#thotcon — Public Fediverse posts

Laser-based hardware attacks are only for nation-state actors with million-dollar labs. Right?
Wrong.
At BSides312, Larry Trowell and Sam Beaumont (PANTH13R) from NetSPI built affordable laser tools using an open-source microscope and consumer-grade lasers to detect hardware malware and supply chain chip swaps.
Hackers go pew pew.
May 16th. Chicago.
🎟️ https://bsides312.org
#BSides312 #InfoSec #HardwareHacking #SupplyChainSecurity #CyberSecurity #Chicago #BSides #THOTCON

Think about the best leader you've ever had in cybersecurity. It probably wasn't their technical skills that made the difference.

At BSides312, Amanda Kollmorgan is talking about the human skills that turn strong technicians into trusted leaders — mentorship, psychological safety, and communicating under pressure.

May 16th. Chicago.
🎟️ bsides312.org

#BSides312 #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #Leadership #Mentorship #Chicago #BSides #THOTCON

🎤 BSides312 keynote announced!
Heidi Potter — COO at https://Turngate.io, longtime ShmooCon organizer — will be talking about how real infosec communities form, why mentorship matters, and what keeps people coming back.
May 16th. Chicago. Don't miss it.
🎟️ https://bsides312.org
#BSides312 #BSides #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #HackerCommunity #Chicago #THOTCON

Meet the humans behind #BSides312: Robert Wagner (Director) 🛡️🏙️
Community curator + Advisory CISO (~20 yrs) defending Fortune 500s, gov, universities & finance. Speaker/teacher: DEF CON, APISec, BSides Tel Aviv, GrrCON + more. Co-founded Hak4Kidz, Chicago ISSA board, BurbSec regular, absolute legend.
⚠️ FOMO: you snooze, you lose.
✅ https://bsides312.org/
📅 May 16, 2026
🎤 CFP due Feb 28, 2026
#BSides #InfoSec #Chicago #THOTCON #ISSA

Meet the humans behind #BSides312: Robert Wagner (Director) 🛡️🏙️
Community curator + Advisory CISO (~20 yrs) defending Fortune 500s, gov, universities & finance. Speaker/teacher: DEF CON, APISec, BSides Tel Aviv, GrrCON + more. Co-founded Hak4Kidz, Chicago ISSA board, BurbSec regular, absolute legend.
⚠️ FOMO: you snooze, you lose.
✅ https://bsides312.org/
📅 May 16, 2026
🎤 CFP due Feb 28, 2026
#BSides #InfoSec #Chicago #THOTCON #ISSA

Meet the humans behind #BSides312: Robert Wagner (Director) 🛡️🏙️
Community curator + Advisory CISO (~20 yrs) defending Fortune 500s, gov, universities & finance. Speaker/teacher: DEF CON, APISec, BSides Tel Aviv, GrrCON + more. Co-founded Hak4Kidz, Chicago ISSA board, BurbSec regular, absolute legend.
⚠️ FOMO: you snooze, you lose.
✅ https://bsides312.org/
📅 May 16, 2026
🎤 CFP due Feb 28, 2026
#BSides #InfoSec #Chicago #THOTCON #ISSA

Meet the humans behind #BSides312: Robert Wagner (Director) 🛡️🏙️
Community curator + Advisory CISO (~20 yrs) defending Fortune 500s, gov, universities & finance. Speaker/teacher: DEF CON, APISec, BSides Tel Aviv, GrrCON + more. Co-founded Hak4Kidz, Chicago ISSA board, BurbSec regular, absolute legend.
⚠️ FOMO: you snooze, you lose.
✅ https://bsides312.org/
📅 May 16, 2026
🎤 CFP due Feb 28, 2026
#BSides #InfoSec #Chicago #THOTCON #ISSA

Meet the humans behind #BSides312: Robert Wagner (Director) 🛡️🏙️
Community curator + Advisory CISO (~20 yrs) defending Fortune 500s, gov, universities & finance. Speaker/teacher: DEF CON, APISec, BSides Tel Aviv, GrrCON + more. Co-founded Hak4Kidz, Chicago ISSA board, BurbSec regular, absolute legend.
⚠️ FOMO: you snooze, you lose.
✅ https://bsides312.org/
📅 May 16, 2026
🎤 CFP due Feb 28, 2026
#BSides #InfoSec #Chicago #THOTCON #ISSA

Meet the humans behind BSides312: Dave “Heal” Schwartzberg (CFO) 💸🛡️

Dave is a key part of making BSides312 happen.

28 years in infosec. Regular speaker (THOTCON, DEF CON, Black Hat Arsenal, GrrCON + more). Wrote a Network+ CramSession guide in 1999. Legend.

⚠️ FOMO warning: your feed will be full of “so glad I came” posts. Don’t be the odd one out liking them from home. 👀

✅ https://bsides312.org/

🎤 CFP closes Feb 28, 2026

#BSides312 #BSides #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #Chicago #THOTCON

Missing #THOTCON this year but still want to hang out with the coolest nerds in Chicago?

👀 BSides312 is back at the Irish American Heritage Center
📅 Sat, May 16, 2026

Hallway Con! Networking, friends, reunions, and niche nerd bonding with your local wizard 🧙

Board spotlight: Kourtney Lowe (CEO) — GRC/TPRM, community volunteer, BurbSec regular, cyber ✕ psychology enthusiast.

✅ https://bsides312.org/

🎤 CFP closes Feb 28, 2026

#BSides312 #InfoSec #CyberSecurityCommunity #Chicago

Missing #Thotcon this year? No worries—we’ve got you covered.
Tickets for #BSides312 on May 16 are on sale now!
Grab yours 👉 https://bsides312.org/
#BSides

#thotcon Exploring Human-Tech Augmentation Myths slides are now available! https://tr.ee/V073CiJaG2

Comprehensive YouTube video coming soon, but in the meantime, if you're interested, I recommend Biohackers Digital https://discord.gg/qtnE8T3, where I post project updates!

Thank you to everyone who came to my talk at @thotcon! For those who asked, I’ll be sharing the slides soon and will likely upload a YouTube video version later on! #thotcon https://linktr.ee/brockwarner

Just at a conference seeing a bunch of people do stuff they love like playing Legend of Zelda theme songs, drinking arugula malort, and making tinfoil hats. #thotcon

Thank you to everyone stopping by our table @ #THOTCON 🏴‍☠️

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon #BadgeLife @thotcon

Thank you to everyone stopping by our table @ #THOTCON 🏴‍☠️

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon #BadgeLife @thotcon

Thank you to everyone stopping by our table @ #THOTCON 🏴‍☠️

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon #BadgeLife @thotcon

Thank you to everyone stopping by our table @ #THOTCON 🏴‍☠️

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon #BadgeLife @thotcon

Thank you to everyone stopping by our table @ #THOTCON 🏴‍☠️

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon #BadgeLife @thotcon

Thank you to everyone stopping by our table @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon #BadgeLife

Thank you to everyone stopping by our table @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon #BadgeLife

Thank you to everyone stopping by our table @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon #BadgeLife

Thank you to everyone stopping by our table @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon #BadgeLife

Thank you to everyone stopping by our table @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon #BadgeLife

On my way to #THOTCON for day 2. Only 5% hungover from the "happy party" last night 😅

Martyn Williams (Stimson Center’s Korea Program and 38 North) and Nick Roy (Silent Push) presented an interesting talk at THOTCON 0xD on a misconfigured DPRK server and the data they found. Cool to see everything that goes into getting online in DPRK and the tools used to do so. They posted their THOTCON slide deck at silibank.com/thotcon, which Nick apparently purchased after the domain was allowed to expire by DPRK entities.

Their NK Tech Lab site is a new center for investigation and analysis into how North Korea uses technology to serve and suppress its citizens.

Nktechlab.org
Silibank.com/thotcon

#thotcon #dprk #cti #ThreatIntelligence

Holy s**t, lol. I'm really enjoying the #THOTCON keynote by Cliff Stoll. Dude is hilarious.

I have arrived. #THOTCON

#THOTCON today! Excited!

Hoping to see some folks from my network at #THOTCON

BIC @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️ 0xD 🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️ 0xD 🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️ 0xD 🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️ 0xD 🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025 @thotcon

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️ 0xD 🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025 @thotcon

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️ 0xD 🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025 @thotcon

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️ 0xD 🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025 @thotcon

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 🏴‍☠️ 0xD 🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025 @thotcon

#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

Something new is brewing at #BSides312 👀
Lintile is bringing his epic games to the pub area—don’t miss it! 🎮🍻
🎟️ Get tickets: https://bsides312.org
Bonus: CyberCX is giving some away at Burbsec East tomorrow!
#BSides #Thotcon

Less than a week until #BSides312! 🔥
🎤 Excited for any specific speakers?
🧠 Ready to crush the CTFs + MUDs?
🏆 Prizes are waiting.
🎟️ Got your tickets yet? 👉 bsides312.org
See you this Sunday! #Thotcon #BSides

Zudem gibt es diese #HackerHappenings (1/2):

#NULLCON -- 26.02.-02.03.25
https://calendify.com/event/Qm5M1qp0MEz

#BLACKHAT ASIA -- 01.-04.04.25
https://calendify.com/event/0WXOB9754Pk

#CACKALACKYCON -- 16.-18.05.25
https://calendify.com/event/Zx8g83J5Myv

#NOLACON -- 16.-18.05.25
https://calendify.com/event/yomMJLwq4Db

#NEWLINE -- 23.-25.05.25
https://calendify.com/event/yLz4E9lD4ao

#THOTCON -- 30.-31.05.25
https://calendify.com/event/EQVO26b7OkZ

BIC @ THOTCON 0xD 🏴‍☠️⁠
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🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025⁠
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#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 0xD 🏴‍☠️⁠
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🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025⁠
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#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 0xD 🏴‍☠️⁠
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🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025⁠
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#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 0xD 🏴‍☠️⁠
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🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025⁠
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#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

BIC @ THOTCON 0xD 🏴‍☠️⁠
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🗓️ May 30th & 31st, 2025⁠
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#BlacksInCyber #BlacksInCybersecurity #LitLikeBIC #ThotCon2025 #ThotCon0xD #ThotCon

Come check out my latest talk, "Beneath the Skin: Exploring Human-Tech Augmentation Myths," at @thotcon on May 30–31, 2025! #HumanAugmentation #Biohacking #Microchip #thotcon #hacking