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March 2026 Meetup - John Follin We're slightly late announcing our speaker for this month but are excited to announce we've got John Follin with his talk "Making Shor: cryptography in a post-quantum world" We're meeting at the usua...

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...

Rum was drunk
Stories were shared
And apparently soufflles were eaten

They're just different, not smarter Smarter doesn't always mean a better talk anyway - I learnt a load from your talks (not just to duck from low flying tim tams!)

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Our first fully committed sponsor is @zephrfish.yxz.red. Long time supporter as a speaker and now a sponsor as well.

Andy would like everyone to know about his Malwareless Adversarial Emulation training course

lms.zsec.red

We may be biased, but we reckon it is top quality stuff.

I've been waiting to watch this talk for a long time. It's not often that @ministraitor.bsky.social gets on this side of the camera but he knows more about what happens behind the scenes at conferences than almost anyone else.

#BSidesLDN2025 videos are now live on our YouTube channel.
Don’t forget to like and subscribe, we only publish once a year, your support makes a real difference!
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Huge thanks to @ministraitor.bsky.social & all our presenters for sharing their time and expertise!

BSides Leeds Call for Papers image - the text reads; "BSides Leeds 2026 brings you the theme "Game On". We're looking for talks that explore the strategy, competition and mindset behind cyber security - from offensive tradecraft and defensive resilience to adversarial thinking, risk and real-world lessons learned. If you want to inspire the community, teach new skills, or share your insights, submit you talk! CFP Deadline 31/03/2026 contact: bsidesleeds23@gmail.com

Our CfP is open!
We’ve hinted at it. We’ve teased it. Now it’s official.

The BSides Leeds 2026 theme is Game On.

tinyurl.com/leedscfp26
But be quick - our CFP is only open until the end of this month!

With Easter coming up quick it is time for a date announcement.

1 March - CFP and call for crew opens
1 April - Pre talk announcement tickets
3 April CFP and CFC closes
~ 20 April speakers confirmed
~ 24 April main ticket drop

Links and stuff coming closer to the dates.

Yes! Finally we can show you all what we've been planning this year. @tib3rius.bsky.social is joining us to host some game shenanigans that will be familiar to anyone that's been to recent @defcon.bsky.social.
@lintile.lol graced us with his presence a few years ago so this feels very appropriate.

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

Liam speaking on the dc151 stage

Next up @gr4y-r0se.bsky.social at @dc151.org preaching how to hack your cv

I suck at tagging people @labraid.bsky.social @gr4y-r0se.bsky.social

The Dome Collective aka Liam and Sean wearing their freaky ass monk robes

Sean rambling

The Dome Collective have infiltrated @dc151.org
First up is the freshly shiny pated Sean G 🇨🇮

Top 10 web hacking techniques of 2025 Welcome to the Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques of 2025, the 19th edition of our annual community-powered effort to identify the most innovative must-read web security research published in the last year

The voting has concluded, and we're thrilled to announce the top ten web hacking techniques of 2025! Massive thanks to everyone in the community for sharing their hard-earned discoveries, plus the panel and everyone who nominated or voted! portswigger.net/research/top...

February 2026 Meetup - Seán Guthrie and Liam Follin For our February meetup, we've got a couple of amazing speakers who most of you will know as they're regular attendees and speakers at DC151. In no particular order (because we don't have favourites ...

Update for our next meetup on the 11th Feb:

dc151.org/february-202...

Top 10 web hacking techniques of 2025 Welcome to the community vote for the Top 10 Web Hacking Techniques of 2025.

Voting is now live for the top ten web hacking techniques of 2025! Grab a brew, browse the 61 quality nominations and cast your vote on the most creative and ground-breaking techniques:
portswigger.net/polls/top-10...

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

Fabien on vpn threats

Two excellent talks and a very full house tonight at @_dc151.
Fabien Bourdaire on VPN ransomware threats and Venus leading an invasion from @2600manchester.bsky.social with a talk on AI model hosting.

Hack Glasgow 2026 tickets are scheduled for release on the 16th January. As with last year, there's no additional drops or hidden General Admission tickets - once they're gone, they're gone!

Grab yours at hackglasgow2026.eventbrite.co.uk

January 2026 Meetup - Fabien Bourdaire and Venus After our plea for January speakers, we've received 2 offers to talk at the January Meetup which we've gratefully accepted. Venus will be visiting us from Manchester 2600 to deliver their talk "Priva...

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

Last year was the first Hack Glasgow. It instantly established itself as one of the best cyber security conferences on the scene. I'll be there again this year - see you there?

the idiot Jake Paul getting the Oof knocked out of him by Antony Joshua - remix of the 'Oof Size Large' meme by me

Can't believe no one else has updated this meme yet?

He said something about you being on a list?

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 :)

I can lend you a filament drier if you want to try (dc151 tomorrow?)- worked well on some filament I thought was fine but just wouldn't print well before.
Also try a brim / mouse ears for a flat first layer

December 2025 Meetup - Lauren Spokes It's time for our final meetup of the year - and for the first time in December the Cross Keys have assured us that we'll have the room so we can actually have a speaker! Most of you know Lauren as ...

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...

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A screenshot of the example.com homepage after changes. There is no box outlining the text. The text reads: Example Domain This domain is for use in documentation examples without needing permission. Avoid use in operations. Learn more

OMG, example.com has *changed* 😮

Really took me by surprise

My usual experiment to find out how bad LLMs are at technical instructions (wiring a UK plug) as applied to grok. It's just as bad as any other LLM out there:

First up at @DC151 - Harry Hall on AI, anthrax to Malware