This study deals with dangers potentially posed from browser extensions. Browser extensions can extend the functionality of modern web browsers […]
Category: IT Security
State of the Art Services for Direct Communication
Direct data transfer and direct communication services are becoming increasingly relevant due to widespread availability of high bandwidth Internet connections. […]
Security Aspects of Web-APIs
Analysis on the state of security of popular Web-API frameworks. Web-APIs represent a significant building block of the modern Web. […]
Browser Addon for Certificate Validation using EU Trust Lists
Intended for demonstration purposes, A-SIT realised an addon for Mozilla Firefox capable of verifying and displaying the trust status of […]
Decentralisation of Centralised Services
The project demonstrates how standard services relying on centralised infrastructure might employ decentralised paradigms. A proof-of-concept demonstrator to decentralise e-mail […]
Flexible Communication using Cross Platform and Web Technologies
Although web technologies, such as those that can be used in web applications and cross-platform applications, provide the necessary tools […]
Technology Overview Blockchain
As part of this project, a survey on Distributed Ledger Technologies (commonly referred to as Blockchain) was conducted. The attached […]
Analysis of Car Applications
This survey evaluates the state of the art of mobile applications for cars. It gives an overview of popular mobile […]
Contextual Data Exchange
We present a reusable data structure that addresses the issues of static, inflexible and practically non-interoperable authorization definitions. We first […]
Flexible Two-Factor Authentication with FIDO
FIDO Universal Second Factor (U2F) is an industry standard for a generally applicable two-factor authentication. Using a USB security token […]