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Hate crimes against politicians have become a contentious topic in German media and public discussion. At the same time there is little empirical evidence on how big the phenomena are in the digital media and how the digital media and the real world are ...

As the digitization of our life continuously progresses, the associated risks and their impacts on each individual user of digital applications and internet services also continue to increase. Cybercriminals specifically exploit the carelessness or ...

The landscape of cyber-attacks is rapidly evolving and increasing in variety and frequency. The demand for cyber security expertise, coupled with a shortage of qualified professionals, underscores the urgent need for comprehensive training programs and ...

Smart and Digital healthcare is governed by ICT (Information and Communication Technology) and uses interconnected devices through communication networks to manage medical data, monitor patient status, manage hospitals and interact with government ...

This research paper investigates the adoption of generative artificial intelligence by citizens using the Technology Adoption Propensity (TAP) index. The study aims to explore the influence of cybersecurity factors on the acceptance of generative ...

In the current context of digitalization and globalization, development is an evolving, dynamic process. As with any change, the rise of digitalization and its role in human life can have both positive and negative consequences. The expanded cyber space ...

The current study endeavors to explore the linkages between the Dark Triad personality traits, namely narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, and the attitudes towards cybersecurity among university students who are registered in an information ...

We report on the design of a study to measure how the introduction of middleware software components could impact confidence in an institution. Middleware is software that runs in the background and thus cannot be perceived directly by end-users of ...

According to recent legislation e-invoices will, with some time lag, be mandatory for B2B transactions in Germany from January 1, 2025. Such e-invoices must, above all, fulfill three major requirements: the issuer of the e-invoice must be identified and ...

This paper presents a study on the application of Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks (HGNNs) for enhancing the security of complex social systems by identifying illicit and malicious behaviors. We focus on digital asset tokenization, a key component in ...

Social media platforms are designed in a way that keeps users engaged and occupied for as long as possible, by means of various user interface design elements and personalization techniques. A known problem with these techniques is that they may cause ...

Human smuggling is a grave social issue that carries several negative ramifications for many countries across the globe. Human smugglers operating on the United States-Mexico border, known as ‘coyotes’, are increasingly relying on online social media to ...

This paper introduces the framekernel architecture, a novel approach to operating system (OS) design that utilizes safe language-based, intra-kernel privilege separation. This architecture combines the security advantages of microkernels with the ...

Confidential virtual machines (CVMs) are increasingly deployed to protect users' code and data in use against attackers with hypervisor privileges. Given Arm's growing adoption, various implementations have extended commodity hypervisors like KVM to ...

Body-worn medical devices benefit from having a companion mobile application to monitor them and even program them. For example, the companion application for an insulin pump can be used to automatically monitor blood sugar level throughout the day and ...

The return-oriented programming (ROP) is a prevalent code reuse attack. It exploits vulnerabilities such as stack overflows to hijack the execution flow into the carefully chosen instruction snippet (called gadget) chain already in the memory. Address ...

Local communities engage production systems based on a set of agreed quality standards to which each member must adhere. Most of these systems, from local food production to renewable energy communities, require continuous and transparent monitoring of ...

In the past years, online anonymity has attracted strong criticism for its role in shielding online crimes such as cyberbullying, fake news, money laundering, and pedo-pornography. Yet, it also has historically strong supporters who emphasize the ...

Blockchain technology’s scalability is a major challenge that hampers its adoption and utility, particularly in resource-constrained local communities. In this paper, we present TokenCards 1, a novel commit-chain tailored to local communities.

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The online safety of minors is a complex issue that legislators are striving to address. Numerous initiatives aim to define policies and best practices to mitigate the risks associated with the use of technologies and applications by young individuals, ...