[Linux-aus] Re: [LACTTE] RUXCON - Australian IT Security Conference

[Jonathan Oxer <jon@ivt.com.au>]

Hi LA,

An FYI about an IT security conference coming up in Sydney very soon:
the announcement below was sent to the Ctte so I'm posting it here for
wider circulation. Looks very interesting - pity I'm stuck in Melbourne
then! I'd really like to go to session 6    ;-)

Cheers   :-)

Jonathan

> RUXCON is on again in Sydney Australia. RUXCON is a non-profit IT Security
> Conference run by members of the IT Security community. Due to the diverse
> backgrounds and interests of RUXCON staff, the conference boasts a broad
> range of technical and non technical topics such as reverse engineering,
> cryptography, code analysis, computer forensics, identity crime, and social
> engineering.
>  
> Attendees have the opportunity to meet new people, either socially during
> the lunch or drink breaks, or during the many activities and competitions
> held over the weekend. Activities range from the light hearted chilli eating
> competition and computer security trivia quiz, right up to the competitive
> Capture the Flag tournament. 
>  
> RUXCON 2006 will be held over 30th of September to the 1st of October at the
> University of Technology in Sydney, $60 will cover you for two days worth of
> talks and experience, making it accessible to anyone who is genuinely
> interested in computer security.
>  
> For more information please see: http://www.ruxcon.org.au
>  
> RUXCON 2006 Presentations thus far (in order of acceptance):
>  
> 1. Java Class Deobfuscation - Chris Mitchell  
> 2. Mechanics of the Objective-C Trifecta - Reversing, Runtime Antics, &
> Exploit Development - Neil Archibald  
> 3. Exploiting OpenBSD - Ben Hawkes  
> 4. Anti-Forensic Rootkits - Darren Bilby  
> 5. Access over Ethernet: Insecurites in AoE - Morgan Marquis-Boire  
> 6. Attacks Against RFID - Josh Perrymon  
> 7. Unusual Bugs - Ilja van Sprundel  
> 8. A Quantitive Time Series Analysis of Malware and Vulnerability Trends -
> Craig Wright  
> 9. IPv6: Under the Hood - Mark Dowd 
> 10. Software Vulnerabilities - Daniel Hodson 
> 11. PE Packers Used in Malicious Software - Paul Craig 
> 12. Web Services: Teaching a New Dog Old Tricks - Daniel Grzelak, Colin Wong
> 13. Bypassing Corporate Email Filtering - Simon Howard 
> 14. Hit By A Bus: Physical Access Attacks with Firewire - Adam Boileau 
> 15. Metafuzz: Building Boring Fuzzers Faster, Using Metadata - Ben Nagy 
> 16. Dynamic Port Scanning - AR, HK 
> 17. The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) - Christian Heinrich
> 18. Ajax Security - Andrew van der Stock
> 
> 
> Sincerely 
> 
> Jake Wallace on behalf of the RUXCON Team.