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👧👦 Call for SpawnCamp Mentors & Presenters at #BSidesDE2026! 🚀 Have a fun, kid-friendly tech, coding, lockpicking, or STEM activity? Help inspire young hackers on Nov 13–14! 💡 Submit CFP: www.bsidesdelaware.com/cfp #InfoSec #STEM

#BSides312 2027 will be held the Sunday after THOTCON: June 13th! All relevant info will be added to our website as we release it bsides312.org 🔥 READY TO SPEAK OR VOLUNTEER? 🔥 Call for Volunteers and Papers will open in Early November. We'll also announce here when the forms are open.

Derran Guinan will be presenting Always On: Mental Health in an Industry That Never Sleeps at BSides Edmonton Sept 24-25, 2026 www.bsidesedmonton.org/home #infosec #cybersecurity #YEG #Edmonton #BSides

Continuing our look back at this year’s #BSides312 talks! 🎤 We’re featuring @Tib3rius and their talk on building tools and agentic workflows with #ClaudeCode. 🤖💻 A great look at what’s possible when AI meets practical security tooling. #BSides #CyberSecurity #AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=opbd...

Malört is a staple of our history and our heritage — a rite of passage if you want to prove you’re tough enough to be a Chicagoan. When I look back on my time as Governor, I will think of the taste of Malört and all of you who joined in the joy of it.

Summer’s almost over, so let’s take a look back at this year’s talks! 🎤 First up: @rand0h (Danny Akacki), talking about job loss, the challenges that come with it, and how to deal with it in his “Countdown to ZeroPay” talk. #BSides #CyberSecurity #InfoSec youtu.be/vY1elTI2-eQ?...

As we look back at this year’s event, check out Amanda Kollmorgan discussing Cyber Culture & Human Skills. Cybersecurity isn’t just technology—it’s about people, culture, and the skills that bring them together. #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #BSides youtu.be/84ECy2ilMtc?...

As we look back at this year’s event, check out Amanda Kollmorgan discussing Cyber Culture & Human Skills. Cybersecurity isn’t just technology—it’s about people, culture, and the skills that bring them together. #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #BSides youtu.be/84ECy2ilMtc?...

Summer’s almost over, so let’s take a look back at this year’s talks! 🎤 First up: @rand0h (Danny Akacki), talking about job loss, the challenges that come with it, and how to deal with it in his “Countdown to ZeroPay” talk. #BSides #CyberSecurity #InfoSec youtu.be/vY1elTI2-eQ?...

If you were paying attention, you may have noticed already but... This year's schedule is live! Check it out and start planning your experience at Blue Team Con 2026: blueteamcon.com/blue-team-co...

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The Orange Line Track has been getting a great crowd. Right now HelpMeRob is talking about Signal and security! #Bsides312 #BSides

And we’re off! @bsides312.org kicks off with the keynote from @heidishmoo.bsky.social.

Keynote with Heidi Pitter starting now! Green track room! #Bsides312

Good morning @bsides312.org! If you're looking for me this is what I'm wearing today. I have my @dustrial.net Matrix hoodie as well if it gets cold. You can order a hat like mine from my friend @outregeneration.bsky.social.

🎉 The BSides312 Festivities Kick Off TONIGHT! 🍻 Tonight from 5-8: Rooftop Happy Hour with Scanner Join us in Old Town to kick things off! 🔗 luma.com/3hlu6uw1 🚪 Saturday: Doors Open at 8:00 AM 🔗 bsides312.org/about 📅 Full Day Schedule 🔗 bsides312.org/schedule#sch... See everyone there! 🎤🔓

We at #BSides312 welcome and thank our Gold level sponsor #Aikido. Check them out at www.aikido.dev and visit their table tomorrow at our event! Tickets still available at bsides312.org #BSides

📢 Quick correction: doors open 8:00 AM Saturday. Opening ceremony at 9:00. Talks at 9:30. Patch badges won't wait. Thursday: BurbSec North (Wheeling) or South (Hickory Hills) → burbsec.com Friday: Rooftop happy hour sponsored by Scanner → luma.com/3hlu6uw1 Saturday: BSides312 2026. bsides312.org

Friendly reminder: BSides312 physical patch badges are back. If you were there last year, you know how fast these went. Limited. Will not last. Arrive early or live with regret. Doors open 9:00 AM. May 16th. Chicago. bsides312.org

We at #BSides312 thank #SpecterOps for being a Gold level sponsor. We encourage you to check them out at specterops.io and visit their table at our even on May 16. Tickets are still available at bsides312.org #BSides

We at #BSides312 thank our Gold Sponsor Scanner! Thank you for your support of our conference. Visit them at scanner.dev and check them out on May 16 at our event. Tickets are still available at bsides312.org #BSides

Your phishing program has great metrics but your employees are still clicking. Mr. Sprawl is sharing a blueprint that took a startup from a 40% click rate to under 10% in a year. May 16th Chicago → bsides312.org

We at #BSides312 thank #StellarCyber for being a Gold Sponsor of our conference. Check them out at stellarcyber.ai and their booth at our event on May 16. Tickets are still available at bsides312.org #BSides

How many people in infosec are doing senior-level work with a mid-level title and mid-level pay? Admford would like to have a word. You did the work. Now come get the title. May 16th. Chicago. → bsides312.org

We wish to thank Gold Sponsor #PushSecurity for their support. Check out their website at pushsecurity.com and talk to them at #BSides312 on My 16. Tickets are still available at bsides312.org #BSides

"Just use Signal" is not a threat model. HelpMeRob is breaking down the security assumptions, risk trade-offs, and blind spots that put orgs at risk even when they're using the "right" tools. The encryption isn't the weak link. The assumptions are. May 16th. Chicago. → bsides312.org

We here at #BSides312 appreciate #Vorlon for being a Gold sponsor You can check them out at vorlon.io or come and see them on May 16th at our event. Tickets are still available at bsides312.org #BSides

Your last pen test was outdated before the report was even delivered. At BSides312, Paul Petefish is calling it like it is with "Penetration Testing Is Busted" and introducing the Continuous Penetration Testing Methodology (CPTM). May 16th. Chicago. bsides312.org

Thanks to our Gold Sponsor #Material_Sec. We look forward to seeing you at #BSides312! You can check them out at material.security Don't have a ticket for BSides312 yet? Go to bsides312.org and get yours today! #BSides

We at #BSides312 want to thank Gold level sponsor #CardinalOps for their support. Check them out at cardinalops.com and we will see you on May16. Tickets still are available at bsides312.org #Bsides

The scariest thing in your AD isn't what you can see, it's the permissions you thought you removed. Kyprianos & Nikos are uncovering how misconfigs, recycled accounts, and residual ownership create hidden escalation paths. Find and remediate them before attackers do. 5/16/26 Chicago bsides312.org

A single malicious link can turn your AI agent into your biggest insider threat. At BSides312, Martin Voelk is live-demoing how AI agents get weaponized through prompt injection and link unfurling to silently exfiltrate data. No user interaction required. May 16th. Chicago. bsides312.org

We stopped naming our servers, then started naming our AI agents. See the problem? At BSides312 mcdwayne is digging into how AI agents are breaking the way we think about identity, authentication, and delegation. If your org is deploying agents, you need to be here. May 16th. Chicago bsides312.org

🎉 BSides312 GIVEAWAY #2 We're less than three weeks & somewhere out there, your friend still doesn't have a ticket. Tag someone who should be at BSides312 and tell us why they need to be there. Best answer wins them a free ticket. Winner announced next week. bsides312.org

🎉 BSides312 GIVEAWAY #1 WINNER Congrats to Uljana who shared their hacker con journey across BSides Tirana, BSides Athens, CypherCon, and BSides Puerto Rico. Lowkey MVP material. She already has a ticket. So she's giving hers away, follow Uljana on LinkedIn for details on how to win. bsides312.org

This talk is sure to be awesome. So honored to have @akacki.net at our event on May 16. Tickets are still available at bsides312.org

What if C2 traffic could hide inside a valid TLS handshake? At BSides312, John Mathot is breaking down how data can be embedded inside TLS 1.3 signatures, completely invisible and indistinguishable from normal traffic. You'll never look at TLS the same way again. May 16th. Chicago. bsides312.org

How confident are you in your endpoint detection right now? Aryan Jogia would like a word. He's walking through the evasion techniques malware devs use to slip past detection & what it means for defenders building their security stack. Your EDR is on his hitlist. May 16th. Chicago. bsides312.org

🎉 BSides312 GIVEAWAY What's your favorite hacker con memory? Drop a photo and tell us what made that moment special & why you still think about it to this day. Best story wins. Winner announced Friday. BSides312 is May 16th in Chicago. We're just getting started building new memories. bsides312.org

PROS VS JOES CTF 🚨! Industry pros vs cybersecurity joes - who wins? 🤔 Sponsor Red Team, Blue, Team, or be a PvJ game sponsor! Get brand visibility & social media love 😎 Email sponsors [@] bsideslv [.] org #BSLV #CTF #cybersecurity #sponsorship

Laser-based hardware attacks are only for nation-state actors, right? Wrong. At BSides312, Larry Trowell and PANTH13R are showing how they built affordable laser-based hardware analysis tools using an open-source microscope and consumer-grade diode lasers. May 16th. Chicago. bsides312.org

It’s always Wednesday at #Bsides312 youtu.be/Oct2xKMGOno?...

Do you know what sensitive data your colleagues have shared with AI? All more accessible than you've been told. At BSides312, Sharon Shama (Security Researcher at Token Security) is demoing exactly how easy it is to fetch an org's entire LLM chat history. May 16th. Chicago. bsides312.org

What if the biggest security gap in your environment isn't some zero-day, it's the protocol that makes the internet human-readable? At BSides312, Matt Scheurer — host of ThreatReel Podcast, enterprise CSIRT VP, is bringing live demos proving why you shouldn't sleep on DNS. May 16th. bsides312.org

Think about the best leader you've ever had in cybersecurity. At BSides312, Amanda Kollmorgan — Deputy State IT Director, WI Dept of Military Affairs, ~20 years military and civilian experience — is talking about the human skills that actually make cyber teams work. May 16th. Chicago. bsides312.org

STUDENTS AND JOB SEEKERS: For the first time this year, we're going to have a resume review workshop! Bring your documents to the conference to get suggestions on how to improve your odds in this tough market. Scheduling details are still being worked out, watch this space for updates!

Going to #BSidesMKE today? We are also there. Come visit us, we are next to #Hak4Kidz and have STICKERS!!!! Also, if you haven't gotten your tickets yet, why not? bsides312.org #Bsides312 #BSides