Anna-Katharina Wickert

Anna-Katharina Wickert

PhD student at Technische Universität Darmstadt

Technische Universität Darmstadt - Software Technology Group

Biography

I am a doctoral researcher in the Software Technology Group supervised by Prof. Mezini. Currently, I focus on security problems caused by API-misuses, e.g., for cryptographic APIs. A well-known problem of cryptography in software is that cryptographic APIs are used in an insecure way. An example is that developers use ECB as a block mode for encryption which is known to be insecure. Within my research, we want to support developers to write secure code.

As part of my research within CROSSING, I am a contributor to the official Eclipse Plugin CogniCrypt which supports developers in using cryptographic APIs securely. Further, I contributed to the explainer video about CogniCrypt.

Interests
Education

  • PhD student supervised by Mira Mezini, 2017 - now

    Technische Universität Darmstadt

  • MSc IT-Security, 2014 - 2017

    Technische Universität Darmstadt

  • Exchange student, 2016

    University of Oslo

  • BSc, 2011 - 2014

    Technische Hochschule Bingen

Recent Publications

Anna-Katharina Wickert, Lars Baumgärtner, Michael Schlichtig, Krishna Narasimhan, Mira Mezini (2022). To Fix or Not to Fix: A Critical Study of Crypto-misuses in the Wild. In TRUSTCOM'22.

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Michael Schlichtig, Anna-Katharina Wickert, Stefan Krüger, Eric Bodden, Mira Mezini (2022). CamBench - Cryptographic API Misuse Detection Tool Benchmark Suite. In MSR'22.

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Steffen Herbold, Alexander Trautsch, Benjamin Ledel, Alireza Aghamohammadi, Taher Ahmed Ghaleb, Kuljit Kaur Chahal, Tim Bossenmaier, Bhaveet Nagaria, Philip Makedonski, Matin Nili Ahmadabadi, Kristof Szabados, Helge Spieker, Matej Madeja, Nathaniel Hoy, Valentina Lenarduzzi, Shangwen Wang, Gema Rodríguez-Pérez, Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Roberto Verdecchia, Paramvir Singh, Yihao Qin, Debasish Chakroborti, Willard Davis, Vijay Walunj, Hongjun Wu, Diego Marcilio, Omar Alam, Abdullah Aldaeej, Idan Amit, Burak Turhan, Simon Eismann, Anna-Katharina Wickert, Ivano Malavolta, Matus Sulir, Fatemeh Fard, Austin Z. Henley, Stratos Kourtzanidis, Eray Tuzun, Christoph Treude, Simin Maleki Shamasbi, Ivan Pashchenko, Marvin Wyrich, James Davis, Alexander Serebrenik, Ella Albrecht, Ethem Utku Aktas, Daniel Strüber, Johannes Erbel (2021). A Fine-grained Data Set and Analysis of Tangling in Bug Fixing Commits. In EMSE.

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Anna-Katharina Wickert, Lars Baumgärtner, Florian Breitfelder, Mira Mezini (2021). Python Crypto Misuses in the Wild. In ESEM'21.

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Recent & Upcoming Talks

Talk: Go Flow Safe: Ensure Data Flow of your App with Taint Analyses@ GopherCon Europe
Jul 31, 2022 — Berlin
CamBench - Cryptographic API Misuse Detection Tool Benchmark Suite
May 19, 2022 — May 24, 2022 Online & Pittsburgh
Go is Memory Safe isnt it? @ BSides Berlin
Aug 28, 2021 Online [Conference]
Crypto Fails and How to Tackle Them in Go @ GoDevNet
May 21, 2021 Online [Meetup]
Crypto Fails and How to Tackle Them in Go @ GoFRM
Apr 21, 2021 Online [Meetup]
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Recent & Upcoming Misc

Workshop: Application Security @ GopherCon
Oct 6, 2022 Online [Workshop]
Workshop: Application Security @ GopherCon Europe
May 26, 2021 Online [Conference]
What makes wonderful workshops @ GoTimeFM
May 6, 2021 Online [Podcast]

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Student Assistant
Technische Uniersität Darmstadt, Software Technology Group,
Sep 2017 – Oct 2017 Darmstadt
Creation of an overview of vulnerabilities in software discussed in recent publications
 
 
 
 
 
Student Assistant
Technische Universität Darmstadt, SOLA Software Lab
Mar 2017 – May 2017 Darmstadt
Evaluation and design of a new research idea Development of a dynamic analysis tool in JavaScript so solve out idea
 
 
 
 
 
Student Assistant
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Feb 2015 – May 2016 Darmstadt
Evaluation and design of a static analysis for Go Development and publication of the design and implementation
 
 
 
 
 
Ada Lovelace Mentor
Fachhochschule Bingen
Dec 2011 – Aug 2014 Bingen
Organization and operation yearly Girl’s Day with other team members. Organization, development, and teaching of workshops and lessons to increase the percentage of women in STEM jobs.