COSIC researcher Martin Zbudila presented the paper "Connecting the Dots in Privacy-Preserving ML - Systematization of MPC Protocols and Conversions Between Secret Sharing Schemes" at #TPMPC in Aarhus, Denmark.
In this paper the authors systematise the literature of MPC frameworks with applications to privacy-preserving machine learning.
Link to paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2025/1679
Link to GitHub: https://github.com/KULeuven-COSIC/sok-ppml-mpc-frameworks

"One Tap to Hijack Them All: A Security Analysis of the Google Fast Pair Protocol" (Sayon Duttagupta, Seppe Wyns, Nikola Antonijević, Dave Singelée, Bart Preneel) was presented at the IEEE S&P 2026 conference in San Francisco.
#whisperpair #bluetooth #googlefastpair #ieeesp

Quantum physics, without the headache! COSIC’s Wouter Legiest joins Lieven Scheire & Hetty Helsmoortel for “Quantum for Dummies” at Nerdland Festival.
📍 Nerdland Theater | 🕠 17:45–18:45 (this Sat–Mon)
#Nerdland #QuantumPhysics
Don't miss it: https://www.nerdlandfestival.be/nl/programma-overzicht/wetenschapsshow-o-kwantum-voor-dummies

The COSIC Seminar "Leveled Isogeny Problems with Hints" by Riccardo Invernizzi (COSIC) is now online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_a0EMDExWM

Ransomware isn’t just a technical problem, it’s a human one. When systems go down, people face extreme pressure, stress, and long‑lasting impact.
👉 Check out this cybersecurity-bites blog post (in Dutch): https://cybersecurity-bites.be/werknemers/de-menselijke-impact-van-ransomware/
#Ransomware #CyberResilience #IncidentResponse

🔐 Join the COSIC Course on Cryptography & Cybersecurity | 22–25 June 2026 (KU Leuven). Learn from experts incl. Bart Preneel, Vincent Rijmen, Mastercard, Google, IBM & more. From PQC to AI, payments & hardware security.
Register now: https://esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/events/cosic-course/

This week in COSIC... Two seminars: "Leveled Isogeny Problems with Hints" by Riccardo Invernizzi (COSIC) and "ThreadFuzzer: A Fuzzing Framework for the Thread Protocol" by Ilja Siroš & Jakob Heirwegh (COSIC).
More info on https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/?post_type=tribe_events

🔐 Join the COSIC Course on Cryptography & Cybersecurity | 22–25 June 2026 (KU Leuven).
Learn from experts incl. Bart Preneel, Vincent Rijmen, Mastercard, Google, IBM & more.
From PQC to AI, payments & hardware security.
👉 Register now: https://www.esat.kuleuven.be/cosic/events/cosic-course/

Jelena Zelenovic and Edoardo Peña presented a poster at MAgiCS (Eurocrypt 2026 workshop) in Rome: "Post-Quantum Discovery as a Governance Capability: Evidence-Based Cryptographic Visibility and Exposure Prioritisation in a Critical Service Provider".
https://magics-workshop.cs.hs-rm.de/

#Instagram has removed end‑to‑end #encryption for private messages, allowing #Meta to read them again. "It’s very strange that Instagram chooses to make the internet less secure for its users," says cryptographer Bart Preneel. 🔐❌
https://www.nieuwsblad.be/economie/technologie/instagram-kan-vanaf-nu-opnieuw-je-priveberichten-lezen-ze-willen-over-iedereen-zoveel-mogelijk-weten/151241253.html