Editors’ choice for the thematic issue “New Materials and Technologies for Security Systems” is the paper entitled “Aptasensors Based on Track-Etched Membranes Coated with a Nanostructured Silver Layer for Influenza A and B Virus Detection” by V. I. Kukushkin, O. V. Kristavchuk, G. A. Zhdanov, A. K. Keshek, A. S. Gambaryan, Ye. V. Andreev, A. N. Nechaev & E. G. Zavyalova (Bulletin of the Russian Academy of Sciences: Physics, 2023, Volume 87, Issue 2, P. 172-177).