Markus Zoppelt
Co-Founder of UMBRA Security, Researcher, Private Investor
Nuremberg Institute of Technology / FAU
Biography
Hi, I’m a security specialist from Nuremberg, Germany. My research interests include Automotive Security and Password Hardened Encryption (PHE) Services. Please check out UMBRA where we aim to protect sensitive user information with modern cryptography.
I am also very passionate about investing and cryptocurrencies.
Interests
- Security & Privacy
- Cryptography
- Software Security Engineering
- Investing
Education
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PhD Student, 2017 - 2021
FAU
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M.Sc. in Computer Science, 2017
Nuremberg Institute of Technology
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B.Sc. in Computer Science, 2015
Nuremberg Institute of Technology
Projects
SAM
- a Security Abstraction Model for automotive software systems.
Hexagon Hamlet for iOS
- a minimalist city-builder game. Joint work with @twinfox2 and @FabianFuchsDev.
Recent Publications
Threshold Password-Hardened Encryption Services
Password-hardened encryption (PHE) was introduced by Lai et al. at USENIX 2018 and immediately productized by VirgilSecurity. PHE is a …
Reaching Grey Havens: Industrial Automotive Security Modeling with SAM
Autonomous vehicles have a greater attack potential than any previous individual mobility vehicle. This is primarily due to the …
What Today's Serious Cyber Attacks on Cars Tell Us: Consequences for Automotive Security and Dependability
Highly connected with the environment via various interfaces, cars have been the focus of malicious cyber attacks for years. These …
UnCle SAM : Modeling Cloud Attacks with the Automotive Security Abstraction Model
Driverless (autonomous) vehicles will have greater attack potential than any other individual mobility vehicles ever before. Most …