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Australian Federal Police signs MOU with Federation to establish internship program in cybercrime
Tuesday 13 August 2019Australian Federal Police (AFP) will be working with the Internet Commerce Security Lab (ICSL), Federation University to establish a cybercrime internship program for our students studying in the School of Science, Engineering and IT. On 18 July 2019 members from AFP, Australian Cyber Security Centre Melbourne, Oceania Cyber Security Centre and Federation University gathered for the signing of the...
Talk by Jon Oliver at the JCSC
Thursday 21 February 2019At the end of 2018 ICSL signed on to become a partner with the Melbourne Joint Cyber Security Centre (JCSC), a node of National Cyber security (ACSC), allowing ICSL to collaborate with ACSC, AFP, ASD, DSTG, as well as providing access to the centre.
ICSL and Trend Micro organise joint workshop on cyber security
Friday 9 March 2018On 7 March Jonathon Oliver, from Trend Micro, presented a half-day workshop entitled “Locality Sensitive Hashing”. The workshop was well attended with industry representatives from KPMG and HESTA, along with academic staff and students from ICSL and the Faculty of Science and Technology. Associate Professor Iqbal Gondal, the Director of ICSL, said that “the workshop was ver...
Malware and Reverse Engineering Conference, 3-4 July 2017, Melbourne
Wednesday 21 June 2017Malware and Reverse Engineering Conference (MRE-2017) 3 – 4 July 2017, Melbourne Following the success of previously held workshops, Dr Iqbal Gondal, Research Director, Internet Commerce Security Laboratory (ICSL), is pleased to announce the Malware Reverse Engineering Conference (MRE-2017) will be held on 3 and ...
ICSL - working with industry to highlight the risks of malware reverse engineering
Thursday 4 August 2016Malware is malicious software that can destroy computer systems, steal information from businesses, governments or the community. The impact of malware can be catastrophic in both practical and monetary terms.
Malware Reverse Engineering Workshop 2016
Thursday 7 July 2016Malware Reverse Engineering Workshop 2016 (MRE-2016) is designed to link industry, law enforcement, government and academia to help solve problems in the malware reversing space. MRE-2016 will look at cyber-security and analytics which may include:
ICSL working with Telstra on AMSI Internship
Wednesday 27 April 2016The Internet Commerce Security Laboratory (ICSL) is undertaking an AMSI Internship with Telstra on a project titled "Data driven analysis of SS7/MAP Signalling traffic". PhD student Muhammad Amar and his mentor, ICSL Director, A/Prof. Iqbal Gondal will be working on the project over four months.
ICSL highlights the role of Malware Reverse Engineering to the Cybersecurity Industry
Thursday 29 October 2015Malware is malicious software that can destroy computer systems, steal information from businesses, governments or private citizens. The impact of malware can be catastrophic in both practical and monetary terms.
Malware Reverse Engineering Conference 2015
Thursday 27 August 2015Malware is an ever increasing problem in both our work and public lives. The Internet Commerce Security Laboratory (ICSL) will again be hosting the Malware Reverse Engineering Conference 2015 (MRE 2015) on the 1st & 2nd October 2015 in Melbourne.
Faculty of Science and Technology Newsletter
Tuesday 23 December 2014The November - December 2014 edition of the Faculty of Science and Technology Newsletter is now available. ...
Research Directors: CIAO, ICSL, MCCAIR
Wednesday 17 December 2014For some time now we have had Acting Directors of the Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimization (CIAO), Internet Commerce Security Laboratory (ICSL) and Multimedia Computing, Communications and Artificial Intelligence Research (MCCAIR). Following calls for expressions of Interest in Research Director positions, I am able to announce that the following appointments have been made:
ICSL signs Memorandum of Understanding with Troyes University of Technology - UTT, France
Friday 19 September 2014The Internet Commerce Security Laboratory (ICSL) which is located in the Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimization at Mt Helen Campus has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Troyes University of Technology - UTT, to work collaboratively on Open Source Intelligence. This will provide opportunities for ICSL to expand its international collaborations in areas of soci...
New Acting Director at ICSL
Thursday 21 August 2014Dr Iqbal Gondal has been appointed as Acting Director, at the Internet Commerce Security Laboratory (ICSL), located at the Greenhill Enterprise Centre. ICSL is a key laboratory of the Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimisation (CIAO).
5th Cybercrime and Trustworthy Computing Conference: Call for papers
Friday 15 August 2014The Cybercrime and Trustworthy Computing Conference (CTC-2014) is a workshop designed to link industry, government and academia to help solve problems in the cybercrime space. The 2014 Conference will be held 20 & 21 November 2014 and will be hosted at Massey University, New Zealand. For more information and how to submit a paper go to
ICSL researcher wins SITE Award for Research
Wednesday 23 July 2014ICSL Reseach Fellow Dr Robert Layton won the Research Award for outstanding research involvement with internal and external clients at the School of Science, Information Technology and Engineering Staff Award Ceremony on Monday 21st July 2014.
Malware Reverse Engineering Workshop now open for registrations
Monday 7 July 2014We are pleased to announce that the Malware Reverse Engineering Workshop (MRE) is now open for registration. This workshop aims to share technical advances in the field of malware analysis, including static analysis, behavioural analysis and recent findings in the workings of malware. The workshop will be held on Monday 25th August 2014 in a central location in Melbourne, Australia. This year we a...
Red Marker and ICSL work to detect misleading financial advice
Wednesday 18 June 2014Financial advice needs to follow a strict set of rules to ensure that people are not misled about the opportunities. Dr Robert Layton at the Internet Commerce Security Laboratory has been working with Sydney-based company Red Marker to develop a prototype online system that parses blog entries, looking for bad financial advice and misleading statements....
Cyber Security Challenge Australia 2014
Friday 16 May 2014Internet Commerce Security Laboratory Students from Federation University Australia, Mt Helen Campus recently participated in the third Cyber Security Challenge Australia on 7 & 8 May 2014. The competition, which tested the student's skills in security, hacking and forensics, was run over 24 hours across Australia. Dr Robert Layton, Resear...
ICSL working with PhishLabs on fighting malware
Thursday 24 April 2014The Internet Commerce Security Laboratory (ICSL) has begun work with US-based security company PhishLabs on analysing malware. PhishLabs is a fast-growing company that provides cybercrime protection and intelligence services. Their clients including many of the most targeted businesses in the world, including 4 of the top 5 US financial institutions, and several banks in Australia and New Zealand....
Grant awarded for identity theft research
Wednesday 21 November 2012Researchers from the University of Ballarat have been awarded a grant to explore the chances of identity theft through websites such as Facebook and other social media sites. The trustees of the Telematics Trust have awarded $29,990 to the Internet Commerce Security Laboratory (ICSL) to develop a new product named IDThief. "We will develop an application that wil...
Be aware of online threats: ICSL
Wednesday 6 June 2012Researchers at the Internet Commerce Security Laboratory (ICSL) at the University of Ballarat encourage people to become aware of the threats posed online, such as malware and identity theft. Practising safe security measures can help protect against these threats. "The internet is a great enabler of business, education and socialising – but it always pays ...
