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European Resilience Summit Vienna 2026

12.05.2026

ERCIM Spring Meeting

20.05.2026 - 21.05.2026

ISPA Forum 2026: Stephanie Jakoubi to Speak on Digital Sovereignty and Cybersecurity

28.05.2026

SBA @ BOB 2026

April 4, 2026

In March, our colleague Michael Koppmann, senior information security consultant at SBA Research, gave an insightful talk titled Illegal States Are My Favorite Security Vulnerabilities (to Delete at Compile Time) at the BOB 2026 Conference in Berlin, Germany. Read More

Bernhard Garn Co-Edits New Springer Volume on Hybrid Threats and Disaster Dynamics

April 3, 2026

We are pleased to announce the publication of Dynamics of Disasters: Hybrid Threats, a new volume in the Springer Optimization and Its Applications series. The book was published in Spring 2026 and is co-edited by Dimitris E. Simos, Panos M. Pardalos, Ilias S. Kotsireas, Bernhard Garn, senior researcher at SBA Research and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Salzburg and Stefan Wolfgang Pickl. Read More

Congratulations to our key researcher Laura Kovács!

April 2, 2026

We extend our warmest congratulations to our key researcher Laura Kovács on her election as a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), one of Austria's most prestigious scientific institutions. ... Read More

FFG Leadership Visits SBA Research: Karin Tausz and Silvia Laimgruber Explored Our COMET Center

April 1, 2026

SBA Research was delighted to welcome FFG Managing Director Karin Tausz and Head of Division Structural Programmes Silvia Laimgruber to the SBA-K1 NGC COMET Center in Vienna. ... Read More

Congratulations to our key researcher Maria Christakis on receiving the ACM-W Rising Star Award!

March 19, 2026

Maria Christakis has been awarded the 2026 ACM-W Rising Star Award, presented by ACM-W: ACM’s Women in Computing. This prestigious recognition honours outstanding early-career researchers who have made exceptional contributions to the computing field. ... Read More

Congratulations to Gabriel Gegenhuber on Successfully Passing His Rigorosum

March 18, 2026

On February 19, Gabriel Gegenhuber successfully passed his Rigorosum with excellent evaluations, defending his dissertation "Democratizing Measurement of Critical Mobile Infrastructure: Security and Privacy in an Increasingly Centralized Communication Ecosystem" before the committee and PhD supervisor Johanna Ullrich. ... Read More

SBA Security Advisory – LibreChat RAG API Authentication Bypass (CVE-2025-41258)

March 18, 2026

LibreChat version 0.8.1-rc2 uses the same JWT secret for the user session mechanism and RAG API which compromises the service-level authentication of the RAG API. ... Read More

Congratulations to Florian Holzbauer on Successfully Passing His Rigorosum

March 17, 2026

On February 19, Florian Holzbauer successfully completed his Rigorosum, receiving excellent evaluations. He successfully defended his dissertation, “Turning Failure into Knowledge: Extending the Observable Internet by Leveraging Delivery Failures,” before the committee and Florian’s PhD thesis supervisor Johanna Ullrich. ... Read More

Georg Merzdovnik Hosted Hacker Jeopardy at Disobey 2026

March 12, 2026

Our colleague Georg Merzdovnik, senior researcher and team lead of research group ISIS at SBA Research, hosted Hacker Jeopardy at Disobey 2026, one of Europe’s most well-known hacker and cybersecurity community events. ... Read More

SBA Security Advisory – Checkmk Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2025-64999)

March 5, 2026

Checkmk in versions before 2.4.0p22 and 2.3.0p43 is prone to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability when used in a distributed monitoring setup. Any connected remote site can inject JavaScript code in the central site's user interface. ... Read More

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SBA @ BOB 2026

Bernhard Garn Co-Edits New Springer Volume on Hybrid Threats and Disaster Dynamics

Congratulations to our key researcher Laura Kovács!

FFG Leadership Visits SBA Research: Karin Tausz and Silvia Laimgruber Explored Our COMET Center

Congratulations to our key researcher Maria Christakis on receiving the ACM-W Rising Star Award!

Congratulations to Gabriel Gegenhuber on Successfully Passing His Rigorosum

SBA Security Advisory – LibreChat RAG API Authentication Bypass (CVE-2025-41258)

Congratulations to Florian Holzbauer on Successfully Passing His Rigorosum

Georg Merzdovnik Hosted Hacker Jeopardy at Disobey 2026

SBA Security Advisory – Checkmk Cross Site Scripting (CVE-2025-64999)

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