Threat modeling is well established in the software engineering field to show potential IT vulnerabilities of an artefact and to […]
Category: IT Security
Security Analysis of Current Peer-to-Peer Networks
This project analyses the security concepts of currently deployed peer-to-peer networks. The recent hype about cryptocurrencies has also been pushing […]
Security of Blockchain-Based Cryptocurrencies
In this project, we first describe different attacks on blockchain-based cryptocurrencies with a focus on Bitcoin. Examples are the 51% […]
Possible Side Channels through Deduplication
Modern file systems like ZFS offer extended functionality such as deduplication by supporting Copy on Write (CoW). Deduplication allows duplicated […]
Evaluation of safety standards for IoT household appliances
This work provides an overview of various safety standards applicable to IoT household appliances. We differentiate between compulsory standards, like […]
Voting Systems for Public Blockchains
In this project, we analyzed different blockchain based voting and signaling systems for public blockchains. These voting mechanisms are different […]
Distributed Event System
The use of distributed systems always requires a minimum amount of parallelism. More precisely, there is almost always a need […]
Security Comparison of Apps on Android and iOS
In order to gain a better understanding of what influences the security of mobile applications under Android and iOS, typical […]
Disaster Communication using Mesh Software
This project demonstrates the creation of a mesh network consisting of stationary and mobile nodes, based on cost-efficient hardware and […]
Similarity of Source Code in Applications
In order to gain a more abstract understanding of the behavior of program code, this project uses current scientific approaches […]