MRE 2025
Malware and Reverse Engineering Conference 2025
Reverse engineers and malware researchers enjoyed high-quality speakers and networking at MRE 2024, and we are now preparing MRE 2025, which will be held on Monday and Tuesday, the 3rd and 4th of March, 2025.
MRE-2025 is a bridge between industry, government and academia, with a strong focus on practical results from research and development projects in reverse engineering and malware research.
The conference aims to cover:
- AI security,
- Automated cyber operations,
- Reverse engineering and compiled program analysis,
- Behavioral and attribution analysis of malware,
- Incident response,
- Impacts into critical infrastructure,
- Threat intelligence.
Venue
ANZ Centre,
833 Collins St,
Docklands, Melbourne.
Registration
Tickets for MRE 2025 are available on Eventbrite.
2025 Keynote Speakers
| Name | Organisation | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Stefan Avgoustakis | Scaling security with AI: from detection to solution | |
| Daisuke Inoue | NICT JP | IoT Cyber Security |
| Toby Murray | University of Melbourne | Cyber Security Research & Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence |
| Thomas Roccia | Microsoft | Adapt or Perish: An Honest Review of the Cybersecurity Market over the Past Decade |
Speakers
The confirmed speakers for MRE 2025 include:
| Name | Organisation | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Ejaz Ahmed | Data61 | AI for Software Security |
| Bernard Colbert | Assurance of Responses to Malware Detection | |
| Katie Deakin Sharpe | ACSC | Reverse Engineering Sherlock Holmes Style - Obfuscated API's & The Art of Deduction |
| Louay Ghashash | Spartans Sec | Incident Response - Insights from Incidents & Red Team |
| Praveen Gauravaram | TCS | Identity & Access Management for ICS/OT |
| Muhammad Ikram | Macquarie University | Characterization & Detection of Obfuscation Techniques |
| Morten Jammer | Blue Prism | Rise of the Bots: Automating Threat Detection, Response & Beyond |
| Anish Koshy | ANZ | Mining Alert Overload |
| Mayur Kriplani | Ernst & Young | Leveraging the Power of LLMs Coupled with ML to Achieve Proactive & Inference Based Vulnerability Management |
| Muhammad Ali Paracha | Transurban | Building Resilience through Incident Response Across Domains |
| Katherine Robins | Blanket Security | The Future of Cybersecurity |
| Sabih Saeed | Microsoft / ICSL | Autonomous Cyber Operations |
| Ed Seaford | Brandsec | Threat Hunting and Enforcement: Evolving Web-Based Phishing Attacks |
| Noushin Shabab Armita Zarnegar | Kaspersky / Swinburn University | A Discussion of the Challenges and Opportunities of Designing a Malware Analysis Curriculum for Undergraduates |
| Puneet Tikoo | Cisco | Threat Modelling / MITRE |
| Jason Tong | NAB | Android Malware |
| Abhay Vaish / Raashid Bhat | Palo Alto Networks / Independent Researcher | Using LLMs to Dissect and Explain a Malware Sample's Functionality |
| Craig Wilson | Microsoft / ICSL | Recent Issues - Recovery and Lessons Learned |
2025 Organizing Committee
Our organizing committee is composed of security researchers and engineers from academia and industry.
- Paul Pang, Chair - Acting Director, ICSL Federation University,
- Paul Black - Post Doctoral Fellow - Cybersecurity, ICSL,
- Adam Bignold, Cybersecurity Lecturer - Federation University TAFE,
- Lily Walker, Administrative Officer Research Funding, Research Services
- Joarder Kamruzzaman, Co-Director - Centre of Smart Analytics,
- Iven Mareels - Executive Dean - Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability,
- Syed Islam - Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research and Innovation),
- Pooja Mishra - Masters by research - Cybersecurity - ICSL,
- Omaru Maruatona - Chief Executive Officer, Aiculus.
Sponsors
The ICSL gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship provided by the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ Bank) in making their Melbourne venue available for MRE 2025.
