SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
Markus Klemen participated in the third round table (hosted by Brutkasten and A1) discussing the role of cyber security within startups. Details… Read More
Computer data breaches cost companies millions of dollars each year. When combined with the damage leaks of private information do to consumers, the total cost of security issues is even greater. Many systems, including blockchains and Internet of Things systems, are created secure at the design level. However, mistakes in… Read More
In the course of a 2-day strategy meeting at the Europahaus Wien we intensively worked out new strategies and set future goals. In a great atmosphere we brainstormed in small groups and were provided with outlooks for anticipated development and projects. The stimulating yet relaxed off site setting enabled a… Read More
At the VHS Mariahilf Edgar Weippl gave a presentation ‘Vom Morris-Wurm bis WannaCry’ to offer the interested general public an insight into how information security evolved in the past decades. Read More
Edgar Weippl gives an invited talk at ENISA’s NIS Summer School 2018 in Heraklion. His talk is on Blockchains and Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research. In addition, Edgar is on the panel on ‘Upcoming NIS Challenges from a European perspective’ representing the research view from the perspective of the presidency… Read More
After Srdjan Capkun’s opening keynote on ‘Secure Positioning and Location-Based Security’ and Bart Preneel’s presentation on ‘Challenges for Embedded Cryptography’, Edgar Weippl gave his invited talk on “Distributed Ledger Technology, Blockchain & Crypto Currencies – Hype & an Opportunity for Interdisciplinary Research” at the Cryptacus Conference. Read More
The workshop entitled “Domain specific extensions for machine-actionable Data Management Plans” was held during the 22nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries in Porto, Porugal. In the workshop participants focused on the common data model for machine-actionable DMPs and seek to identify which domain specific extensions must be implemented… Read More
Today, at the 2nd IMA Conference on Theoretical and Computational Discrete Mathematics [IMA], Bernhard Garn gives a talk titled ‘Algebraic Techniques for Covering Arrays and Related Structures’ (joint work with Dimitris Simos). The conference showcases theoretical and computational advances in the general field of discrete mathematics. [IMA] https://ima.org.uk/7775/2nd-ima-conference-theoretical-computational-discrete-mathematics/
Tomasz Miksa presented a paper entitled “Research Data Preservation Using Process Engines and Machine-Actionable Data Management Plans” at the 22nd International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries (TPDL 2018) which was held 10-13 September in Porto, Portugal. The paper demonstrates how systems used for managing data during research… Read More
New paper “Send and Pretend: Exploiting Transcript Consistency Issues in End-to-End Encrypted Group Chats”, was recently accepted for the 35th USENIX Security Symposium. The paper is a collaboration between SBA, the University of Vienna, and the Interdisciplinary Transformation University Austria (IT:U). It was authored by Gabriel K. Gegenhuber, Moritz Grefner, Maximilian Günther, Matthäus Wininger, David Schmidt, and Aljosha Judmayer. ∞
The IRIS web application in version 2.4.26 and possibly others is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the assets (CVE-2026-16969), custom attributes (CVE-2026-18360) and datastore upload (CVE-2026-18361) functions. ∞
We are proud to celebrate the outstanding achievements of our researchers, who were recognized at the University of Vienna Faculty of Computer Science's Best-of-the-Best Awards on June 24. ∞