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 | Beyond the Buzz: Practical Applications of AI/ML for Scaling Security | |
| Toby Murray | University of Melbourne | Cyber Security Research & Education in the Age of Artificial Intelligence |
| Ejaz Ahmed | Data61 | AI for Software Security: Ransomware Behavioural Analysis and Detection |
Speakers
The confirmed speakers for MRE 2025 include:
| Name | Organisation | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Bernard Colbert | Independent Security Professional | Assurance of Responses to Malware Detection |
| Katie Deakin Sharpe | ACSC | Reverse Engineering Sherlock Holmes Style - Obfuscated API's & The Art of Deduction |
| Bayley Foster | FOSSEC | Creating & Detecting Malicious PCI Devices |
| Louay Ghashash | Spartans Sec | Incident Response - Insights from Incidents & Red Team |
| Praveen Gauravaram | TCS | Identity & Access Management for ICS/OT |
| Muhammad Ikram | Macquarie University | Evaluating the Resilience of Malware Detectors against Obfuscation and Adversarial Attacks |
| Anish Koshy | ANZ | Alert Overload: How Can Machine Learning Help? |
| Mayur Kriplani | Ernst & Young | Leveraging the Power of LLMs Coupled with ML to Achieve Proactive & Inference Based Vulnerability Management |
| Rue Maharaj | Melbourne Water | Cybersecurity Incident Response Management (AKA: When the waste water hits the fan) |
| 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 Undergraduate Cybersecurity Education |
| Puneet Tikoo | Cisco | Simplifying Threat Modelling: Use DICE methodology and OWASP Threat Dragon to get started today! |
| Jason Tong | NAB | Deconstructing the Droid |
| 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,,
- 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.
