That's a wrap!


We want to give a huge shoutout to all attendees, sponsors, and presenters for attending CSECcon II. We had a blast and hope you did too.
Stay tuned on our socials for the talk and workshop recordings!

Schedule

CSECcon II includes a mix of Talks, Workshops, and ends the day off with a Career Panel.

Talks

10:15am
Welcome
CSECcon MCs
CSECcon MCs
10:45am - 11:15am
From uniform policing to cyber security - decisions at 20 do not need to determine your life's career journey!
James Spalding
James Spalding
11:15am - 12:00pm
Achieving Supply Chain Security on a Budget
Sajeeb Lohani, Ben Christian
Sajeeb Lohani, Ben Christian
12:15pm - 12:45pm
Dreaming of auto-magical dependency updates
Andy Vermeulen
Andy Vermeulen
12:45pm - 1:15pm
Bridging the Gap for Future Professionals
Montii Abid
Montii Abid
1:15pm - 2:15pm
Break
2:15pm - 2:45pm
GRC - An Intro to Governance, Risk and Compliance
Cam La
Cam La
2:45pm - 3:15pm
Rabbit holes into privacy
Jenny Yang
Jenny Yang
4:15pm - 5:15pm
Getting into and excelling within cybersecurity!
UTS:CSEC
UTS:CSEC
5:15pm
Close
CSECcon MCs
CSECcon MCs

Workshops

11:00am - 1:00pm
Unravelling Lumma Stealer: Hands-on Malware Analysis
Sharath Shamachar
Sharath Shamachar
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Dashboards and Duct Tape: An Industry Introduction to Incident Response
Jamie McPherson, Queen Aigbefo, Tai Tran
Jamie McPherson, Queen Aigbefo, Tai Tran
3:00 - 3:45pm
Fuzzing: automated edge case searching
UTS Programmers' Society
UTS Programmers' Society

Capture the Flag Competition

10:30am - 5:00pm
All Day CTF!
UTS:CSEC CTF Team
UTS:CSEC CTF Team

CSECcon I spanned over two days featuring a wide selection of talks from industry professionals.

Day 1

9:00am
Event Opening
CSECcon MCs
CSECcon MCs
09:30am
Alex's security journey: a cautionary tale
"Alex"
10:00am
Using malware to destabilise a country
Santiago
Santiago
11:30am
Active Directory Hacking Speedrun!
Alexei Doudkine
Alexei Doudkine
12:00pm
The mind is the battleground - Human cognition in cyber security
Dan Conway
Dan Conway
1:30pm
Introduction to Capture The Flag (CTF)
Max Caminer + DUCTF Crew
Max Caminer + DUCTF Crew
2:30pm
Practical RSA Cryptanalysis
Kris Hunt
Kris Hunt
3:30pm
Incident Response: A practical beginners guide to phishing
Ian Szklinski
Ian Szklinski
4:00pm
What to do once you compromise a developer's account
Alex Hill
Alex Hill

Day 2

09:30am
Easy(-to-break) Anti-Cheat
George Dan
George Dan
10:00am
Introduction to Web3 hacking: hunt, reverse engineer and fix a smart contract vulnerability
Pedram Hayati
Pedram Hayati
11:30am
The Art of Threat Detection: Literally the last line of defence.
Darsh Shah
Darsh Shah
12:00pm
The kids are not alright: How some Millennials and Gen Zers are cybersecurity liabilities
Laura-Rose Carbone
Laura-Rose Carbone
1:30pm
Embedded Device Hacking 101: A story of 2 root shells with Nokia' s 5G router
Victoria Cheng, Tiara Wong, Eddie Zhang
Victoria Cheng, Tiara Wong, Eddie Zhang
2:15pm
Getting into AppSec
Cole Cornford
Cole Cornford
2:45pm
The Journey to The Self-Driving SOC
Sean Duca
Sean Duca
3:00pm
Event Close
CSECcon MCs
CSECcon MCs