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“Best of the Best”-Award for Sebastian Schrittwieser, Sebastian Raubitzek, Kevin Mallinger, and Edgar Weippl

June 30, 2026

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. Read More

Hiroshima Survivor Setsuko Thurlow Inspires Austria’s Next Generation of PeaceTech Innovators

June 26, 2026

How can technology contribute to peace? And what responsibility do today's innovators carry? Together with the PeaceTech Alliance and AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, SBA Research had the privilege of welcoming Hiroshima survivor and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Setsuko Thurlow to Vienna for the event "Hiroshima's Message for Tech Students and Innovators Today." Read More

Congratulations to David Schmidt on Successfully Passing His Rigorosum

June 24, 2026

On June 23, David Schmidt successfully defended his dissertation, “Hidden Dangers: Uncovering Security and Privacy Risks Through Large-scale Mobile App Analysis,” and received excellent evaluations. Edgar Weippl, Sebastian Schrittwieser, and Karen Azari supervised the dissertation, while Christopher Kruegel and Thijs van Ede served as reviewer. Read More

David Schmidt wearing rigorosum party hat

Third edition of sec4dev Dialogues brings insightful content and lively exchange

June 22, 2026

On June 19, SBA Research and its partner Condignum hosted the third edition of the sec4dev Dialogues event series. Security for Software Developers is essential. The current threat landscape and security incidents in recent years make it clear: the topic is more relevant than ever. Read More

SBA Researcher Walid Fdhila joins Université de Tours as guest professor

June 19, 2026

We are pleased to share that our colleague Walid Fdhila, senior researcher and team lead at SBA Research and senior researcher at the University of Vienna at the Faculty of Computer Science, will spend the next month as a guest professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Techniques at Université de Tours, France. Read More

Conference Participation at DAE 2026 at Rutgers University

June 17, 2026

Ludwig Kampel attended the Design and Analysis of Experiments Conference (DAE) 2026, which took place from May 19 to 21, 2026, at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey, USA. Read More

Ludwig presenting his poster at DAE 2026

SBA @ AIAGENT4CYBER consortium meeting in Burgos to advance AI-driven cybersecurity

June 12, 2026

SBA Research recently participated in the latest plenary meeting of the AIAGENT4CYBER project, hosted by ITCL Centro Tecnológico in Burgos, Spain. Read More

Kevin Mallinger delivers guest lecture on sustainable AI applications at Institut Agro Rennes-Angers

June 9, 2026

Kevin Mallinger, researcher at SBA Research, recently delivered a guest lecture on “Sustainable AI Applications” at Institut Agro Rennes-Angers in France. The lecture brought together students, researchers, and faculty members interested in the role of artificial intelligence in addressing sustainability challenges. Read More

SBA Hosts Austrian CTF Team KuK Hofhackerei During DEFCON Qualifiers

June 5, 2026

On the Pentecost weekend, SBA hosted the Austrian CTF team "KuK Hofhackerei" as they participated in the DEFCON CTF Qualifiers. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – SWUpdate Untrusted Script Execution via Signed Update TOCTOU (CVE-2025-41259)

June 3, 2026

SWUpdate before 2026.05 is affected by a time-of-check time-of-use (TOCTOU) race condition that allows local unprivileged attackers to escalate privileges to root or install untrusted contents using a signed update. Read More

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