In late September, IAA’s trusty Development Team, Kyle and Cam, embarked on a quest to Canberra for the biggest BSides yet. We’re told it was a packed few days of talks, workshops, and a strong focus on AI and machine learning in security.
One of the most talked-about sessions was Bitsquatting .gov.au Domains by Matthew Belvedere, which explored how random bit-flip errors in DNS traffic (sometimes caused by cosmic rays) can redirect requests to attacker-controlled servers. It definitely got people thinking.
Our Dev Team do love to flip the script. This year’s theme was Dungeons & Dragons, and their CTF team, Illithids Against Adventurers, placed an impressive 42nd out of 395 registered teams, further proving brains beat brawn (this round at least).
With so much happening and so little time to see it all, it seems BSides Canberra 2025 was as intense and inspiring as ever and the team came back buzzing with ideas.
IAA was pleased to sponsor this year’s conference, once again.
