquium and the track “Election and Practical Experiences” is July, 10.

Das BSI hat E-Mail-Programme auf ihre Sicherheit untersucht unter anderem auch auf Schutz vor #Phishing und verweis dabei auf SECUSO! Es wurden Phishing-Szenarien nachgestellt, die Maxime Veit, Oliver Wiese, Fabian Ballreich, Melanie Volkamer, Douglas Engels und Peter Mayer identifizierten. 1/2

The #paper "From Matrix to Metrics: Introducing and Applying a Configuration Matrix to Evaluate DMARC Policies" by Tobias Länge, Fabian Ballreich, Anne Hennig, Peter Mayer, and Melanie Volkamer was accepted for presentation at the #Workshop Measurements, Attacks, and Defenses for the #Web 2026. 1/2

Am kommenden Dienstag, 10.02., ist Safer Internet Day (#SID2026)! Seit 2004 wird dieser Tag einmal im Jahr genutzt, um die Aufmerksamkeit für das Thema Sicherheit im Internet zu schaffen. Wir nehmen den Tag, aber auch die folgenden Wochen, zum Anlass, euch unser NoPhish-Kartenspiel vorzustellen.

👏 Many thanks to Florian Meissner who was our guest today for the # SECUSO research seminar. Prof. Meissner talked about how media presents topics on cybersecurity, who discusses cybersecurity topics on social media, and how to motivate at risk users to adopt secure digital behavior.

Seit November können sich Bürger:innen aus Karlsruhe und Umgebung bei "Wir forschen digital" anmelden! Aktuelle Forschung und digitale Technologien hautnah erleben: Das ist "Wir forschen digital". Das Panel bietet die Möglichkeit, an wissenschaftlichen Studien teilzunehmen und Geld zu verdienen. 1/3

Wir haben eine neue Version der Privacy Friendly ToDo-Liste und der Battleship App veröffentlicht! Zusätzlich zur Behebung von Fehlern sind auch neue Features und Übersetzungen hinzugekommen. #SECUSO #PFA 🔗 Apps: secuso.aifb.kit.edu/105.php

🎙️ Invitation to our Research Seminar on 5.02., 11am, hybrid. Guest is Prof. Florian Meißner, and he will talk about: „Evaluating risk communication about cybersecurity. Results from media content analyses and two experimental surveys with high-vulnerability age groups.“ 🔗 secuso.aifb.kit.edu/73.php

Four #SECUSO #papers will be presented at the #Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems! #CHI is the most important international conference in human-computer interaction and a #publication at CHI is a special highlight for the researchers. CHI 2026 takes place April 13-17: chi2026.acm.org

🎄Great news to wrap up the year! The Call for Papers for #EVoteID26 is officially open🚀 📍 Tallinn, Estonia 📅 6-9 October 2026 📝 Deadlines: • May 15, 2026 – Tracks 1 & 2 • July 10, 2026 – Tracks 3 & PhD • Sept 15, 2026 – Posters & Demos We can’t wait to see you in Tallinn!✨

🚀 Submissions are now OPEN for #EVoteID26! If you work on electronic voting, or if you’re a PhD student in this area, we’d love to see your work! 📍 Tallinn, Estonia 🗓 6-9 October 2026 🔗 Submit here: easychair.org/conferences/... 🔁 Help us spread the word!

2025 brought #SECUSO many new things: In addition to four new employees and numerous new student assistants, we expanded our societal #outreach with the citizen panel “Wir forschen Digital”. Since November, citizens from Karlsruhe are able to register for participation in #research studies. 1/3

Melanie Volkamer and Peter Mayer, #SECUSO, support the program committee of the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS) this year. In January, SOUPS has improved its ranking and is now rated as "A" conference. SOUPS will take place from August 23 to 26, 2026 in Hannover, Germany: soups.page

Wir freuen uns 2025 13 neue Referenzanwender unserer NoPhish-Materialien gewonnen zu haben! Dabei sind nun auch Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, DNetz, Podcast „Informatik für die moderne Hausfrau“, Hochschule Anhalt, Informatikzentrale.de, 1/2 @informatikfrau.bsky.social

Morgen beim ersten „Human Subject Research for Impact” Symposium stellt sich das Bürgerpanel „Wir forschen digital” vor. "Wir forschen digital" wird gefördert von KASTEL. Als Teil der wachsenden Human Subject Research-Landschaft am KIT freuen wir uns auf den Dialog. @kastel-labs.bsky.social 1/2

Second presention from @aryderwood.bsky.social, @gehaxelt.bsky.social, and @securitycapybara.bsky.social at #ACSAC25 for the #SECUSO research group. Well done 👏 Original post: chaos.social/@Aryderwood/...

Dr. Benjamin Berens, #SECUSO, is visiting ETH Zürich since November. He will be working with the “Security, Privacy & Society” research group led by Prof. Verena Zimmermann. Until 19 December he will also meet other researchers who focus on #security and #privacy or human #behavior #research. 1/2

Im November war Prof. Dr. Stefan Katzenbeisser zu Besuch bei #SECUSO. Katzenbeisser ist Professor an der Universität Passau und Mitbegründer der INCYDE GmbH, die sich auf die #Sicherheit im #Schienenverkehr spezialisiert. 1/2

Juraj Sikra, #SECUSO, is on the program committee for #European #Interdisciplinary #Cybersecurity #Conference (EICC) which takes place in Darmstadt, Germany, from June 17-18, 2026. The call for papers for next year’s #EICC is published. 1/2 @kastel-labs.bsky.social @kitinformatik.bsky.social

Wir begrüßen Christian Mack bei #SECUSO! Christian hat kürzlich seinen Master in #Informatik am @kit.edu erworben. In seiner Masterarbeit untersuchte er, wie sich das #Vertrauen der US-Wähler nach der Präsidentschaftswahl 2024 zwischen den bei der #Wahl eingesetzten Wahlmaschinen unterscheidet. 1/2

Dr Juraj Sikra, #SECUSO, (in crimson jumper) attended the DiTraRe Symposium 2025 to present his #research about the data protection risks posed by #wearables to sports #science. He also met with his colleagues Dr Katja Keller and Christian Rose from the Institute of Sports and Sports Science.

Unser Student Mario Gemov hat es ins Finale um den CAST #Förderpreis #IT-Sicherheit geschafft! Mit dem Preis zeichnet das Competence Center for Applied #Security #Technology herausragende Abschlussarbeiten aus. Das Thema der Arbeit: #Usability analysis of mail clients with regard to #S/MIME. 1/2

2 posters by and with #SECUSO members will be presented at DiTraRe Symposium: "Risks Posed by Wearables to Data Protection in Sports Science as Identified by User Studies"Sikra presents a literature review about protecting sensitive data collected during sports science #research with wearables. 1/2

Prof. Melanie Volkamer, #SECUSO, wird am 20. Januar 26 im Rahmen der Fachtagung "Update für Personalrätinnen und Personalräte", organisiert von der Bayrischen Akademie für Verwaltungsmanagement zum Thema "Sicherheitsanforderungen an digitale Tools für Internet-Wahlen und Abstimmungen" sprechen. 1/2

“The whos, whats, and whys of issues related to personal data and data protection in open-source projects on GitHub” by Anne Hennig, Lukas Schulte, Steffen Herbold, Oksana Kulyk, and Peter Mayer will be published in #EMSE! It examines discussions on personal data and data protection on #GitHub. 1/2

#SECUSO beteiligt sich mit "Wir forschen digital" am Trialog. "Wir forschen digital" bietet Bürger:innen die Möglichkeit, an Studien zu digitalen Technologien teilzunehmen. Am Donnerstag ab 17:30 Uhr in der Triangel können Interessierte an einem Mini-Phishing-Experiment teilnehmen. @kit.edu 1/2

We are delighted to welcome Emiram Kablo as a guest #researcher at #SECUSO in October! She has been a #research assistant at the #IT #Security Chair at the University of Paderborn since 2022 and conducts research on usable #authentication systems for VR and neurotechnologies, among other topics. 1/2

Wir haben eine neue Version der #Privacy Friendly ToDo-Listen-App veröffentlicht! Teil des Updates sind Widget-Verbesserungen, Fehlerbehbungen, sowie zusätzliche Übersetzungen. Die App ist eine der Privacy Friendly Apps für Android, die von der Forschungsgruppe #SECUSO entwickelt wurden. 1/2

It was a pleasure to visit @secuso.aifb.kit.edu and imagine future cooperations.

Vielen Dank an alle TeilnehmerInnen des gestrigen KA-ITSi Events zum Thema Online-Wahlen. Es war eine sehr spannende Diskussion während und nach dem Vortrag

Congratulations @ps@social.kit.edu fir having your research mentioned in the ACM Tech News 🥳👏 Such a nice surprise to read about KIT research this morning! @KIT_Karlsruhe@social.kit.edu @strufe.bsky.social @kastel-labs.bsky.social

The paper “Fix It - If you Can! Towards Understanding the Impact of Tool Support and Domain Owners’ Reactions to SSHFP Misconfigurations" by Anne Hennig, Sebastian Neef, and Peter Mayer will be presented at @acsacconf.bsky.social! They notified domain owners with misconfigured SSHFP records.

We are happy to welcome Prof. Dr. Vanessa Teague as guest of SECUSO! Prof. Teague is CEO of Thinking Cybersecurity and Associate Professor at the Australian National University. You are invited to her talk about auditing complex elections on October 13th, 11 am: secuso.aifb.kit.edu/english/73.php

We are enjoying the Dagstuhl Seminar on Trustworthy Evidence-Based Elections this week! Happy to be joined by so many great researchers 🗣️💬 Image: Dagstuhl Castle - LZI GmbH, licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...), unmodified, original: www.dagstuhl.de/25411

👏 Congratulations Tobias, Florian, and Philipp, for winning the best paper award for their paper on the development and evaluation of a video on #onlineelections. The paper was chosen for bridging the gap between research & practical application, and providing benefits for society as a whole.

#SECUSO unterstützt Initiativen gegen #Chatkontrolle Am 14. Oktober entscheidet der Rat der EU über einen Entwurf zur Kontrolle von privaten Chats, der es erlauben würde, Nachrichten auf den Endgeräten vor und nach der Verschlüsselung zu prüfen. ℹ️ gi.de/meldung/chat... @kastel-labs.bsky.social

After this year's edition in Nancy, France, one thing is now clear: The 2026 edition of @evoteid.bsky.social will take place in Tallinn, Estonia, from October 6 to 9! We are looking forward to it! #EVoting #DigitalDemocracy #CyberSecurity

We had a great experience at @evoteid.bsky.social! Thanks to everyone and see you next year 👋☺️

Many thanks to all who visited our demo yesterday at @evoteid.bsky.social and provided feedback. The demo of the various parts of our verifiable #onlinevoting system was first presented as part of the #ESS evaluation. We now had the chance to obtain further feedback directly from the community.

Congratulations to Tobias, who presented his research on the development of an explanatory video on verifiable internet voting 👏

Thanks a lot to Florian to present our paper „On a Study of Mechanisms for End-to-End Verifiable Online Voting (StuVe) co-authored by Véronique Cortier, Alexandre Debant, Ralf Kuesters, Florian Moser, Johannes Mueller and Melanie Volkamer #EVoteID2025

⭐Welcome to the second day of the conference! We start with the presentation of Michael Naehrig: "ElectionGuard: A modular approach to verifiable elections" which gives very interesting insights on ElectionGuard's cryptographic building blocks #EVoteID25

🌟Last talk of the morning! Thanks to @ilevin.bsky.social for presenting: "From Reporting Delay to Conspiracy Theory" which highlights the critical role of political information in shaping interpretations of electoral controversies. #EVoteID25

Christina (who visited us earlier this year several weeks) is presenting our common paper at #EVoteID2025 @oksanakulyk.bsky.social Results of interviews conducted in Germany and Denmark

This morning, Melanie Volkamer, #SECUSO, joined by David Duenas-Cis and Peter Roenne, opened this year's E-Vote-ID! We are looking forward to three days of interesting presentations and discussions 💬🗨️@evoteid.bsky.social @davidduenascid.bsky.social #EvoteID25 #conference Picture by Tobias Hilt

Some impressions from the first keynote at #EVoteID2025

#EVoteID25 will start tomorrow 🗣️ During the demo session tomorrow evening, Tobias Hilt will present an improved user interface and voting materials for the cast-then-audit individual verifiability approach for verifiable #internetvoting. The demo was already presented in May... @evoteid.bsky.social

📢We are pleased to announce that the Springer Proceedings of #EvoteID25 are now published and open access! Explore cutting-edge research on electronic voting, security, usability, governance, and more. 🔗 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... #EVoting #CyberSecurity #DigitalDemocracy #AcademicConference