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Distinguished Practical Paper Award at RAID 2026

October 16, 2026

The paper Supply Chain Insecurity: Exposing Vulnerabilities in iOS Dependency Management Systems, received the Distinguished Practical Paper Award at the International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID 2026) in Lancaster. Read More

Reinhard Kugler @ Linux Plumbers 2026

October 13, 2026

On 6 October, our colleague Reinhard Kugler, Applied Research Consultant at SBA Research, presented his talk eBPF on Wheels – Automotive and Industrial Use Cases at the Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) 2026, held in Prague, Czech Republic. Read More

IMPACT 2026

October 13, 2026

Last week, our annual event for partners and friends of SBA Research, IMPACT, brought together experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from research, industry, and the open-source community. The afternoon provided an opportunity to discuss the latest developments in security, AI, and innovation, celebrate our long-standing relationships, and mark 20 years of SBA Research’s contributions to cutting-edge cybersecurity and trustworthy digital innovation. Read More

Sebastian Raubitzek as Guest Editor of ERCIM News No. 146

October 7, 2026

Our colleague Sebastian Raubitzek, researcher at SBA Research and a member of the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Vienna, served as a Guest Editor of ERCIM News No. 146, dedicated to the special theme “Quantum Technology.” Read More

Sebastian Schrittwieser presents on AI and cybersecurity at international workshop in Italy

October 5, 2026

From 21 to 23 September 2026, Sebastian Schrittwieser, key researcher at SBA Research and head of the CD-Lab AsTra, participated in the workshop AI and Cybersecurity: New Challenges, New Opportunities in Curinga, Italy, hosted by the Italian National Research Council’s Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR-CNR). Read More

Georg Merzdovnik and Michael Pucher @ BalCCon2k26

September 25, 2026

We’re excited to announce that Georg Merzdovnik, senior researcher at SBA Research, and Michael Pucher, researcher at SBA Research, delivered a compelling talk titled “The Hitchhikers Guide to Hacking Cheap Bluetooth Speakers“ at this year’s BalCCon. Read More

SBA @ vienna night run 2026

September 18, 2026

Yesterday, a dedicated group of 15 colleagues, collectively known as “SBAthletes”, participated in the Vienna Night Run 2026 event, alongside an impressive total of 23,000 participants. Read More

Young Researchers´ Day @ ICT Security Conference 2026 – Recap

September 18, 2026

A group of dedicated young researchers presented their work at the 22st ICT Security Conference on 16 and 17 September 2026, which was organized by the Austrian Armed Forces. Read More

New paper accepted for ACM CCS 2026

September 16, 2026

A new paper, “Automated Reasoning for Indistinguishability in the CCSA,” co-authored by Laura Kovács, key researcher at SBA Research and full professor at the Faculty of Informatics of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), and Matteo Maffei, key researcher at SBA Research and Professor at TU Wien, has been accepted for presentation at the 33rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). Read More

Sebastian Schrittwieser on ORF’s ZIB 1: When AI developers warn about their own technology

September 15, 2026

In the ZIB 1 news broadcast of 13 September 2026, Sebastian Schrittwieser, key researcher at SBA Research and head of the CD-Lab AsTra, gave his assessment of the current debate about autonomously acting AI systems and of the calls from leading AI companies to slow down development. Read More

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