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SBA @ KubeCon & CloudNativeCon

09.11.2026 - 12.11.2026

Embedded Austria Meetup No.7

12.11.2026

OWASP Chapter Vienna Meetup x SBA Security Meetup

19.11.2026

Congratulations to our colleague Michael Koppmann on his election to the OWASP Board of Directors!

November 11, 2026

Michael has been working in application security for many years, but his commitment to the community goes well beyond his day-to-day work at SBA Research. Read More

Who Tells the Story of the Future? A Conversation with Karl Olsberg

November 2, 2026

In the latest episode of Zukunft Denken, Alexander Schatten, senior researcher at SBA Research, welcome Karl Olsberg, acclaimed science fiction and thriller author, AI expert, and entrepreneur. Together with Markus Klemen, Managing Director of SBA Research, we explore the power of narratives and their influence on how we understand technology, society, and the future. Read More

Edgar Weippl on ServusTV: PHP2Shell Security Risks

October 28, 2026

In an interview with ServusTV, Edgar Weippl, a professor at the University of Vienna and research director at SBA Research, explains the risks posed by the critical security vulnerability PHP2Shell. Read More

Edgar Weippl giving interview for ServusTV

AI5innovation – Test Before Invest Project with Infotech

October 23, 2026

Infotech is an IT systems provider and Internet service provider headquartered in Ried im Innkreis. Founded in 1993, the company offers products and services in the field of information and communication technologies. Read More

Sebastian Schrittwieser on ORF’s ZIB 1 and futurezone.at

October 23, 2026

Sebastian Schrittwieser, key researcher at SBA Research and head of the CD-Lab AsTra, shared his expertise on the issue in Austria’s leading television news programme ZIB 1 on ORF and in an interview with futurezone.at. Read More

Sebastian Schrittwieser during interview in lecture hall

New paper accepted for IEEE S&P 2027

October 21, 2026

A new paper, “Systematization of Knowledge: The Design Space of Digital Payment Systems with Potential for CBD,” led by first author Judith Senn, research assistant at the University of Innsbruck, and co-authored by Aljosha Judmayer, researcher at the University of Vienna, Nicholas Stifter, researcher at SBA Research, ... Read More

Georg Goldenits @ Mittwochseminar at Statistik Austria

October 20, 2026

End of September, our colleague Georg Goldenits, researcher at SBA Research, presented his talk, “Kleine Modelle, große Wirkung? Lokale LLMs in der Phishing-Erkennung”, at the Mittwochseminar KI Modelle in der Praxis at Statistik Austria, following his presentation at the YoungStat Meetup in May this year. Read More

Distinguished Practical Paper Award at RAID 2026

October 16, 2026

The paper Supply Chain Insecurity: Exposing Vulnerabilities in iOS Dependency Management Systems, received the Distinguished Practical Paper Award at the International Symposium on Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses (RAID 2026) in Lancaster. Read More

Congratulations to Yana Sakhnovych on receiving the Schaumayer Award!

October 15, 2026

We are delighted to congratulate Yana Sakhnovych on receiving an award from the Dr. Maria Schaumayer Foundation for her diploma thesis, “Black-box Model Watermarking in Federated Learning.” Read More

Gerald Sendera @ INTENSIVTAGUNG Cyber Resilience Act

October 13, 2026

End of September, our colleague Gerald Sendera, Data Protection Supervisor and Legal Counsel at SBA Research, participated as a speaker at the INTENSIVTAGUNG Cyber Resilience Act, held at the ARCOTEL Kaiserwasser in Vienna. Read More

SBA Research is a research center for Information Security
funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.

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Congratulations to our colleague Michael Koppmann on his election to the OWASP Board of Directors!

Who Tells the Story of the Future? A Conversation with Karl Olsberg

Edgar Weippl on ServusTV: PHP2Shell Security Risks

AI5innovation – Test Before Invest Project with Infotech

Sebastian Schrittwieser on ORF’s ZIB 1 and futurezone.at

New paper accepted for IEEE S&P 2027

Georg Goldenits @ Mittwochseminar at Statistik Austria

Distinguished Practical Paper Award at RAID 2026

Congratulations to Yana Sakhnovych on receiving the Schaumayer Award!

Gerald Sendera @ INTENSIVTAGUNG Cyber Resilience Act

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