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Researchers discover security vulnerability in WhatsApp

Global Collection of User Data Was Possible Through a – Now Resolved – Privacy Vulnerability. Computer scientists from the University of Vienna and SBA Research have uncovered a significant privacy vulnerability in WhatsApp’s Contact Discovery mechanism. Exploiting this weakness, they were able to perform an unprecedented global enumeration of all… Read More
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New Article in Elsevier Computer & Security

Our colleague Sebastian Raubitzek, researcher at SBA Research and a member of the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Vienna, has published a journal article titled "Obfuscation Detection using Matrix Complexity Features of Binary Grayscale Images" in Elsevier's Journal Computers & Security ... Read More
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Best Paper Award @ RAID 2025

Researchers from SBA Research, the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Vienna and the UniVie Doctoral School Computer Science, have been honored with the Best Paper Award at the 28th International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses… Read More
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New Article in MDPI Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction

Our colleague Sebastian Raubitzek, researcher at SBA Research and a member of the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Vienna, has published a journal article titled Classification of Obfuscation Techniques in LLVM IR: Machine Learning on Vector Representations in MDPI's journal Machine Learning and Knowledge Extraction. ... Read More
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SBA @ ACM IMC 2025

End of October, Florian Holzbauer, researcher at SBA Research and a member of the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Vienna, presented his paper Tracking Internet Disruptions in Ukraine: Insights from Three Years of Active Full Block Scans at the ACM Internet Measurement Conference in Madison, Wisconsin,… Read More
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IMPACT 2025

In mid-October, our yearly partner and friends of SBA Research event IMPACT brought together experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from research, industry, and the open-source community. One afternoon with discussion about the latest developments in security, open source, and research and to celebrate our long-standing relationships. This year’s program… Read More
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SBA Research joins the Linux Foundation Europe

We are proud to announce that we joined the Linux Foundation Europe, further strengthening our role within the international open-source community. With this step, we are reinforcing our commitment to advancing security and resilience in digital infrastructures. ... Read More
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Distinguished paper award at ACM CCS 2025

David Schmidt, PhD student at CD-Lab AsTra, Sebastian Schrittwieser, key researcher at SBA Research and head of the CD-Lab, and Edgar Weippl, scientific director at SBA Research and full professor for security & privacy at the University of Vienna, received the Distinguished Paper Award at ACM CCS 2025 (A*-rated) for their work Leaky Apps: Large-scale Analysis of Secrets Distributed in Android and iOS Apps. ... Read More
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New paper in Science Computers and Electronics in Agriculture

Our colleagues Georg Goldenits, and Thomas Neubauer published a new paper on Taxonomy of cybersecurity consideration in agriculture. This paper explores the key cybersecurity threats and reliability risks in Agriculture 4.0 by mapping potential faults and pitfalls to emerging digital technologies in farming. It also discusses countermeasures, legal frameworks,… Read More
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Successful Kick-off for the 1st Shecurity Summer School in Vienna!

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. ... Read More
Successful Kick-off for the 1st Shecurity Summer School in Vienna!