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RB2: Nick von Dadelszen's Kiwicon presentation on NFC

November 11, 2011 -- NFC on mobile phones is a new phenomenon and opens a lot of possibilities for research, particularly when talking about mobile payment platforms. Lateral Security's Nick discusses the good, the bad and the ugly of mobile NFC.

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RB2: Wikileaks discussion panel, Splendour in the Grass 2011

September 15, 2011 -- The following is a recording of a panel discussion about Wikileaks that took place at the Splendour in the Grass music festival in Woodford, QLD, Friday, 29 July 2011.

Moderating the panel is The Chaser's Julian Morrow. On the panel:

* Nicholas Hayden, Hungry Beast, ABC TV
* Marc Fennell, Hungry Beast, ABC TV
* Grace Morgan, Julian Assange's Australia-based solicitor
* Suelette Dreyfus, Author, Underground
* Patrick Gray, Host of the Risky Business podcast
* Christine Assange, Julian Assange's mother

The recording is unedited. Enjoy!

PRESENTATION: Cambridge University's Ross Anderson on the economics of information security

May 24, 2011 -- This is a full presentation by AusCERT's day three keynote speaker Ross Anderson.

Ross has kindly allowed us to podcast his entire talk.

Ross is professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, and author of the bestselling textbook "Security Engineering: A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems". He was a pioneer of peer-to-peer systems, of hardware tamper-resistance, and of the economics of information security.

SPONSOR PODCAST: Microsoft's Maarten Van Horenbeeck on vulnerability scoring

May 24, 2011 -- Microsoft was kind enough to sponsor our coverage of AusCERT's 2011 conference and as a part of that sponsorship arrangement we're doing these sponsored podcasts. We've already posted two interviews with Microsoft peeps about security issues, but we're posting this full talk as well.

Maarten Van Horenbeeck works in the Microsoft Security Response Center managing Microsoft's efforts to share information on security vulnerabilities with third party security software providers, government agencies and national CERT teams.

PRESENTATION: APNIC's Geoff Huston on routing system "lies"

May 20, 2011 -- This podcast is a complete presentation by APNIC's Geoff Huston.

According to the official synopsis: This presentation will outline the role of addresses and routing and the potential attack vectors, and will also report on the progress to establish a secure framework for addresses and their use in the Internet, highlighting the progress in establishing a secure routing environment for the Internet.

As regular RB listeners would know, we've followed APNIC's work and papers in this area and they have a habit of pushing out good stuff... so this should be a decent talk. Enjoy!

PRESENTATION: AusCERT speed debates

May 20, 2011 -- You're about to hear one of the highlights of AusCERT's annual conference -- the speed debates! Not to be taken too seriously, the speed debate happens at the end of the con -- it's a chance to have a laugh and shed some lighter perspectives on the security discipline.

It's hosted by Australian broadcaster and journalist Adam Spencer. I hope you enjoy it.

SPONSOR PODCAST: Stuart Strathdee on the PSN breach

May 20, 2011 -- Microsoft was kind enough to sponsor our coverage of AusCERT's 2011 conference and as a part of that sponsorship arrangement we're doing these sponsored podcasts. They're general chats with Microsoft peeps about security issues.

And in this interview we're chatting with Microsoft Australia's Chief Security Advisor Stuart Strathdee about the affect the PSN network breach has had on large organisations' security outlook. As you'll hear, Stuart says a lot of security projects that had been on the back burner are now being brought forward.

Enjoy!

PRESENTATION: Mark Newton makes IPv6 security interesting!

May 18, 2011 -- You're about to hear a full presentation recorded at the AusCERT conference: a great presentation by Mark Newton, an engineer with Internode, all about IPv6 security.

Internode is an ISP and Mark really knows his stuff. We all know security considerations in IPv6 aren't exactly thrilling, but Mark managed to actually make this presentation interesting and a little bit thought provoking. I was popping in and out throughout this session and yeah, it was definitely more interesting than I was expecting. So here it is!

PRESENTATION: Scott McIntyre on the security "generation gap"

May 18, 2011 -- You're about to hear a full presentation recorded at the AusCERT conference. Scott McIntyre is a recent immigrant to Australia... he used to work for XS4all in the Netherlands, but these days he works as the Senior Technology Architecture Specialist in Security Operations for Telstra in Melbourne. His presentation is all about his views though, not those of Telstra. Disclaimer. Etc.

SPONSOR PODCAST: Microsoft's Paul Conroy on what's hip in identity management

May 18, 2011 -- Our coverage of the conference is brought to you by the fine folks at Microsoft -- without their support, there would be no AusCERT podcasts, so big thanks to MS!