DC151

🚨"We have a new home" klaxon🚨 From this month, we'll be meeting at the Brew Society on Aire Street, LS1 4HT. For our first talk in the new venue, we've got our very own @laurawhit.bsky.social delivering a talk on OSINT and Pokemon Go. All deets in the link: dc151.org/posts/octobe...

And our second talk of the evening in our lovely new venue is the wonderful Lianne Potter

Starting our small run of the DC151 organisers talks we've had a great one from @roachy.net this month

After the drama of it getting slightly dimmer earlier than normal. We had two amazing talks from Sean and Tom

We're thrilled that Admiral is sponsoring Hack Glasgow 2026! Admiral is one of the largest and most recognisable insurance companies in the UK, offering products including home, pet, and travel insurance.

Quick update for the meetup next week - we have a couple of speakers again. Tom Singh's talk will be “From prompt to Siem…..with a hint of AI” and Seán Guthrie will be speaking about TCAS Spoofing in Aviation dc151.org/posts/august... As ever, all are welcome

Just over half the talks done for this year. And this month we've had the fabulous Harvey and @tomnomnom.com speaking. - We're always looking for new speakers. Please reach out to @laurawhit.bsky.social , @roachy.net or @glenn.pegden.com to speak.

🚨July Speaker Update🚨 We've got a couple of brilliant talks lined up for July thanks to Harvey Baxter and @tomnomnom.com Meeting on the 8th July at the usual place and time - all details in the link: dc151.org/posts/july-2...

A bit for a mash up this month with @scottmcgready.bsky.social from @hackglasgow.bsky.social and DC151 regular @matthewwilkes.name both doing amazing talks

We now have a logo for the #BSidesLDN2026 "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith" edition!!! We'll be revealing it on Friday, but we thought it would be fun to see if you can guess what the logo will be Two clues, it isn't a slice of bread (or toast), and it's not London in a power outage

🚨Update for the meetup on the 10th of June🚨 This month we have @scottmcgready.bsky.social delivering a talk about the strange things he's found in buckets, and @matthewwilkes.name discussing cookie recipes...... or something. Hope to see as many of you as possible dc151.org/posts/june-2...

Amazing start from Lindsay and a surprise last minute talk from Lianne

It's the 1st of May, and that means it's time to announce our speaker for the month. Really excited to have Lindsay delivering a talk on Russian disinformation narratives and strategies. Details in the link: dc151.org/may-2026-mee...

👏👏👏 for Shaun and Anicet who spoke this month. - We're always looking for new speakers, please reach out to @laurawhit.bsky.social, @roachy.net or @glenn.pegden.com for a slot in an upcoming month

Oh shit. Is it that time already? Bugger. We'd better get a social media post out....... Sorry for the late announcement this month folks. We've got a couple of great speakers though! Details in the link: dc151.org/april-2026-m...

Kicking off March is the one and only John Follin on Making Shor: cryptography in a post-quantum world

Slightly late announcing this one - apologies! This month (11th March) we've got John Follin presenting his talk "Making Shor: cryptography in a post-quantum world". All are welcome. Full details in the link: dc151.org/march-2026-m...

We've had the dome collective out tonight, with talks from @gr4y-r0se.bsky.social and Sean

Update for our next meetup on the 11th Feb: dc151.org/february-202...

2 amazing talks to kick off the new year from Venus and Fabien

Happy New Year! We have 2 amazing speakers for our next meetup on the 14th Jan. All details in the link: dc151.org/january-2026... Hope to see as many of you as possible there

Our pals over at @dc151.org had a cracking final night of the year last night. Fancy speaking there? Give em a shout! They’re lovely. Oh and on that note, we’re pleased to announce our yearly finale, Hack Thursday does Christmas, is next week! Mon down for some festive cheer/beer!

Getting into the Christmas spirit with @laurenspokes4.bsky.social

Just a reminder that our last meet of the year is tonight (the 10th December). If you've got a talk you'd like to share in 2026, just let @laurawhit.bsky.social , @glenn.pegden.com or @roachy.net know :)

Just a week to go until our last @dc151.org of the year! For our last meetup, we've got @laurenspokes4.bsky.social presenting her talk "The Christmas Pi" All details in the link - hope to see as many of you as possible there: dc151.org/december-202...

The one and only talk for tonight from Harry Hall

Quick update for the penultimate @dc151.org of the year. This month we've got Harry Hall talking about "Misuses and abuses of AI: from malware to anthrax and pornography". Details in the link: dc151.org/november-202...

Ready for another amazing talk from Dan

Whoop - it's October and we're back. This time with our very own Dan giving a talk on manipulating our AI overlords to do naughty things. Meeting at the usual time. Deets in the link: dc151.org/october-2025...

Amazing turn up for tonight's talk from Dónnan

Update for this months #DC151. We're really happy to have Dónnan joining us to present his talk: "Infostealerz: The Phantom Menace" Wednesday 10th September at the usual place and time. dc151.org/september-20...

Time for the talk, @gr4y-r0se.bsky.social starting with a parental advisory

For those coming tonight, we're sat outside in the beer garden

Update for this months #DC151. We're really happy to have Liam Follin joining us to present his talk: "The Humble Bragging of a Pentester" Wednesday 13th August at the usual place and time. dc151.org/august-2025-...

Amazing turnout for tonight from two fantastic speakers: Georgia & Harvey

Suffering from mild disbelief that it's already July and time to announce our next meetup. 2 great speakers this month (9th July). All details in the link: dc151.org/july-2025-me...

🎨 BSides London 2025 Logo Competition Alert! Your design could be the face of #BSidesLDN2025 👀 We’re not saying it’s a big deal… but a free ticket might be involved 😉 Details: bsides.london/event-inform...

Anicet kicking off @dc151.org tonight giving a preview of his @bsidesleeds.bsky.social talk on operational honeypots

We’ll be in the beer garden til 6:45 ish if anyone is early!

Reminder that we're back as usual tomorrow (Weds 11th June)

Update for this months #DC151. We're really happy to have Anicet Fopa Tchoffo, CISSP joining us to present his talk: "Deploying Operational Honeypots for High-Fidelity Threat Detection and Intelligence" Wednesday 11th June at the usual place and time. dc151.org/june-2025-me...

Important Announcement 📣 #defcongroups dc151.org/dc151-indepe...

I don't know if it's the gorgeous weather but @dc151.org is packed to the gills for the double header of Tom Singh & @ukcougar.bsky.social They're sitting on the floors and there are bodies in every bit of available floor space

If anyone arrives early tonight, don’t worry, it’s not cancelled - we’re just outside enjoying the 4 minutes of summer that we get in the UK. Join us!

Reminder: This Wednesday (14th May) 👇

May is upon us, and we've got a couple of awesome speakers this month. Usual place and time on Weds 14th May Full details are at: dc151.org/may-2025-mee...

No speaker at DC151 this month but we'll be meeting for a social at the usual place and time. Head down for a beer or a brew :) (9th April, Cross Keys. Leeds, 7pm onwards or earlier if you feel like it!) dc151.org/april-2025-m...

Tonight's talk from Dan who definitely wasn't bullying into this at last month's meeting