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Overview

Sascha Fahl is affiliated with the Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Social Sciences, with significant contributions to subfields such as Information Systems, Sociology and Political Science, Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, and Communication.

The main topics covered by Sascha Fahl's work include:

  • Privacy, Security, and Data Protection
  • Advanced Malware Detection Techniques
  • Information and Cyber Security
  • User Authentication and Security Systems
  • Software Engineering Research
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Digital and Cyber Forensics

The scientist's frequently published venues consist of:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • IEEE Security & Privacy
  • 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sascha Fahl include:

  • "How Does Usable Security (Not) End Up in Software Products? Results From a Qualitative Interview Study," 2022, 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • "Committed to Trust: A Qualitative Study on Security & Trust in Open Source Software Projects," 2022, 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • "Better managed than memorized? Studying the Impact of Managers on Password Strength and Reuse," 2023, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)
  • "27 Years and 81 Million Opportunities Later: Investigating the Use of Email Encryption for an Entire University," 2022, 2022 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP)
  • "Privacy Rarely Considered: Exploring Considerations in the Adoption of Third-Party Services by Websites," 2023, Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies

Frequent collaborators in their research include the following individuals:

  • Yasemin Acar
  • Jan H. Klemmer
  • Dominik Wermke
  • Nicolas Huaman
  • Christian Stransky

Best Publications

  • Why eve and mallory love android: an analysis of android SSL (in)security

    Sascha Fahl;Marian Harbach;Thomas Muders;Lars Baumgärtner

  • (Un)informed Consent: Studying GDPR Consent Notices in the Field

    Christine Utz;Martin Degeling;Sascha Fahl;Florian Schaub

  • You Get Where You're Looking for: The Impact of Information Sources on Code Security

    Yasemin Acar;Michael Backes;Sascha Fahl;Doowon Kim

  • Stack Overflow Considered Harmful? The Impact of Copy&Paste on Android Application Security

    Felix Fischer;Konstantin Bottinger;Huang Xiao;Christian Stransky

  • VCCFinder: Finding Potential Vulnerabilities in Open-Source Projects to Assist Code Audits

    Henning Perl;Sergej Dechand;Matthew Smith;Daniel Arp

  • SoK: Secure Messaging

    Nik Unger;Sergej Dechand;Joseph Bonneau;Sascha Fahl

  • Comparing the Usability of Cryptographic APIs

    Yasemin Acar;Michael Backes;Sascha Fahl;Simson Garfinkel

  • Rethinking SSL development in an appified world

    Sascha Fahl;Marian Harbach;Henning Perl;Markus Koetter

  • Keep me Updated: An Empirical Study of Third-Party Library Updatability on Android

    Erik Derr;Sven Bugiel;Sascha Fahl;Yasemin Acar

  • On the ecological validity of a password study

    Sascha Fahl;Marian Harbach;Yasemin Acar;Matthew Smith

  • You are Not Your Developer, Either: A Research Agenda for Usable Security and Privacy Research Beyond End Users

    Yasemin Acar;Sascha Fahl;Michelle L. Mazurek

  • Developers Need Support, Too: A Survey of Security Advice for Software Developers

    Yasemin Acar;Christian Stransky;Dominik Wermke;Charles Weir

  • SoK: Lessons Learned from Android Security Research for Appified Software Platforms

    Yasemin Acar;Michael Backes;Sven Bugiel;Sascha Fahl

  • A Stitch in Time: Supporting Android Developers in WritingSecure Code

    Duc Cuong Nguyen;Dominik Wermke;Yasemin Acar;Michael Backes

  • Security Developer Studies with GitHub Users: Exploring a Convenience Sample

    Yasemin Acar;Christian Stransky;Dominik Wermke;Michelle L. Mazurek

  • Helping Johnny 2.0 to encrypt his Facebook conversations

    Sascha Fahl;Marian Harbach;Thomas Muders;Matthew Smith

  • A Large Scale Investigation of Obfuscation Use in Google Play

    Dominik Wermke;Nicolas Huaman;Yasemin Acar;Bradley Reaves

  • Confidentiality as a Service -- Usable Security for the Cloud

    Sascha Fahl;Marian Harbach;Thomas Muders;Matthew Smith

  • Hey, You, Get Off of My Clipboard

    Sascha Fahl;Marian Harbach;Marten Oltrogge;Thomas Muders

  • To pin or not to pin helping app developers bullet proof their TLS connections

    Marten Oltrogge;Yasemin Acar;Sergej Dechand;Matthew Smith

  • A Summary of Survey Methodology Best Practices for Security and Privacy Researchers

    Elissa M. Redmiles;Yasemin Acar;Sascha Fahl;Michelle L. Mazurek

  • (Un)informed Consent: Studying GDPR Consent Notices in the Field

    Christine Utz;Martin Degeling;Sascha Fahl;Florian Schaub

  • Developers Deserve Security Warnings, Too: On the Effect of Integrated Security Advice on Cryptographic {API} Misuse

    Peter Leo Gorski;Luigi Lo Iacono;Dominik Wermke;Christian Stransky

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Smith
Matthew Smith University of Bonn
Michael Backes
Michael Backes University of Oxford
Simson L. Garfinkel
Simson L. Garfinkel United States Census Bureau
Thorsten Holz
Thorsten Holz Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy
Blase Ur
Blase Ur University of Chicago
Florian Schaub
Florian Schaub University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Bernd Freisleben
Bernd Freisleben Philipp University of Marburg
Patrick Traynor
Patrick Traynor University of Florida
Claudia Eckert
Claudia Eckert The Open University
Michael P. Brenner
Michael P. Brenner University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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