SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
From September 19 to 21, around 65 talented and curious women and FINTA* immersed themselves in the exciting world of cybersecurity at the University of Vienna. This continuing education and networking program is unique in Europe and is designed to make it easier to enter and advance in IT security. ... Read More
Combinatorial Testing is a highly effective black-box testing method that combines small test sets with strong fault detection capabilities. However, faced with unknown file formats or network protocols, it requires a method to extract a model of possible parameters and values to use in its test cases. At the 37th… Read More
The 20th International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security (ARES 2025) took center stage in Ghent, Belgium, from August 11-14, 2025, offering a platform for experts and enthusiasts to explore the latest developments in the field. Co-located with ARES 2025 was the 8th International Symposium for Industrial Control System & SCADA Cyber Security Research.... Read More
In August, our colleagues Tanja Šarčević and Daryna Oliynyk, both researchers at SBA Research, presented their posters at the CISPA-ELLIS Summer School 2025 on Trustworthy AI: Secure and Safe Foundation Models in Saarbrücken, Germany.... Read More
On 10th of August, Gabriel Gegenhuber, researcher at SBA Research and University of Vienna, and Maximilian Günther, researcher at the University of Vienna, gave a talk on “Silent Signals: Exploiting Security and Privacy Side-Channels in End-to-End Encrypted Messengers” at the… Read More
We are incredibly proud of the Austrian hacking team KuK Hofhackerei, which secured 9th place at DEF CON CTF 33, one of the toughest and most renowned Capture the Flag competitions in the world. The DEF CON Capture the Flag competition is… Read More
On a warm summer evening end of July, the SBA Research employees and alumni came together for our annual SBA BBQ – a tradition that brings colleagues, friends, and former team members together in a relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. The event offered the perfect opportunity to reconnect with alumni, share… Read More
In June, our colleague Bernhard Garn, senior researcher at SBA Research, participated in the 2nd IRDR Young Scientists Lumos, a global pre-event to the 2025 Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR). Co-hosted by the Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR) and the… Read More
We are proud to announce that this year, three members of SBA Research have been recognized for their outstanding contributions! Each year, the University of Vienna honors exceptional accomplishments by affiliated researchers through its “Best of the Best” awards. The recognition focuses on two main categories:… Read More
Vulnerability Overview All user accounts authenticate towards a Filebrowser instance with a password. A missing password policy and brute-force protection makes it impossible for administrators to properly secure the authentication process. Recommended Countermeasure We recommend to update to Filebrowser version 2.34.1 or later and configure… Read More
We are proud to announce that we joined the Linux Foundation Europe, further strengthening our role within the international open-source community. With this step, we are reinforcing our commitment to advancing security and resilience in digital infrastructures. ... ∞
David Schmidt, PhD student at CD-Lab AsTra, Sebastian Schrittwieser, key researcher at SBA Research and head of the CD-Lab, and Edgar Weippl, scientific director at SBA Research and full professor for security & privacy at the University of Vienna, received the Distinguished Paper Award at ACM CCS 2025 (A*-rated) for their work Leaky Apps: Large-scale Analysis of Secrets Distributed in Android and iOS Apps. ... ∞