From the 178 participants, those from #Kenya and #Mexico perceive the threat of vote buying as more effective in altering election outcomes than those from #Finland and #Sweden: doi.org/10.5445/IR/1... EVote ID takes place October 6 to 9, 2026 in Tallinn, Estonia. @kastel-labs.bsky.social @kit.edu

Perceptions of Coercion and Vote Buying in Remote Voting Across Four Countries

To address threats of coercion and vote buying, various voting schemes have been proposed. However, the extent to which these solutions address such threat sce

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We are pleased to announce that the paper “Simple Asymmetric Anamorphic Encryption and Signature using Multi-Message Extensions” by S. Banerjee, T. Pal, A. Rupp, and D. Slamanig has been accepted for presentation at CRYPTO taking place August 17–20, 2026, in Santa Barbara, CA. Congratulations! 🎉

Yesterday, many students attended the summer edition of "Crypto with Cookies" at the KASTEL Cryptography and Security Group. Gathered around multiple tables, participants had the opportunity to learn about our state-of-the-art research and engage directly with our researchers.

Furthermore, Yorick Last from the University of Paderborn visited our group and presented his #research on #digital #identity wallets. Both also gave a presentation at the SECUSO Research Seminar. More information: secuso.aifb.kit.edu/3170.php

👉 Check it out: Das Programm zum 41. Symposium des Vereins Angewandte Informatik am 6. November ist online: aik-ev.de/veranstaltun... Das Symposium wird von SECUSO und dem human-centered systems lab unter dem Titel "Menschenzentrierte Informatikforschung" gestaltet. @kit.edu @kastel-labs.bsky.social

This is only one piece out of a series of cool research works @kastel-labs.bsky.social, @kitinformatik.bsky.social, and @kit.edu 🧑‍🔬 🌐 kastel-labs.de

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Explore our cybersecurity research lab, where experts innovate solutions, safeguard digital assets, and combat emerging threats. Our state-of-the-art facility drives cutting-edge research, ensuring ro...

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Congratulations!🎓🎉 We are very happy to congratulate Matthias Grundmann on successfully defending his dissertation entitled “Security Aspects of Payment Channel Networks” on June 29, 2026. Keep up the great work, and we wish you all the best!🎆

They ✅ evaluated past successes and failures ✅ reviewed the state of the art ✅ discussed emerging challenges ✅ and identifed future solutions. The seminar was organized by Melanie Volkamer, Josh Benaloh, Peter Rønne, and Philip Stark. @uni.lu @philipbstark.bsky.social @kastel-labs.bsky.social

ANYMOS 5. Mobility Café Friday, June 26 • 8 AM - 10 AM! Join us for coffee, croissants, and rolls as we discuss data in our democracy and the future of mobility. More Information: www.triangel.space/event/tdd26-... Registration: www.eventbrite.de/e/anymos-5-m...

Congratulations!👍🎉 The paper “Anti-Backdoor Coreset Selection via Cumulative Entropy” by Q. Zhao and C. Wressnegger has been accepted to ICML 2026, which will take place in Seoul from July 6–11. Congratulations to the authors on this outstanding achievement!🎆

Congratulations! Paper accepted!👍 The Paper “Heterogeneous Dynamic Logic: Provability Modulo Program Theories” by Samuel Teuber, Mattias Ulbrich, André Platzer, Bernhard Beckert has been accepted at PLDI 2026, taking place in Boulder, Colorado on June 15-19. Congratulations to the authors! 🎉

Congratulations, Patricia! We are delighted to congratulate Patricia Guerra Balboa on successfully passing her doctoral defense on the topic “A Formal Study of Differential Privacy in Complex and Correlated Data” on May, 20. Keep up the great work, and we wish you all the best!

🗣️In der neusten Ausgabe des @kit.edu Podcasts "Nachgefragt, wissen wie's läuft" hat Tobias Hilt über die #Forschung im Rahmen seiner Dissertation bei #SECUSO gesprochen: sichere Online-Wahlen und wie der Faktor Mensch dabei berücksichtigt werden sollte. ▶️Zur Folge: www.km.kit.edu/nachgefragt_...

Focus on AI Security On April 17, Prof. Dr. Teiji TOMINAGA, President of Tohoku University, visited KASTEL Security Research Labs at KIT with a Japanese delegation. A particular focus of the delegation’s visit was an exchange on the topic of AI. Read more: www.kastel-labs.de

New Anthropic AI can actively exploit security gaps, Jörn Müller-Quade in interview with WDR 5 Link to the interview: wdrmedien-a.akamaihd.net/media/p/publ...

Last week the Mastodon server of @kit.edu social.kit.edu has been opened up for all KIT staff members. Signing up is through Single-Sign-On with the KIT account and described in detail here: intranet.kit.edu/english/mast... #Mastodon #MicroBlogging #wisskomm #KIT #Karlsruhe

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Diese Mastodon-Instanz dient als Informations- und Vernetzungsplattform für die Wissenschaftskommunikation von Mitarbeitenden, Einrichtungen und Projekten des KIT.

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What a week at #CHI2026 ! We’ve come away with fresh insights from great talks and inspiring people. Thank you to everyone who organized such a fantastic conference. #kastel #KIT @kastel-labs.bsky.social

Congratulation! Dissertation by Markus Raiber KASTEL Security Research Labs proudly congratulates Markus Raiber on successfully completing his doctoral examination on April 16. His dissertation is titled “ Privacy-Preserving Collection and Analysis of User Data - Provably Secure and Practical”.

Wir forschen digital gibt Ihnen die Möglichkeit, an Studien zu digitalen Technologien teilzunehmen und aktuelle #Forschung hautnah zu erleben. Jede Teilnahme wird finanziell vergütet. Zeigen Sie uns Ihre Perspektive und werden Sie Teil der #Zukunft! Direkt zur Anmeldung: wir-forschen.digital 2/2

Gabriele Luczak-Schwarz, Karlsruher Bürgermeisterin für Wissenschaft: "Wir forschen digital ist eine tolle Möglichkeit, ohne große Hemmschwelle mit Forschung in Berührung zu kommen. Probieren Sie es aus – egal ob Sie einmal im Jahr oder regelmäßig teilnehmen möchten. Jeder Beitrag ist wichtig." 1/2

In der spannenden Diskussion rund um Deepfakes, Fakten Checks und Psychologie hinter Fake News wurde deutlich, wie komplex der Schutz unserer digitalen Informationslandschaft ist. @kastel-labs.bsky.social 2/2

Islam's first SoK paper “Multi‑Perspective Video Anonymization” was just accepted at PETS 2026, the top venue for privacy tech in Calgary 🎉. Huge kudos for mapping out where video anonymization stands today--and what’s still missing for real multi‑camera setups. @kastel-labs.bsky.social at work 😎

The Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026) will take place this year from April 13 to 17 in Barcelona, Spain. Registration for CHI is open and the program has already been published. More information about Pre-CHI: www.hcilab.org/event/german... @kastel-labs.bsky.social @kit.edu

Concratulations! Two papers accepted at the ICSE 2026 in Rio! “Same Same But Different: Preventing Refactoring Attacks on Software Plagiarism Detection” by Robin Maisch, Larissa Schmid, Timur Sağlam, Nils Niehues.

The #paper presents an approach for evaluating tabulation software used in local elections in Baden-Württemberg. VOTING 2026 will take place March 6 in St. Kitts: fc26.ifca.ai/voting/progr... 2/2 @kastel-labs.bsky.social

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

Hier geht's zur Pressemitteilung und Bericht des BSI: www.bsi.bund.de/DE/Service-N... Und hier zu unserem Paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @bsi.bund.de @2fa.bsky.social @securitycapybara.bsky.social 2/2 @kastel-labs.bsky.social @kit.edu

E-Mail-Sicherheit: BSI untersucht E-Mail-Programme

In unserem E-Mail-Programm lesen, schreiben und verwalten wir all unsere E-Mails. Entsprechend gut müssen sie vor Risiken durch Dritte geschützt werden. Das BSI hat untersucht, inwiefern E-Mail-Progra...

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Congratulations to the authors! The paper “Do Citizens Agree with the EU AI Act? Public Perspectives on Risk and Regulation of AI Systems” by G. Gasiola, G. Lima, Y. Zou, and F. Zufall has been accepted at the CHI Conference, taking place April 13–17, 2026, in Barcelona. chi2026.acm.org

Aktuell laufen bei "Wir forschen digital" vier Studien zu ganz unterschiedlichen Themen - von Phishing, über die Stimmenauszählung bei Kommunalwahlen und Erfahrungen in der Softwareentwicklung bis zu Passwortmanagern in VR: wir-forschen.digital 3/3 @kit.edu @kastel-labs.bsky.social