Tenth Annual AusCERT Conference Kicks Off

lukehopewell1 writes "The tenth annual AusCERT (Australian Computer Emergency Response Team) conference kicks off today in Queensland, Australia, touting appearances from Microsoft, Telstra, Rio Tinto and the founder of Kaspersky Labs, Eugene Kaspersky. You can watch a video wrap-up of AusCERT conferences in the years gone by, complete with laughs, interviews, old-timey newscasts and that time IBM gave out USB drives laden with malware."

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[socceroos]

There's plenty of stuff you can suggest about Australia's heritage that gets under Aussie skin.

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[mug funky]

not really... we revel in that shit.

just look at Kath and Kim.

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[socceroos]

Yeah, funny show. I'm more talking about being called a bunch of crims discarded from the England elite. Think Ashes.

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[Chuck Chunder]

I'm more talking about being called a bunch of crims discarded from the England elite

I can't imagine an Australian being the least bit offended by that.

Think Ashes

Being reminded of an Ashes will likely rankle though.

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[LordLucless]

No, there's just plenty of stuff that yanks think gets under Aussie's skins. Most Aussie's would rather be descended from crim's than England's inbred tea-party set.

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[syousef]

I'm completely dumbfounded I can't even think of anything rude to say.

AAAahhhh your Australian Mother's Certficate's been compromised, and you can't implement RSA worth a damn!

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[RyuuzakiTetsuya]

Your hashing algorithm isn't worth it's salt.

Australian CERT

[socceroos]

Do they do anything useful? I've contacted these guys multiple times about large-scale break-ins on systems holding plenty of personal information, but no response.

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[gtch]

Hey! Be reasonable... how can they have time to do work when they have so many conferences to attend?

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[Anonymous Coward]

You probably don't have the Gold Platinum Quadruple-Plus Membership needed to even warrant a glance.

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[Anonymous Coward]

Do they do anything useful? I've contacted these guys multiple times about large-scale break-ins on systems holding plenty of personal information, but no response.

Yep, they're very useful for excuses when you want a junket. Also when you want your environment so locked down you can't do any actual work thanks to implementing their paranoid ineffective ramblings.

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[JamesD_UK]

AusCERT aren't the Australian National CERT although they have in some ways been the de-facto CERT for some time. That position is now taken up by CERT Australia who are working closely with AusCERT and taken up some of their work. If you've got problems contacting them, send me some contact details and I'll try and help you out - I know some of their staff. AusCERT have been an incredibly useful source of information on compromised systems on my customer's networks.

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[Chuck Chunder]

According to this article [theaustralian.com.au] AusCERT is independant of goverment The government version seems to be called "CERT Australia".

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[AHuxley]

Remind them that their only connection to real computing power is to care for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap [wikipedia.org] ,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldton#Australian_Defence_Satellite_Communications_Station ect.
Then remind them that their only connection to real computer crime was the remote tapping of a computer in 1989.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_(computer_hacker) [wikipedia.org]

IBM

[Nerdfest]

IBM gave out USB drives laden with malware

They gave away copies of Lotus Notes?