SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
Edgar Weippl introduced ABC AREA 1 at this year´s Anon Blockchain Summit Austria. Also Nicolas Stifter presented Echoes of the Past: Recovering Blockchain Metrics From Merged Mining (Nicholas Stifter, Philipp Schindler, Aljosha Judmayer, Alexei Zamyatin, Andreas Kern, Edgar Weippl). Full paperBlockchain Summit Austria 2019… Read More
Bernhard Garn and Dimitris Simos from SBA’s MaTRIS research group (https://matris.sba-research.org/) join the 6th Symposium and Bootcamp on the Science of Security (HotSoS) (https://cps-vo.org/group/hotsos), April 2-3 in Nashville, Tennessee. Bernhard and Dimitris also present their paper ‘Browser Fingerprinting using Combinatorial Sequence Testing’ (Bernhard Garn (SBA… Read More
Edgar Weippl gives a talk at the Workshop: Autonomous and Remotely Operated Systems: Benefits and Challenges to Nuclear Security hosted by WINS (World Insitute for Nuclear Security) on April 3, 2019. More information… Read More
Wilfried Mayer presenting “Measuring Cookies and Web Privacy in a Post-GDPR World” (Adrian Dabrowski, Georg Merzdovnik, Johanna Ullrich, Gerald Sendera, Edgar Weippl) at the Passive and Active Measurement Conference (PAM) 2019 in Puerto Varas,… Read More
Bernhard successfully defended his Master Thesis “Algebraic Methods for Experimental Design Theory” advised by Dimitris E. Simos at the Faculty of Mathematics and Geoinformation of TU Vienna. Bernhard gave an excellent presentation.
Last weekend SBA hosted the CTF Team “We_0wn_Y0u” (https://w0y.at) for another round of iCTF (International Capture the Flag), organized by UCSB. After a bumpy start, they were able to secure the 2nd place in the competition. Congratulations also to Bushwhackers and [SPbCTF] Kappa, for scoring 1st… Read More
Rethink Cybersecurity (hosted by SBA and Anovis) took place on March 14, 2019 as a co event of the 2019 Vienna Cyber Security Week. The session brought together over one hundred decision makers in business, research and government. The agenda featured a total of eight talks and panels on… Read More
Alexei Zamyatin has a talk on “Decentralized Mining Pools: Security and Attacks” accepted at the Breaking Bitcoin Conference. The 2019 conference takes place in Amsterdam, from 8-9 June. Read More
You are cordially invited to join Ulrich Habock´s talk on Friday, March 15, 4:00 pm @ SBA Research. Title: Anonymous Credentials for the Cloud, Revisited. Abstract: In an attribute-based credential (ABC) sys- tem, users obtain a digital certificate on their personal attributes, and can later prove possession of… Read More
Cyber attacks are all over the media and keep putting Austria´s digitization at risk. Global cyber crime and digital insecurities affect society and economy. Who will defend our connected systems in the future, and how will a possible defense look like? How can cyber security be implemented in order to… Read More
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. ... ∞
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.... ∞