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Some of our work has been discussed in the following media sources:

• TU Darmstadt, Uni Kassel, Philipps-Universität Marburg: Infrastructure must become more crisis-proof (GER) (19.10.20020)
  Research team calls for more attention to resilient communication technologies.
• SWR 1: 100 Days Corona-Warn-App (GER) (09.09. 2020)
  For 100 days now, the Corona-Warn-App has been supporting us in the fight against the virus. It is frequently used, but it also raises many questions.
• SWR 2 Impuls: Corona warning apps: Research team demands improvements from Apple and Google (GER) (15.06.2020)
  A German research team has been able to confirm possible privacy and security risks of Corona warning apps.
• Gesellschaft für Informatik: Corona apps: Half-baked Openness (GER) (15.06.2010)
  Corona contact tracing apps are seen by many as an important building block in addressing the Corona crisis. How trustworthy are the apps released under the buzzword "open source"?
• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: Researchers discover security vulnerabilities in Corona apps (GER) (13.06.2020)
  Scientists from the Rhein-Main area have found vulnerabilities in the security system of the Corona tracing apps.
• WDR Aktuelle Stunde: Are there any security vulnerabilities in the Corona app? (GER) (12.06.2020)
  The Corona app will launch in the coming days; researchers report possible security vulnerabilities;
  experts see no danger for users.
• Oberhessische Presse: Warning app criticised (GER) (06.06. 2020)
  In the fight against the Corona virus, the government's warning app has been launched for voluntary use by all citizens. And there is immediate criticism - also from a computer scientist from Marburg.
• Oberhessische Presse: This device can save Corona patients (GER) (08.04.2020)
  A team of 30 researchers is behind the makeshift ventilator invented at the University of Marburg and brought to production readiness by the company Optik Schneider to save Corona patients.
• hessenschau: University of Marburg develops alternative ventilator (GER) (01.04.2020)
  Ventilators are a rare commodity in the Corona crisis. The University of Marburg has now developed two new devices that could help in the greatest need.
• Oberhessische Presse: Mobile data cloud as a crisis aid (GER) (04.05.2017)
  Marburg computer scientists have developed practical crisis management concepts to show how communication, which is vital for survival, can function in disaster areas even after the Internet has been impaired.
• HRZ Marburg: Smartphone users endanger themselves (GER) (26.03. 2013)
  IT specialists present results of a survey at the University of Marburg.
• TechRepublic: Android apps and SSL: Where's the padlock? (30.12. 2012)
  According to a German research team from Leibniz University of Hannover and Philipps University of Marburg, led by Dr. Bernd Freisleben (top picture) and Dr. Matthew Smith, a significant share of Android applications are not using SSL correctly.
• Deutschlandfunk: Too simple to be secure (GER) (27.10. 2012)
  App developers struggle with certificates for protected communication.
• Die Welt: Aigner demands more security for smartphones and apps (GER) (24.10. 2012)
  According to Aigner, one critical point is that, according to a study by the universities in Marburg and Hanover, the encryption of apps on the Google Android platform has been implemented incorrectly in more than 1000 cases.
• ZDNet.com: Researchers find SSL flaws in free Android apps (23.10. 2012)
  Researchers have highlighted how badly some Android developers are failing at securing apps, revealing that they were able to steal bank details, email and social-media accounts during a sweep of 13,500 free apps.
• Ars Technica: Android apps used by millions vulnerable to password, e-mail theft (22.10. 2012)
  Researchers uncover faulty encryption in apps available in Google's Play Market