๐Ÿ‘พ Went to both #cybercon and #PAXAus this year! Great time and amazing speakers!

Oh, Hai Mastodon! :) Itโ€™s been a little while.

Last week I got to attend the largest cybersecurity conference in the southern hemisphere and here is what I wrote about it :)

https://blog.tribesmanjohn.au/2025/10/aisa-australian-cyber-conference-2025/

#cybercon #melbourne #cybersecurity #conference #event

AISA Australian Cyber Conference 2025

Over the past week (15-17th October) I attended the Australian Cyber Conference (CyberCon) in Melbourne. This was my first CyberCon, and also my first interstate travel since PAX Australia back in โ€ฆ

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If youโ€™re at #CyberCon Melbourne, you should be feeling like this riiiiight aboooutโ€ฆ.. now
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Ian Campbell ๐Ÿด (@[email protected])

Attached: 1 image one o dem weeks, innit

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SolarWinds CISO says the intrusion probably came in via Microsoft O365. Lack of logs on E3 license would make it hard to notice even if you went looking. Auth mechanisms then were less mature than now. I would be considerably harsher on the trillionaire-dollar global company that it's trying to force everyone to online subscriptions and AI and insane stuff like Recall. #CyberCon
Q about SWATting, and discussion that ignores the fact that it works because US cops are a paramilitary force with an untreated anxiety disorder that is trivially weaponised. #CyberCon
Q and A time. Krebs asked how often he gets called "inkrebable". His reaction indicates that this was the first time. #CyberCon
Listening to Brian Krebs, "The S in AI stands for security" #CyberCon
Finally something technical! #cybercon
The talk from Annabelle Harrison about cyber safety for abuse victims was really refreshing as what's the best practises for that environment might not seems correct. E.g. writing down passwords could be the best way of securing a passwords while allowing unique passwords for each service. #cybercon
The people here at #cybercon (when they're not trying to sell you something) have been really nice. Lots of cyber veterans with interesting stories and the presence and support for females has been really noticeable. I was even congratulated for being a girl in cyber which was really affirming.