đ§COSIC reveals hundreds of millions of earbuds & speakers need a patch to prevent wireless hacking & tracking. Flaws in 17 models using #Googleâs #FastPair let attackers hijack devices, eavesdrop, and track users.
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We are excited to welcome Frank Piessens (@DistriNet, KU Leuven), who will dive into the fascinating field of Software Security.
Registration is still open: esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/eventâŠ
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Krijn Reijnders (COSIC) will give a lecture on "Public Key Cryptography". He is an expert in post-quantum cryptography, specifically code-based and isogeny-based schemes.
Registration is still open: esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/eventâŠ
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Tom Van Cutsem (@DistriNet, KU Leuven) will give a talk on Blockchain & Distributed Ledgers.
Explore the future of decentralized systems at the COSIC course.
Registration is open:
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Weâre excited to welcome COSIC professor Yunwen Liu for a lecture on Privacy Technologies.
Yunwenâs research explores privacy and security in decentralized infrastructures.
Registration is still open: esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/eventâŠ
Check out the latest blog post on our website by Neus VayĂ , who attended #TPMPC 2026 in Denmark.
In the post, she discusses the paper âWhen Trying to Catch Cheaters Breaks the MPCâ by Andreas BrĂŒggemann and Thomas Schneider:
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Nathaniel Hurst joins COSIC as an intern, visiting from UC Santa Barbara đșđž
Heâs working on pairwise independence of AES, using numerical methods to derive bounds for key cipher properties.
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Romir Zadoo joins COSIC for a summer internship. Working on security analysis of peer-to-peer networks (AWDL & NAN).
"I chose COSIC because they had an established summer internship programme aligned with my interests and past projects."
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On 25 June, Prof. Ingrid Verbauwhede (COSIC & @belfortlabs) will open the Hardware Security track.
Registration is still open: esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/eventâŠ
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Laura Drechsler (CiTiP, KU Leuven) will give a lecture on Cybersecurity Regulation.
With a strong background in EU law and policy, Laura brings deep expertise on data protection.
Registration is still open: esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/eventâŠ
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Lieven Desmet and Vera Rimmer (@DistriNet, KU Leuven) will give a co-presented talk on Cybersecurity and AI.
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New platform #Omoggle lets teens compete in AIâjudged âbeauty duelsâ, raising serious concerns about mental health and online safety. "AI is trained on data, so with targeted manipulation, these age checks are easy to bypass,â warns Bart Preneel in Knack: knack.be/nieuws/technologie-âŠ
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Emad Heydari Beni (@heydari_be, Nokia Bell Labs & COSIC) will be giving a lecture on "Zero-knowledge Proofs and Applications".
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Cyprien Delpech de Saint Guilhem (Head of Research & Development at @3miLabs) will be speaking about "Computing on Encrypted data".
Registration is open: esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/eventâŠ
This week in COSIC... There is a COSIC Seminar on "Information Leakage in Perceptual Hash Functions" by Janne Hennus (COSIC) tomorrow: esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/?postâŠ
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Michael Ward (Mastercard) joins us to speak on security for payments đłđ
Bringing expertise in cryptography and key management for global payment systems.
Registration: esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/eventâŠ