Four papers from SECUSO were accepted at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing System (CHI 2026): "Why Johnny Checks but Doesn't Alert: Reporting as the Missing Step in Verifiable Internet Voting" by Tobias Hilt, Christian Mack, Benjamin Berens, and Melanie Volkamer, "Development, Evaluation, and Implementation of SEQR -- a Usable Secure QR code Scanner" by Mattia Mossano & Maxime Veit, Tobias Länge, Benjamin Berens, Filipo Sharevski, and Melanie Volkamer, "`It's Confusing, Insecure, and Messy'' -- Mapping the Gaps Between Stakeholders' Cybersecurity Mental Models in the Danish Economy" by Judith Kankam-Boateng, M. Peressotti, J. Stentoft, K. A. Wickstrøm, V. C. Keating, L. A. Tumchewics, O. Schmitt, A. Theussen, and Peter Mayer, as well as "From Fear to Control: Developing a Three-Factor Scale for Cybersecurity Anxiety (CybAS)" by N. Dall, H. Hagge, Peter Mayer, and Cori Faklaris. CHI is the leading international conference in human-computer interaction, and we congratulate all authors on this great success. CHI 2026 will take place from April 13 to 17 in Barcelona, Spain.

Our Awareness/ Challenge Poster interactive exercises have now been translated into English, which makes them even more accessible. Learn about the essentials of how to detect and prevent phishing via playful challenges. Also, feel free to download and distribute our posters in your company premises to increase people’s exposure to this important awareness-raising tool. Phishing continues to pose major cybersecurity risks to people and organisations and our approaches can help you stay safe.

In addition to Melanie Volkamer and Peter Mayer, Benjamin Berens is also supporting the program committee of the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2026) this year. As of January 2026, SOUPS has improved its ranking and is now rated as "A" conference. Papers had to be submitted until February 19. The PC members and reviewers now have time until mid of March to assess the submitted papers. SOUPS will take place from August 23 to 26, 2026 in Hannover, Germany. 

The paper "Short Paper: Assorter-Based RLAs for Complex Sainte-Laguë Elections: A Stratified Approach Using Trusted and Untrusted Ballots" by Jurlind Budurushi, Tobias Hilt, Christian Mack, Vanessa Teague and Melanie Volkamer was accepted at the 11th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting (VOTING 2026). The paper presents an approach for evaluating tabulation software used in local elections in Baden-Württemberg. VOTING 2026 will take place March 6, 2026 in St. Kitts.