SBA Research is a research center for Information Security funded partly by the national initiative for COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies.
Numerous members of SBA Research are at TROOPERS17, happening this week in Heidelberg. You can find the agenda here. If you spot one of us, chat us up!
The project “Secure Execution of Smart Contracts” (SESC) started on January 1, 2017. SESC is an R&D project supported by the BRIDGE 1 Programme of the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG). The first project consortium meeting was hosted by SBA Research on March 21, 2017. SESC focuses on research… Read More
Dimitris Simos gives a talk on “Coveringcerts: Combinatorial Methods for X.509 Certificate Testing”, a joint work with Kristoffer Kleine, on March 14, 2017 at the 10th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST 2017). ICST 2017 takes place during March 13-18, 2017 in Tokyo, Japan at… Read More
SBA Research will offer a series of evening trainings focusing on the hot topic “Blocks & Chains”. We will discuss specialized contents such as smart contracts, blockchain interlinking, privacy, and regulations attempts regarding cryptocurrencies. The series starts with a tutorial, covering general information about cryptocurrencies and their underlying technology. During… Read More
Dimitris Simos chairs the Sixth International Workshop on Combinatorial Testing (IWCT 2017) on March 13, 2017. He is also giving a talk on “Combinatorial Methods for Modelling Composed Software Systems” (joint with Ludwig Kampel and Bernhard Garn). IWCT 2017 takes place in Tokyo, Japan and is collocated with… Read More
Today starts the Android Security Symposium at the Technical University of Vienna, courtesy of the Josef Ressel Center u’smile. The upcoming three days are packed with presentations surrounding the entire Android security ecosystem, ranging from presentations about the security architecture of Android by Google and AT&T right this morning,… Read More
Last weekend, the SBA-supported CTF team “We_0wn_Y0u” (W0Y) of the TU Wien again showcased its outstanding capabilities. In the academic International Capture the Flag (iCTF) contest they secured the third place out of 78 participating universities worldwide in an 8-hour race. W0Y started receiving points late in the… Read More
FM4 is broadcasting parts of the “myth-buster”-session “Hollywood Hacking by SBA Research”, created by Adrian Dabrowski. Every now and then, a movie excerpt is aired to give an amusing rollercoaster ride through the ups and downs of screenwriters imagination on computer security. James Bond, Independence Day, Jurassic Park and Matrix… Read More