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Photos: Hacker skills tested at Ruxcon 2010

Spend the day with Mahesh Sharma as he attends Melbourne's premiere IT security event.

on Nov 23 2010 11:07AM

The Ruxcon conference in Melbourne on the weekend drew 500 of the country's most 'l33t' technical security experts, to indulge in all things hacking, breaking, phreaking and drinking.

The latest security techniques and technologies were presented, queried and debated at length, but the conference is still very much in touch with its medieval roots!

A lock-picking demo took it back to where it all began and inspired punters to try their hand at the ancient art. No system too secure, no lock too big to pick.

It wasn't all presentations and demos. Attendees battled each other over the entire weekend in an intense 24-hour 'Capture the Flag' tournament, hosted on a wireless network protected by assurance.com.au.

Security ... and beer were top of mind for the entire two-day event.

Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) e-security operations staffer Mark Chaffe explaining the Australian Internet Security Initiative.

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Where ACMA gets its information about botnets that have infected PCs on ISP networks (The ones it can talk about).

Conficker easily took the crown as the exploit that compromised the most (61 percent) Australian PCs last year.

The most common ways people are infected, and the subsequent excuses and denials.

The Ruxcon conference in Melbourne on the weekend drew 500 of the country's most 'l33t' technical security experts, to indulge in all things hacking, breaking, phreaking and drinking.

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