ExeQuantum to Present at MRE 2026 and BSides Ballarat

ExeQuantum will be presenting at MRE 2026 (Malware & Reverse Engineering Conference), hosted by Federation University’s Internet Commerce Security Laboratory in Ballarat, Australia, on 26-27 February 2026.
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MRE is a technically focused cybersecurity conference centred on malware analysis, reverse engineering, incident response, binary security and advanced defensive research. MRE 2026 brings together security researchers and industry contributors, including speakers from organisations such as IBM, Microsoft, Google and Palo Alto Networks.

Sam Tseitkin, Founder and CEO of ExeQuantum, will deliver a session titled:
“Your Compiler Is a Zero-Day Factory: Implementation Risk in Post-Quantum Cryptography.”

The presentation examines a critical but under-discussed risk in the post-quantum transition: implementation failure.

While post-quantum cryptographic algorithms are designed to resist future quantum attacks, real-world security failures rarely originate in mathematics. They occur in code, in toolchains, and in compiled output. Recent vulnerabilities have demonstrated that a single instruction, introduced or transformed by compiler optimisation, can undermine otherwise sound cryptographic designs.

The session will explore:
- Real-world post-quantum implementation vulnerabilities
- How compiler behaviour can reintroduce side channels
- Why reverse engineering skills are central to PQC security
- What secure quantum-safe binaries actually look like

MRE 2026 runs alongside BSides Ballarat 2026, held 28 February–1 March, creating one of Australia’s most technically concentrated cybersecurity gatherings.
ExeQuantum’s participation reflects its continued focus on the practical engineering realities of post-quantum cryptography, beyond policy, beyond theory, and into deployed systems.
We look forward to contributing to the technical dialogue at MRE and engaging with the reverse engineering and security research community in Ballarat.