Introduction CrikeyCon 2025
Presenters detail vulnerability discovery and exploitation in Introduction CrikeyCon 2025.
Summary
Overview: CrikeyCon 2025 organizers Wade and Glenn share the conference's origin story, from a late-night bar idea at AusCERT to 11 years and 10 conferences of Australian security community building.
Key Topics: Ten years of nagging between co-founders before launch; venue challenges including Irish club financial instability; pyrotechnic incidents at early conferences; and growing first-time attendee numbers.
Technical Details: Organizers recount venue selection disasters including an insolvent Irish club with constantly changing management contacts, and a conference day pyrotechnics incident that became legendary in CrikeyCon lore.
Takeaways: Community conferences emerge from persistent volunteer effort and survive despite venue disasters. First-time attendee growth indicates healthy community expansion.
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