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TOMORROW! The first #BSidesNoVA Hacker Happy Hour of 2026!

Join us at Bunnyman Brewing in Chantilly, Virginia 5pm-8pm Friday, Feb 13th for laughs, hacks, and laughs about hacks.

Celebrating our 10th year of community!

TONIGHT! Resume Review & Brews with the FXBG (Fredericksburg, Virginia) Hackers!

Red Dragon Brewery 1419 Princess Anne St
December 3rd 2025 at 7pm #BSidesNoVA

We at #BSidesNoVA are thankful for our fantastic Northern Virginia hacker community! Have a happy and safe #Thanksgiving!

“Some books are so familiar that reading them is like being home again.” - Louisa May Alcott

Have a cozy reading weekend, Northern Virginia! #BSidesNoVA

Yar, this sounds like a good #CtF theme for #BSidesNoVA 🏴‍☠️

"A mysterious Virginia Beach island may hold pirate secrets."
https://www.pilotonline.com/2025/10/29/blackbeard-island-virginia-beach/

Attention #BSidesNoVA friends, fam, folks! Join Jason Blanchard from Black Hills Information Security for a FREE six-hour workshop on how to job hunt like a hacker in 2025. Next scheduled date: November 11th, 2025 at 10:00 AM EST

"Workshop: Job Hunt Like a Hacker – 2025 Edition with Jason Blanchard"
https://www.antisyphontraining.com/product/workshop-job-hunt-like-a-hacker-2025-edition-with-jason-blanchard/

Friendly reminder from #BSidesNoVA that today (Tuesday, November 4th) is Election Day 🗳️!

Here are links to election resources for our #DMV folks:

🗳️ District of Columbia - dcboe.org
🗳️ Maryland elections.maryland.gov
🗳️ Virginia - elections.virginia.gov

Why are witches so good at deobfuscating malware? 🧙‍♀️ 🤔

They know hex! 🤪

Happy #Halloween from Security BSides Northern Virginia! 🎃 👻 #BSidesNoVA

Thank you to @DomainTools for being a *GOLD* sponsor for our 2025 event. Check out this conference recap by Ian Campbell!

"DomainTools Investigations #BSidesNoVA Recap"
https://dti.domaintools.com/domaintools-investigations-bsides-nova-recap/

Wishing a joyous #Diwali to our #NorthernVirginia #InfoSec and #DataPrivacy fam! 🕯️ 🎆 #BSidesNova

🎶 The Sarah McLachlan song "I Will Remember You" plays in the background. 🎶

Oh, just sitting here remembering one week ago when our HackerU students were learning things like, "How to Break an AI: Adversarial Attacks, Jailbreaks, and Defenses That Actually Work" in Pavan Reddy's #BSidesNoVA workshop.

They grow up so fast 🥲

THANK YOU for a brilliant 2025 #BSidesNoVA! We had a dozen Workshops on Friday, October 10th and a boat load of sessions, villages, and more on Saturday, October 11th at GMU FUSE at Mason Square in Arlington, Virginia. Look for some more wrap-up posts before we go quiet to begin to think about our TENTH anniversary in 2026! www.bsidesnova.org

Thank you to everyone who visited us at BSides NoVA 2025! 🚗 ⁠
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See you next year! 🔟
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#BICVillage #BSidesNoVA #CyberCommunity #BlacksInCyber

Thank you to everyone who visited us at BSides NoVA 2025! 🚗 ⁠
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See you next year! 🔟
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#BICVillage #BSidesNoVA #CyberCommunity #BlacksInCyber

🎶 🎤 we hope you had the time of your life! 🎤 🎶

THANK YOU to all our #BSidesNoVA 2025 sponsors, volunteers, speakers, attendees, friends, relatives, exes, and Labubus for supporting and/or participating in *THE* premier #InfoSec community event in Northern Virginia! 😘

Let's wrap up HackerU with a rager! (Or, whatever non-destructive shenanigans we can get up to!) https://bsidesnova-2025.sessionize.com/session/1028640

4:00pm today, the #BSidesNoVA 2025 Closing Ceremonies and Happy Hour - Sponsored by Altus

🎬 Hacker Movie Trivia Cracking!

🫗 🍽️ Food and Drinks provided

Hats off to our to our #BSidesNoVA 2025 Community Partners! HackerU: Where Curiosity Becomes Capability!

BlackInCyberCo1
Cover6Solutions
uuallan (Green Archer Comics)
gtedgeai
JustHackingHQ
MetaCTF
msbrewing
PinballHackers
infosecsherpa

#BSidesNoVA 2025 *GOLD* sponsor Armis is the global leader in Cyber Exposure Management, giving organizations the power to see, protect, and manage every single connected asset, from the ground to the cloud! https://www.armis.com/

Our #BSidesNoVA 2025 *GOLD* sponsor #NewEraTechnology is your trusted global partner, delivering brilliant IT solutions—from cloud services to collaboration—to securely connect and empower your world. https://www.neweratech.com/us/

Level up your cybersecurity with #BSidesNoVA *GOLD* sponsor, #DomainTools! 🛡️ They're the global leader in Internet intelligence, giving elite security teams the clear, real-time data they need to connect the dots and neutralize threats faster. #Cybersecurity #KnowNow https://www.domaintools.com/

One of our 2025 #BSidesNoVA *GOLD* sponsors, Redhorse Corporation, is driving digital transformation with data science and AI, delivering innovative solutions to solve the toughest challenges for national security and the federal government! https://redhorsecorp.com/

2025 #BSidesNoVA *GOLD* sponsor #phia is powering a more secure future by delivering the ultimate in cyber, intelligence, and technology solutions—breaking stuff before the bad guys do so you can succeed in your mission! https://phiatech.com/

Team Cymru is a #BSidesNoVA 2025 *GOLD* sponsor and is empowering security teams worldwide with their cutting-edge Pure Signal™ platform, giving organizations the unparalleled threat intelligence they need to proactively defend against global cyber threats and secure the digital world! https://www.team-cymru.com/

Visit them today! Dark Wolf Solutions operates at the nexus of mission and technology, delivering cutting-edge #cybersecurity, DevSecOps, and #AI /ML solutions to meet the challenging needs of Defense, Intelligence, and Fortune 500 customers. https://darkwolfsolutions.com/ #BSidesNoVA

Thanks to all that attended @neurovagrant and Malachi Walker’s #BSidesNoVA talks this morning. Please don’t hesitate to stop by our table and say hello 👋 !

Give it up for #BSidesNoVA 2025 *PLATINUM* sponsor, Nightwing!

Nightwing is defining the edge of the possible, delivering advanced full-spectrum cyber, data, and intelligence solutions to secure our nation's most critical missions! https://nightwing.com/

The #BSidesNoVA 2025 Book Chat: Book Club Community Meetup is happening at 12:30pm!
https://bsidesnova-2025.sessionize.com/session/978777

Altus Consulting provides mission-focused IT and Cyber Security services for the US Gov't and commercial sector, specializing in areas like network, software, and systems engineering! #BSidesNoVA is grateful for their Happy Hour sponsorship! https://altuscc.com/

Things are popping in our #BSidesNoVA 2025 Breach Village! Go join the brilliant Robin Noyes for a game of Backdoors & Breaches!

[Photo Credit: @vamegabyte]

Thank you to our *PLATINUM* Sponsors of #BSidesNoVA 2025. Look for posts throughout the day today featuring each sponsor!