Lujo (Lujo Bauer) and I are seeking nominations for service on the program committee for USENIX Security '25. You may nominate yourself or someone else by Friday, May 24, 2024: forms.gle/VAWFhYzuBQo6kP….

Statement, signed by 250+ researchers, warning that the modifications of the Regulation to detect CSAM proposed by the EU presidency dont solve the issues pointed out by experts. It still introduces societal risks without solving the CSA problem. csa-scientist-open-letter.org

Full support. Diversifying the conference locations raises fairness in *many* respects. Thanks for the visualization and comparison.

This is your reminder that we still solicit (self-)nominations for the 2025 EuroS&P PC. If you have published at top security, privacy, or crypto venues before, nominate yourself. If you know others who'd fit, nominate them. Nominations will be considered until end of July.

Today, Felix is presenting our SoK paper on target selection for directed fuzzing at AsiaCCS. We analyzed 9 common selection methods on 1600 crashes, and guess what: simple software metrics still outperform all others. LLMs come in second only😲 mlsec.org/docs/2024c-asi…

The list of RAID2024 accepted papers is now online! Check them out here! raid2024.github.io/accepted_open.…

With the #GhostWrite CPU vulnerability, all isolation boundaries are broken - sandbox/container/VM can't prevent GhostWrite from writing and reading arbitrary physical memory on affected RISC-V CPUs. Deterministic, fast, and reliable - no side channels. ghostwriteattack.com

Don't miss pando's #usesec24 talk on discovering loop #DoS vulnerabilities in network services! 2nd talk in Session I (Track: DDoS) on Wednesday. Great collaboration with Anna Ascheman, who did large chunks of this work during her @CISPA internship.

We have just published the CfP of EuroS&P 2025! Check out eurosp2025.ieee-security.org/cfp.html and get your papers registered by October 21 and submitted by October 24. Also check out the change in rebuttal already after round 1 of reviews!

Manuel Egele and I look forward to your submissions 🥳 #DIMVA25 will have two deadlines: 04 Dec 2024 & 12 Feb 2025 #DIMVA is a great venue for young researchers to network and exchange ideas! Mark your calendars: 9-11 July in Graz!!

📣 The program for #ACSAC2024 is now online in its full glory: acsac.org/2024/program/ Once you have seen all the interesting papers, you will undoubtedly want to register for the conference, which is already possible, so go right ahead: acsac.org/2024/registrat…

We have just published our call for faculty @CISPA (see jobs.cispa.saarland/jobs/detail/255 for S&P and jobs.cispa.saarland/jobs/detail/254 for AI/ML). Application deadline is December 2, AoE. Please spread the news and if you have questions, reach out, I'll be at ACM CCS 2024 next week to chat!

I am pleased to serve as the "Network Security" Track PC Chair at ACM CCS 2026. The conference (including all other tracks) seeks volunteers for the PC. Nominate yourself or others here: forms.gle/xFYauxEr6XaxMA… -- Looking forward to hearing from you!