Edgar Weippl
@weippl.bsky.social
Professor for Security and Privacy, University of Vienna
"Malware that conceals its behaviour through code obfuscation remains a central challenge for automated detection. ... We transform binary code into grayscale images " (buff.ly/umNhO4T)
November 13, 2025 at 2:38 PM
"Malware that conceals its behaviour through code obfuscation remains a central challenge for automated detection. ... We transform binary code into grayscale images " (buff.ly/umNhO4T)
CISPA European AI and Cybersecurity Hackathon Championship. Dec 13+14 @Univie
November 5, 2025 at 11:22 AM
CISPA European AI and Cybersecurity Hackathon Championship. Dec 13+14 @Univie
Critical XSS vuln (CVE-2025-39663, CVSS 9.1) in Checkmk fixed.
Discovered by SBA Research — allowed JS injection & potential RCE in distributed setups.
Admins: update to 2.4.0p14 / 2.3.0p39, disable “Trust this site completely”.
🔗 heise.de/-10964747
Discovered by SBA Research — allowed JS injection & potential RCE in distributed setups.
Admins: update to 2.4.0p14 / 2.3.0p39, disable “Trust this site completely”.
🔗 heise.de/-10964747
October 31, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Critical XSS vuln (CVE-2025-39663, CVSS 9.1) in Checkmk fixed.
Discovered by SBA Research — allowed JS injection & potential RCE in distributed setups.
Admins: update to 2.4.0p14 / 2.3.0p39, disable “Trust this site completely”.
🔗 heise.de/-10964747
Discovered by SBA Research — allowed JS injection & potential RCE in distributed setups.
Admins: update to 2.4.0p14 / 2.3.0p39, disable “Trust this site completely”.
🔗 heise.de/-10964747
David Schmidt, Sebastian Schrittwieser, and Edgar Weippl 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.” (cdl-astra.at/2025_09_ccs_...)
October 16, 2025 at 8:42 AM
David Schmidt, Sebastian Schrittwieser, and Edgar Weippl 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.” (cdl-astra.at/2025_09_ccs_...)
"For the first time, the University of Vienna places among the top 100 – ranked in 95th position, the University of Vienna is the first Austrian university to make it into the top 100..." (www.univie.ac.at/en/about-us/...)
October 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"For the first time, the University of Vienna places among the top 100 – ranked in 95th position, the University of Vienna is the first Austrian university to make it into the top 100..." (www.univie.ac.at/en/about-us/...)
68th Vienna Deep Learning Meetup: CommentSense hosted at SBA Research, in cooperation with the SEC group of the University of Vienna. www.meetup.com/vienna-deep-...
September 8, 2025 at 8:42 AM
68th Vienna Deep Learning Meetup: CommentSense hosted at SBA Research, in cooperation with the SEC group of the University of Vienna. www.meetup.com/vienna-deep-...
At Defcon 33 Gabriel Gegenhuber and Maximilian Günther (University of Vienna and SBA Research) presented a series of new attacks against the two messaging services.
Defcon : buff.ly/f7izsXH
News: buff.ly/CK0jVOB buff.ly/onMSSoy
Defcon : buff.ly/f7izsXH
News: buff.ly/CK0jVOB buff.ly/onMSSoy
August 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
At Defcon 33 Gabriel Gegenhuber and Maximilian Günther (University of Vienna and SBA Research) presented a series of new attacks against the two messaging services.
Defcon : buff.ly/f7izsXH
News: buff.ly/CK0jVOB buff.ly/onMSSoy
Defcon : buff.ly/f7izsXH
News: buff.ly/CK0jVOB buff.ly/onMSSoy
... „Dark Patterns nutzen einfach unsere psychologische Schwächen aus. Wenn ich vorab darüber informiert bin, weiß ich zumindest, worauf ich mich da einlasse“, so Informatiker Schrittwieser von der Universität Wien... (help.orf.at/stories/3231...)
August 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
... „Dark Patterns nutzen einfach unsere psychologische Schwächen aus. Wenn ich vorab darüber informiert bin, weiß ich zumindest, worauf ich mich da einlasse“, so Informatiker Schrittwieser von der Universität Wien... (help.orf.at/stories/3231...)
Enjoying my research stay at NII Tokyo as visiting professor, working with Prof. Isao Echizen’s group on multimedia security, privacy, and synthetic media detection. Exciting work on deepfake detection & PrivacyVisor. Looking forward to returning in 2026. buff.ly/KC7xkV5
July 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Enjoying my research stay at NII Tokyo as visiting professor, working with Prof. Isao Echizen’s group on multimedia security, privacy, and synthetic media detection. Exciting work on deepfake detection & PrivacyVisor. Looking forward to returning in 2026. buff.ly/KC7xkV5
Not the typical security venue/journal: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.
We propose explainable tabular RL for crop rotation planning; compared to deep Q-learning, our method yields similar/better outcomes; is resilient to external perturbations. buff.ly/HoYTd5H
We propose explainable tabular RL for crop rotation planning; compared to deep Q-learning, our method yields similar/better outcomes; is resilient to external perturbations. buff.ly/HoYTd5H
July 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Not the typical security venue/journal: Computers and Electronics in Agriculture.
We propose explainable tabular RL for crop rotation planning; compared to deep Q-learning, our method yields similar/better outcomes; is resilient to external perturbations. buff.ly/HoYTd5H
We propose explainable tabular RL for crop rotation planning; compared to deep Q-learning, our method yields similar/better outcomes; is resilient to external perturbations. buff.ly/HoYTd5H
COSE's impact factor increased from 4.8 in 2024 to 5.4 in 2024; After 15 years on the editorial board of COSE, I step down. I’ll continue to support the journal as liaison to IFIP TC 11, where I now also serve as secretary. I continue with ACM TOPS and IEEE TIFS.
July 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
COSE's impact factor increased from 4.8 in 2024 to 5.4 in 2024; After 15 years on the editorial board of COSE, I step down. I’ll continue to support the journal as liaison to IFIP TC 11, where I now also serve as secretary. I continue with ACM TOPS and IEEE TIFS.
We’re hiring: Tenure-Track Professorship in Human-Computer Interaction at @univie
Join a strong CS faculty & the renowned University of Vienna in the heart of Europe.
Deadline: 17 Sep 2025
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Join a strong CS faculty & the renowned University of Vienna in the heart of Europe.
Deadline: 17 Sep 2025
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
July 18, 2025 at 8:42 AM
We’re hiring: Tenure-Track Professorship in Human-Computer Interaction at @univie
Join a strong CS faculty & the renowned University of Vienna in the heart of Europe.
Deadline: 17 Sep 2025
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Join a strong CS faculty & the renowned University of Vienna in the heart of Europe.
Deadline: 17 Sep 2025
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
This spring Peter Kieseberg finally defended his PhD thesis on Data Leak Detection. It included some really established (nice word for old ;-) ) papers and recent work of his Josef-Ressel Center on Blockchain technologies and security management (buff.ly/zKwsCWn).
July 9, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This spring Peter Kieseberg finally defended his PhD thesis on Data Leak Detection. It included some really established (nice word for old ;-) ) papers and recent work of his Josef-Ressel Center on Blockchain technologies and security management (buff.ly/zKwsCWn).
Gutes Interview mit René Mayerhofer zum Thema Staatstrojaner (www.falter.at/zeitung/2025...)
July 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Gutes Interview mit René Mayerhofer zum Thema Staatstrojaner (www.falter.at/zeitung/2025...)
On Ascension Day, representatives of the University of Vienna take part in the procession from St. Stephen's Cathedral due to a relationship between the institutions, dating back centuries. Photos(c)Erzdiöz.Wien/Schönlaub, Univ.Wien Zell; buff.ly/Crafw8V
June 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
On Ascension Day, representatives of the University of Vienna take part in the procession from St. Stephen's Cathedral due to a relationship between the institutions, dating back centuries. Photos(c)Erzdiöz.Wien/Schönlaub, Univ.Wien Zell; buff.ly/Crafw8V
Jennifer Sturlese (FH Wiener Neustadt www.fhwn.ac.at/en/employee/...) recently started her PhD studies at the SEC group (@univie sec.cs.univie.ac.at) and works on serious games for red/blue teaming (and other colors)
June 29, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Jennifer Sturlese (FH Wiener Neustadt www.fhwn.ac.at/en/employee/...) recently started her PhD studies at the SEC group (@univie sec.cs.univie.ac.at) and works on serious games for red/blue teaming (and other colors)
Tabular reinforcement learning for reward robust, explainable crop rotation policies matching deep reinforcement learning performance, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 237 (B): 2025, 110571, ISSN 0168-1699,
doi.org/10.1016/j.co... (Open Access)
doi.org/10.1016/j.co... (Open Access)
June 20, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Tabular reinforcement learning for reward robust, explainable crop rotation policies matching deep reinforcement learning performance, Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 237 (B): 2025, 110571, ISSN 0168-1699,
doi.org/10.1016/j.co... (Open Access)
doi.org/10.1016/j.co... (Open Access)
Cybercrime und Online-Betrug: Vortrag in Retz
Am Dienstag, 24. Juni 2025 beleuchten wir in einem öffentlichen Vortrag in Retz typische Formen von Online-Betrug – mit echten Beispielen, klaren Erklärungen und konkreten Tipps für den Alltag.
buff.ly/QeLyrKO
Am Dienstag, 24. Juni 2025 beleuchten wir in einem öffentlichen Vortrag in Retz typische Formen von Online-Betrug – mit echten Beispielen, klaren Erklärungen und konkreten Tipps für den Alltag.
buff.ly/QeLyrKO
June 15, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Cybercrime und Online-Betrug: Vortrag in Retz
Am Dienstag, 24. Juni 2025 beleuchten wir in einem öffentlichen Vortrag in Retz typische Formen von Online-Betrug – mit echten Beispielen, klaren Erklärungen und konkreten Tipps für den Alltag.
buff.ly/QeLyrKO
Am Dienstag, 24. Juni 2025 beleuchten wir in einem öffentlichen Vortrag in Retz typische Formen von Online-Betrug – mit echten Beispielen, klaren Erklärungen und konkreten Tipps für den Alltag.
buff.ly/QeLyrKO
International Digital Security Forum: Herausforderungen der digitalen Transformation im MuseumsQuartier
"Ein besonderer Programmpunkt war der Workshop „Digitale Souveränität in einer vernetzten Welt“, organisiert von der Wirtschaftsagentur Wien und SBA Research. (www.news.at/technik/idsf...)
"Ein besonderer Programmpunkt war der Workshop „Digitale Souveränität in einer vernetzten Welt“, organisiert von der Wirtschaftsagentur Wien und SBA Research. (www.news.at/technik/idsf...)
June 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
International Digital Security Forum: Herausforderungen der digitalen Transformation im MuseumsQuartier
"Ein besonderer Programmpunkt war der Workshop „Digitale Souveränität in einer vernetzten Welt“, organisiert von der Wirtschaftsagentur Wien und SBA Research. (www.news.at/technik/idsf...)
"Ein besonderer Programmpunkt war der Workshop „Digitale Souveränität in einer vernetzten Welt“, organisiert von der Wirtschaftsagentur Wien und SBA Research. (www.news.at/technik/idsf...)
🔐 Unternehmen unterschätzen oft die Folgen eines Cyberangriffs.
Stefan Jakoubi von @sba_research spricht am 12. Juni an der TU Wien über technische Schuld, Social Engineering und resiliente Organisationen.
📅 12. Juni 2025
🕡 18:30 | TU Wien
🔗 www.tuwien.at/ace/news/new...
#CyberSecurity #SBAResearch
Stefan Jakoubi von @sba_research spricht am 12. Juni an der TU Wien über technische Schuld, Social Engineering und resiliente Organisationen.
📅 12. Juni 2025
🕡 18:30 | TU Wien
🔗 www.tuwien.at/ace/news/new...
#CyberSecurity #SBAResearch
May 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🔐 Unternehmen unterschätzen oft die Folgen eines Cyberangriffs.
Stefan Jakoubi von @sba_research spricht am 12. Juni an der TU Wien über technische Schuld, Social Engineering und resiliente Organisationen.
📅 12. Juni 2025
🕡 18:30 | TU Wien
🔗 www.tuwien.at/ace/news/new...
#CyberSecurity #SBAResearch
Stefan Jakoubi von @sba_research spricht am 12. Juni an der TU Wien über technische Schuld, Social Engineering und resiliente Organisationen.
📅 12. Juni 2025
🕡 18:30 | TU Wien
🔗 www.tuwien.at/ace/news/new...
#CyberSecurity #SBAResearch
< Franz Wotawa von der TU Graz ... lobte Oliynyks Arbeit als „exzellent strukturiert und wissenschaftlich hoch relevant“. ... Forscherin an der Universität Wien und bei SBA Research, betonte die Bedeutung von Sicherheit ... in der KI-Forschung.“ > (buff.ly/vz28lc3)
May 28, 2025 at 8:42 AM
< Franz Wotawa von der TU Graz ... lobte Oliynyks Arbeit als „exzellent strukturiert und wissenschaftlich hoch relevant“. ... Forscherin an der Universität Wien und bei SBA Research, betonte die Bedeutung von Sicherheit ... in der KI-Forschung.“ > (buff.ly/vz28lc3)
Today, Matthias Eckhart defended his PhD thesis ("Managing Cyber-Physical Risk in the Industrial Control Systems Lifecycle"), which already won an award (https://buff.ly/4abjSsT) last year. Congratulations!
January 9, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Today, Matthias Eckhart defended his PhD thesis ("Managing Cyber-Physical Risk in the Industrial Control Systems Lifecycle"), which already won an award (https://buff.ly/4abjSsT) last year. Congratulations!
Jan 15, 2025, ISACA & (ISC)²Austria
https://buff.ly/4granYr
“Cybersecurity and LLMs: How language models are changing the security landscape”
A. Ekelhart & S. Schrittwieser
“Large Language Models Prompt Injections”
C. Lawitschka
SBA alumni : Yvonne Poul and Gilbert Wondracek
https://buff.ly/4granYr
“Cybersecurity and LLMs: How language models are changing the security landscape”
A. Ekelhart & S. Schrittwieser
“Large Language Models Prompt Injections”
C. Lawitschka
SBA alumni : Yvonne Poul and Gilbert Wondracek
December 8, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Jan 15, 2025, ISACA & (ISC)²Austria
https://buff.ly/4granYr
“Cybersecurity and LLMs: How language models are changing the security landscape”
A. Ekelhart & S. Schrittwieser
“Large Language Models Prompt Injections”
C. Lawitschka
SBA alumni : Yvonne Poul and Gilbert Wondracek
https://buff.ly/4granYr
“Cybersecurity and LLMs: How language models are changing the security landscape”
A. Ekelhart & S. Schrittwieser
“Large Language Models Prompt Injections”
C. Lawitschka
SBA alumni : Yvonne Poul and Gilbert Wondracek
It was a privilege to deliver the opening keynote at the 1st International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security in Vietnam (https://buff.ly/3ZpHR2b). My talk focused on advancing research through the observation of real-world phenomena in complex cyber-physical systems.
December 6, 2024 at 2:38 PM
It was a privilege to deliver the opening keynote at the 1st International Conference on Cryptography and Information Security in Vietnam (https://buff.ly/3ZpHR2b). My talk focused on advancing research through the observation of real-world phenomena in complex cyber-physical systems.
BSides in Vienna https://buff.ly/3CCXvQm. Great to see so many familiar faces. Nice T-Shirts (sponsored by SBA) and Matthias gives a talk in the evening.
November 24, 2024 at 9:42 AM
BSides in Vienna https://buff.ly/3CCXvQm. Great to see so many familiar faces. Nice T-Shirts (sponsored by SBA) and Matthias gives a talk in the evening.