Cork|Sec 158

Running since June 2013, every month we have 1-2 talks focused on Security or Technology - followed by socialising with like minded people

• You can find out exactly what to expect about the night and the venue on the What We're About section of our Meetup page. Past talk details can be found the "Past Events" section.
• All people with any sort of an interest or level of knowledge in Security, Hacking and Emerging Technology are more than welcome to attend and feel free to bring like minded colleagues and friends.

CorkSec is made possible through generous sponsorship from our Platinum Sponsor TrendAI, Gold Sponsor CyberSkills , as well as our Silver and Bronze Sponsors featured prominently on the night.

Doors open at 19:00 with talks starting at 19:15. Talks below

TALK 1: Breaking the Quantum Future: Can We Shrink Post-Quantum Crypto? - by Parichay Dey
As we advent towards quantum computing, the threat of decryption of data packets travelling through the internet becomes increasingly real. The transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) is already happening, but there’s a massive catch: post-quantum public keys are historically huge, threatening to bloat our network packets and slow down applications. In this talk, we dive into the HQC (Hamming Quasi-Cyclic) cryptosystem—one of the frontline algorithms designed to save us from quantum attacks. I’ll break down my recently published research on using the RMRS framework to aggressively shrink these key sizes, so that it can accommodate our network packets for low end IOT devices. We’ll explore how we can optimize efficiency without accidentally introducing cryptographic vulnerabilities, and look at what this next generation of encryption actually means for standard application security.

TALK 2: VibeCrime: Preparing for Next Generation Agentic AI Cybercrime by Bob McArdle
The era of Agentic Cybercrime AI is bringing with it an increase in scale of attacks and new threats that were previously unfeasible. This session will share research on agentic threats and consider how they could evolve into autonomous cybercrime enterprises, and explain how organizations will need to adapt from a world of Cybercrime-as-a-Service, to a new generation of VibeCrime.