I finally got around to upgrading from Leap 15 to 16.

It was remarkably uneventful.

And everything is now faster.

Photo of lockpicking and battle bots with text saying 'call for villages'

🎪 Call for Villages! 🛠️

Got a hands-on idea? Run a village, workshop, or demo space to teach, build, break & inspire. From security labs to weird & wonderful creations, we want it all.

Apply now & bring your village to life!
docs.google.com/forms/d/1Wjn...

#BSidesLeeds #Infosec #CyberSecurity

April 2026 Meetup - Shaun Wakefield and Anicet Tchoffo Once again, apologies for the lateness announcing this months speakers. We'll take ourselves off to the naughty step and do better next month. Anyone who's been to DC151 before will probably know bot...

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...

We've still only got a couple of workshops submitted for Friday, we need some more.

If you have something cool you'd like to share with the community in a hands on way, please submit it here:

forms.gle/Gn6Cicdw7N6E...

Old URL, new look: owasp-juice.shop will now bring you to our standalone project website! Here you find all the information as before, just better organized; in a stylish neon/cyberpunk hacker theme; and with more infos than ever before; also more mobile friendly! We hope you like the new style!

Are you ready to do your first talk but need a little encouragement?

We have mentors on standby to help you craft your talk, from creating slides to content delivery.

Many experienced speakers delivered their first talks at a BSides, as community conferences are super friendly.

OpenAI to acquire Astral Accelerates Codex growth to power the next generation of Python developer tools

Fuck.

openai.com/index/openai...

SteelCon Call For Papers 2026 Same as every year, we are looking for cool talks and workshops to amaze and entertain our delightful audience. We are interested in topics related to security and hacking in some way however they don...

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

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...

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.

‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’: Rifftrax, Shout! Studios Team for New Episodes of Cult Classic Series (EXCLUSIVE) RiffTrax and Shout! Studios have teamed to produce four new episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000 with Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett and Kevin Murphy

variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Nakatomi runs on UNIX

realhackhistory - Christmas Computer Viruses #hacking #hacker #history YouTube video by realhackhistory

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

Humble Tech Book Bundle: Hacking by No Starch Turn your curiosity about computer hacking into a fast-paced, proven, and practical career with the latest Humble Tech Book Bundle!

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...

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...

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: www.humblebundle.com/books/hacking-no-starch-...

[MV] 10 Years of AoC YouTube video by M1n3c4rt

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.

Announcing Rust 1.90.0 | Rust Blog Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.

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...

a man in a car with the words hack the planet Alt: Zero Cool leans from a car, exclaiming "Hack the planet!"

30 years ago today Hackers was released!

(…in the US; we'll be back in May to mark the UK release.)

#HackThePlanet

a cartoon character with the letter a on his chest Alt: Aladdin's Genie unenthusiastically waves a tiny flag. He's enjoying watching the Giants as much as I am.

Oh. Good. We're back.

Go, Giants. Or something.

#NYGvsWAS

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

Sonic Pi - Introduction

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...

Rethinking the Luddites in the Age of A.I. Brian Merchant’s new book, “Blood in the Machine,” argues that Luddism stood not against technology per se but for the rights of workers in the face of automation.

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.

August 2025 Meetup - Liam Follin We're back again as usual in August, this time with DC151 regular and all-round lovely chap, Liam Follin and his talk "The Humble Bragging of a Pentester". Intrigued? We definitely are, and can't wait...

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-...