We are currently looking to fill a number of positions for Research Assistants in the field of Secure Software Engineering (German version here). These are PhD and PostDoc positions at Fraunhofer SIT where we are looking into developing a novel framework for automated security code analyses. If you are experienced in this area we definitely encourage you to apply!
Monthly Archives: July 2013
New Lecture in Fall: Automated Code Analysis for Large Software Systems (ACA)
In Fall/Winter 2013 we will be offering a new lecture on automated code analyses for large software systems. We will be discussing the most important algorithms to solve static code analysis problems efficiently and precisely, and will be presenting novel extensions of these algorithms that we have recently developed to address important real-world analysis problems like automatically detecting vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Library (e.g. CVE_2012_4681). Continue reading
Master Thesis on FlowDroid now available
Christian Fritz has just submitted his Master Thesis on FlowDroid. It gives many additional details not mentioned in our earlier Tech Report. You can check it out here:
FlowDroid: A Precise and Scalable Data Flow Analysis for Android (Christian Fritz), Master thesis, TU Darmstadt, July 2013.
Responsible Disclosure: Darmstadt Researchers Discover Security Vulnerability in AppGuard Pro
Stephan Huber (Fraunhofer SIT Darmstadt) and Siegfried Rasthofer (TU Darmstadt) discovered a security vulnerability in versions 2.0.0 – 2.0.5 of the security tool AppGuard Pro. A few weeks ago, we informed the vendor Backes SRT who has now fixed the vulnerability in the latest release. The vulnerability gives malicious apps full control of all settings in the AppGuard Pro application. The vulnerability not only allows such apps to bypass any and all of the tool’s security measures, on top of that the malicious apps can even misuse AppGuard Pro to convince the user into perceiving the malicious app as harmless. Users should download the update as soon as possible.
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DroidBench 1.1 is released!
DroidBench 1.1 is released with new challenges: