News overview

"Fingerprints are the longest and most thoroughly researched human biometric feature," says TÜVIT expert Boris Leidner. In the #explore article, he explains what makes them so distinctive, how fingerprint scanners work and how reliably they can distinguish real from fake fingertips.

Criminals leave traces behind - both in analogue life and in the digital space. Recognising, securing and evaluating these traces is the job of IT forensic experts. Read the article to find out what their work at TÜVIT actually looks like and what needs to be considered.

Whether in smartphones, healthcare, the energy sector or other critical infrastructures - open source software is used everywhere. Read the #explore article to find out how security experts at TÜVIT can test this software for security gaps and vulnerabilities.

Pope Francis in a fashionable down jacket or the supposed arrest of Donald Trump: AI-generated, deceptively real-looking fakes of images, videos or audio recordings are constantly circulating online. Vasilios Danos explains how deepfakes are created and how they can be exposed.

With NIS2, the EU wants to make companies and organisations more resistant to cyber attacks. TÜVIT expert Jacques Kruse Brandao explains which security requirements which companies will have to fulfil in the future.

AI can be used to solve many data-driven problems more efficiently - but it also harbours various risks. The AI Act aims to minimise these risks and increase the security and transparency of AI applications. Vasilios Danos explains what changes the regulation entails.

Smartphones, wind turbines and electric cars all have one thing in common: they all require semiconductors. Due to bottlenecks in the chip supply, various factories have had to temporarily reduce or pause their production. The EU is now tackling the problem of semiconductor shortages with the European Chips Act.

Everyone knows them, but only a few people know what they are called. We are talking about "dark patterns". The term refers to targeted manipulation methods that we all encounter on a daily basis, especially online. TÜVIT expert Tobias Mielke explains where they are used and how you can protect yourself against them.

If you want to read the news, book hotels or find trains online, you first have to get past the cookie banner. Many users find the banners annoying - and quickly click on "allow all". Data trustees such as PIMS are intended to change this. Tobias Mielke explains what they are all about.