SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
On 6 October, our colleague Reinhard Kugler, Applied Research Consultant at SBA Research, presented his talk eBPF on Wheels – Automotive and Industrial Use Cases at the Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) 2026, held in Prague, Czech Republic. Read More
Last week, our annual event for partners and friends of SBA Research, IMPACT, brought together experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from research, industry, and the open-source community. The afternoon provided an opportunity to discuss the latest developments in security, AI, and innovation, celebrate our long-standing relationships, and mark 20 years of SBA Research’s contributions to cutting-edge cybersecurity and trustworthy digital innovation. Read More
Our colleague Sebastian Raubitzek, researcher at SBA Research and a member of the Security and Privacy Research Group at the University of Vienna, served as a Guest Editor of ERCIM News No. 146, dedicated to the special theme “Quantum Technology.” Read More
From 21 to 23 September 2026, Sebastian Schrittwieser, key researcher at SBA Research and head of the CD-Lab AsTra, participated in the workshop AI and Cybersecurity: New Challenges, New Opportunities in Curinga, Italy, hosted by the Italian National Research Council’s Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking (ICAR-CNR). Read More
We’re excited to announce that Georg Merzdovnik, senior researcher at SBA Research, and Michael Pucher, researcher at SBA Research, delivered a compelling talk titled “The Hitchhikers Guide to Hacking Cheap Bluetooth Speakers“ at this year’s BalCCon. Read More
Yesterday, a dedicated group of 15 colleagues, collectively known as “SBAthletes”, participated in the Vienna Night Run 2026 event, alongside an impressive total of 23,000 participants. Read More
A group of dedicated young researchers presented their work at the 22st ICT Security Conference on 16 and 17 September 2026, which was organized by the Austrian Armed Forces. Read More
A new paper, “Automated Reasoning for Indistinguishability in the CCSA,” co-authored by Laura Kovács, key researcher at SBA Research and full professor at the Faculty of Informatics of the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien), and Matteo Maffei, key researcher at SBA Research and Professor at TU Wien, has been accepted for presentation at the 33rd ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS). Read More
In the ZIB 1 news broadcast of 13 September 2026, Sebastian Schrittwieser, key researcher at SBA Research and head of the CD-Lab AsTra, gave his assessment of the current debate about autonomously acting AI systems and of the calls from leading AI companies to slow down development. Read More
The 21th International Conference on Availability, Reliability, and Security (ARES 2026) took center stage in Linköping, Sweden, from August 24 - 27, 2026, offering a platform for experts and enthusiasts to explore the latest developments in the field. The conference was jointly organised by Linköpings universitet (LiU) and SBA Research. Read More
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. ∞
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, ... ∞
Last week, our annual event for partners and friends of SBA Research, IMPACT, brought together experts, practitioners, and decision-makers from research, industry, and the open-source community. The afternoon provided an opportunity to discuss the latest developments in security, AI, and innovation, celebrate our long-standing relationships, and mark 20 years of SBA Research’s contributions to cutting-edge cybersecurity and trustworthy digital innovation. ∞