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AI5Production – Test Before Invest Project with Spusu

June 16, 2025

Spusu is an Austrian mobile network operator and operates as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) using the Drei network. Spusu offers premium-quality mobile plans at affordable prices. Since 2021, Spusu has also been fulfilling its role as a technology leader by expanding regional… Read More

SBA @ Conference on Excellent research requires the right framework

June 10, 2025

In mid-May, Jeanine Lefèvre, head of Office of Equal Opportunities at SBA Research, attended the important Viennese conference on Excellent research requires the right framework which set the tone for non-discriminatory research. Around 80 experts in science, politics, and gender equality came together to discuss strategies for… Read More

SBA @ Conference on Excellent research requires the right framework

Detection of Null Pointer Dereference in MediaTek VoLTE Stack Firmware with sipgate and ISMK Stralsund

June 6, 2025

Together with sipgate and ISMK Stralsund, Gabriel Gegenhuber, researcher at SBA Research and University of Vienna, and Michael Pucher, researcher at SBA research, discovered and investigated a vulnerability in the Voice of LTE (VoLTE) stack that is broadly used within MediaTek-based smartphones. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – Null pointer dereference in MediaTek Modem (CVE-2025-20647)

June 6, 2025

In the Mediatek modem, there is a possible system crash due to a missing bounds check. This could lead to remote denial of service, if a UE has connected to a rogue base station controlled by the attacker, with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation. Read More

SBA @ Security Forum Hagenberg

June 4, 2025

In mid-May, our colleague Reinhard Kugler, applied research consultant at SBA Research, gave a talk on Tracing the Invisible: how to create Observability on Edge Devices with eBPF. His presentation focused on tracing protocols in embedded systems by instrumenting the kernel. He discussed protocols such as SPI, I2C, and… Read More

Guest Talk: Jonas Juffinger (TU Graz)

May 29, 2025

We’re excited to welcome Jonas Juffinger from Daniel Gruss' group at Technische Universität Graz to SBA Research this coming Monday! Read More

AI5Production – Test Before Invest Project with Infraprotect

May 23, 2025

For over 25 years, Infraprotect has supported companies in the fields of crisis, emergency, risk, and security management, as well as crisis communication and R&D. The company provides tailored crisis management solutions to clients from a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, critical infrastructure, and public services. Read More

OCG Förderpreis 2025 Awarded to Daryna Oliynyk!

May 23, 2025

In 2025, the Austrian Computer Society (OCG) once again recognizes outstanding academic work in the fields of Computer Science and Business Informatics with the OCG Förderpreis and the OCG Förderpreis-FH. This year’s OCG Förderpreis goes to our research colleague Daryna Oliynyk for… Read More

OCG Förderpreis 2025 Awarded to Daryna Oliynyk!

Kicking Off COMET SBA-K1 NGC

May 14, 2025

In early April, we held a company-wide internal kick-off for our SBA-K1 NGC – Next Generation Cybersecurity COMET program, marking the beginning of an exciting new chapter for our research center. After months of preparation and collaboration, our team started the first COMET NGC phase, setting the stage for… Read More

New Paper: Attackers Can Do Better

May 13, 2025

In April 2025, the paper "Attackers Can Do Better: Over- and Understated Factors of Model Stealing Attacks", authored by Daryna Oliynyk, Rudolf Mayer, and Andreas Rauber, was presented at the IEEE Conference on Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning (SaTML). ... Read More

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