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Code. Protect. Empower. Workshop Inspires 47 Female HTL Students to Explore Cybersecurity Careers

July 13, 2026

At the end of June, forty-seven female HTL students from across Austria participated in the two-day Code. Protect. Empower. – Cyber Security for Female Students workshop, gaining practical, hands-on experience in cybersecurity while exploring education and career opportunities in the field. Read More

4 Braincells Finish 4th at CISPA European Cybersecurity & AI Hackathon Championship

July 9, 2026

Four members of our Machine Learning and Data Mining (MLDM) team – Tanja Šarčević, Yelyzaveta Klysa, Sabina Khazari, and Daryna Oliynyk – competed as team “4 braincells” in the Grand Finale of the CISPA European Cybersecurity & AI Hackathon Championship, finishing an impressive 4th place. Read More

Walid Fdhila presented research on Trustworthy Decentralized Digital Ecosystems during guest professorship in France

July 7, 2026

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, gave a talk titled Trustworthy Decentralized Digital Ecosystems, during his stay as guest professor at the Faculty of Sciences and Techniques, Université de Tours, France. Read More

Congratulations to our key researcher Maria Christakis on receiving an ERC Proof of Concept Grant!

July 3, 2026

We congratulate our key researcher Maria Christakis, and Head of the Research Unit Software Engineering at TU Wien Informatics, on receiving a prestigious European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept Grant for her project CIRCUZZ. Read More

SBA Security Advisory – Genucenter Disclosure of SNMP Credentials (CVE-2026-13211)

July 2, 2026

The genucenter web interface before version 8.0p11 unnecessarily exposes sensitive SNMP authentication and encryption keys in its HTTP responses to users with the “Service” or “Admin” role. This exposure allows potential unauthorized access to network devices. Read More

SBA Research @ OWASP Global AppSec EU 2026

July 1, 2026

SBA Research was proud to support OWASP Global AppSec EU 2026, one of Europe's leading conferences on application security, held from June 22–26, 2026, at the Austria Center Vienna.. The event brought together security researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to exchange knowledge, discuss emerging threats, and explore the latest developments in application security. Read More

volunteers group photo at the OWASP Global AppSec EU 2026

BSides Vienna 0x7EA

June 30, 2026

SBA Research has proudly supported BSidesVienna as a Gold Sponsor for several years. We’re committed to fostering independent security research and collaboration within the cybersecurity community, and BSidesVienna is an excellent platform for advancing these goals. Read More

“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

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