Our CFP is now open. We aren't just looking for 1337 tech talks, we want social skills, admin, defence, and all sorts to give us a nice rounded day. Any questions, please ask.
forms.gle/JRrZQZojtbGQ...
🎖️ BSides London 2026
🎬 'No REST 'til Hammersmith'
📅 12th December 2026
🏛️ Novotel London West
📜 CFP open 1 Aug-30 Sept
🎟️ Tickets available on the 1st of Sept, Oct & Nov
😍 Sponsor info pack available in April
🌏 BSides.London
#BSidesLDN2026 #Security #BSides #London
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...
As someone in the "experience" camp…
"…pitfalls of CVs and how to avoid them."
Yeah, I might need to come along to this one.
I still can't beat the first one. So much for the Fighting Fantasy of my misspent youth.
Nakatomi runs on UNIX
Little reminder I made a video about the #history of #Christmas themed computer viruses over the years a while back, you can find it here:
#hacking #hacker
youtu.be/4ZPjZFgsCp0
Instead of doomscrolling, expand your brain with computer hacking for good! The new @nostarchpress.bsky.social hacking bundle has 18 books all designed to help you secure your cyberspace. Pay what you want—$36 or more gets them all and supports EFF. www.humblebundle.com/books/hacki...
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...
Build your offensive security lab with 18 DRM-free books worth $700+. Download once, read anywhere, keep forever.
Pay what you want (starting around $36) and support the EFF while you’re at it: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/hacking-no-starch-books
![[MV] 10 Years of AoC](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ojqk5cygsyhrcpsm4ffo7mij/bafkreibxo6s6zkxh3hczn4azcaeznjdaq37fygstgmug2u6wnowgywqxui)
Incredible #AdventOfCode music video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF_4...
I have over two decades of experience in software engineering and a significant chunk of it in one particular language…
It's always "Pythong".
Every. Damn. Time.
Rust 1.90.0 has been released! ✨🦀
This release makes LLD the default linker on x86-64 linux-gnu and adds `cargo publish --workspace` to publish an entire workspace all at once!
Check out the blog post and release notes for more: blog.rust-lang.org/2025/09/18/R...
30 years ago today Hackers was released!
(…in the US; we'll be back in May to mark the UK release.)
#HackThePlanet
Sorry, new 2025 playlist link, we needed to tweak something.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Shodan's $5 membership sale is live. Go go go!
account.shodan.io
Mid-sale reminder...
My introductory Sonic Pi course is on sale for all of August.
Use code SUMMER_SALE to unlock a 33% discount.
If you've been waiting for the right time to learn to live code music - it's now!
sonic-pi-studio.teachable.com/p/sonic-pi-i...
Today, the word “Luddite” is used as an insult to anyone resistant to technological innovation. But a recent book argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.
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-...
The 2026 dates will likely be July 17-19 but nothing has been signed with the university yet so please do not make any bookings that cannot be changed based on these.
A pulsating set of balloons, the front ones make the text "happy birthday 50".
Happy 50th birthday @digi.ninja!
🎟️ PyCon UK 2025 is coming up in September — do you have your ticket? 👀
There’s so much to enjoy:
🧠 Talks, 💻 Workshops, 🛠️ Sprints
🐍 Meeting other Pythonistas
🌆 Exploring #Manchester
👩💻 Young Coder’s Day & #DjangoGirls Workshop (Sat 20th)
🎟️ Tickets here: buff.ly/kY0iE7M
#PyConUK2025 #Python
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...
They say ‘Never meet your heroes’ well screw that, I’ve met hacker royalty, master storyteller & all round lovely bloke Jayson E Street very briefly twice at DefCon, and he’s awesome. But now he’s in the UK!
BSides Leeds, 21st June, tickets very limited
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1323906332...
Keynote announcement showing Jayson E Street and the event details 21st June BSides Leeds UK
🌌🎤 Keynote Transmission: A Security Legend Awakens in Leeds! 🔐✨
This #MayTheFourthBeWithYou we announce Jedi Master @jaysonstreet.bsky.social will be our keynote!
Tickets drop tomorrow - make sure to join the resistance!
We have a list of all our speakers and workshop who have confirmed so far up on our site:
www.steelcon.info/the-event/ta...
www.steelcon.info/the-event/wo...
If any of these excite you (they excite us) then the last ticket drop will be this Friday, May 2nd.
ti.to/steelcon/2025
What looks at first glance to be an image of people enjoying a festival but on closer look is an eldritch horror of unimaginable generative AI.
It is time!
BSides Leeds is back on Saturday 21st June and our Call for Speakers is now open!
If you have a story to tell, research to present or tools to demonstrate we would love to hear from you!
The Google forms link is here
lnkd.in/enihgQK7
