🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Denis Legezo, Senior threat hunter at CyberProof, presenting his talk 'DIY CTI: You don't have to wait for vendors all the time to get fresh IoCs'. Catch Denis's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye out for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Tom Harrison presenting his talk 'Standing On The Shoulders of Robots - AI for Attackers; Where the **** are we?'. Catch Tom's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Georgia Weidman presenting her talk 'Shattering The Perimeter: Exploiting the Modern Mobile Ecosystem'. Catch Georgia's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have David-Constantin Dobritoiu presenting his talk 'Closing the Cloud Security Loop: Turning Theoretical Risk into Actionable Defense'. Catch David-Constantin's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Zeshan Sattar presenting his talk 'Building the Future of Robot Security Testing: Expanding Pen Testing Skills for a Cyber Physical World'. Catch Zeshan's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have @zephrfish.yxz.red presenting his talk 'Archaic Creativity: Pulling At Infinite Threads'. Catch Andy's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

🎲 SIDE QUEST UNLOCKED: ASK ME ANYTHING 🎲 Got a cyber question? Career question? Random weird tech rabbit-hole question? Come find the AMA Desk at BSides Leeds and roll for answers. Our party might not know everything immediately (nobody does), but we’ll work together to figure it out.

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have @daddythebaddie.bsky.social and @wildpark.bsky.social presenting 'Red Carding the Auditor: Winning the Game of Pragmatic Security'. Catch Leum and John's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're thrilled to have Chris Traynor, Owner/Instructor at Ridgeback Information Security, LLC, presenting his talk 'Cerno: One Tool to Triage, Orchestrate, and Track'. Catch Chris's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye out for the full schedule release!

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Lisa Belmonte Diaz, Strategic Solutions Consultant at th4ts3cur1ty.company, presenting her talk 'Security Theatre For Your Board'. Catch Lisa's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have John Follin, Director at Holus Creative, presenting his talk 'Making Shor - Cybersecurity in a Quantum World'. Catch John's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're thrilled to have @qhazeeem.bsky.social presenting his talk 'Designing for Breach: Combining Ring-Fencing and Zero Trust'. Catch Kazeem's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have @seccomet.com, Senior Cyber Security Analyst at Capgemini, presenting his talk 'Adventures in Self-hosting'. Catch Jason's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Dan Houghton, Penetration Tester at Pen Test Partners, presenting his talk 'Malware Slop: Bypassing Skill Issues with Vibe Coded Trojans'. Catch Dan's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have @vicharkness.bsky.social, Security Consultant, presenting her talk 'Baby Burp Suite'. Catch Vic's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

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🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Isaac Potts, Penetration Tester at KPMG UK, presenting his talk 'Turning CTF skills into Pentesting skills'. Catch Isaac's talk on the 101 Track, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Anicet Fopa Tchoffo, Security Consultant at University of Leeds, presenting his talk 'Security Hardening Isn’t the Hard Part'. Catch Anicet's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're thrilled to have @insider.phd, Security Advocate at Semgrep, presenting her talk 'Creative Use of Game Mechanics, Game Hacking that isn't TECHNICALLY Hacking'. Catch Katie's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Charles Dickinson, Director at EY, presenting his talk 'OT Dungeons & Cyber Dragons'. Catch Charles's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have @laurenspokes4.bsky.social presenting her talk 'The Forensic War on Privacy Advances: Mobile Phones'. Catch Lauren's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're delighted to have Aliyu G. Yisa, Co-Founder at Fezzant, presenting his talk 'Who will secure the 16%? Accessible Security for 1.3 Billion Disabled People'. Catch Aliyu's talk on Track 1, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release!

🕹️ SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT 🎮️ We're excited to have Ehren Osborne, a Penetration Tester at KPMG, presenting their talk 'Please, oh please, stick to the RFCs'. Catch Ehren's talk on Track 2, and keep an eye on our website and socials for the full schedule release! #BSidesLeeds #SpeakerAnnouncement

Please welcome onboard Punk Security as the badge sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 You won't find any spoilers here about the badge itself, but let's face it — you all know that if Punk Security is behind it, it's going to be amazing... 👀

We are officially SOLD OUT! Thanks to everyone who's picked up a ticket for this year — we can't wait to see you! If you missed out on the ticket drops, snag yourself a spot on our waitlist in case of any returns over the next few weeks. bsidesleeds.com/tickets #BSidesLeeds #GameOn

Please welcome onboard @intigriti.com as an afterparty sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 Bug bounty specialists Intigriti are all about helping develop communities of security researchers, so having them support our afterparty is a really natural fit.

We asked 100 people: “What time is it?” You said… BSides Leeds ticket drop! 🔔 TOP ANSWER! bsidesleeds.com/tickets #TicketDrop

We asked 100 people: “What’s at 00:01 on 10 May?” You said… BSides Leeds ticket drop! 🔔 TOP ANSWER! No conferring, no passing—be quick on the buzzer! First come, first served before it’s “UH-UH!” (sold out). Be ready. 10 May, 00:01. bsidesleeds.com/tickets #TicketDrop

Calling all hacksocs! 📢 We know how useful a BSides event can be for early career networking and hearing about different areas of the industry, so we've reserved a limited number of free BSides Leeds tickets for student hacking societies. Get in touch with us at [email protected] to request.

Please welcome onboard @portswigger.net as a sponsor for BSides Leeds! 🎉 Known for their Web Security Academy, their research, and of course the absolutely incredible tool Burp Suite, PortSwigger are at the forefront of the web security field.

📢 Calling all chaos co-ordinators and responsible adults! 📢 Our Call for Volunteers is now OPEN! You don't need to have crew experience — the main thing we need is that you're approachable, friendly, enthusiastic, and want to help others get the best out of their day.

💼 ALL TICKETS IN THIS ROUND… ARE SOLD OUT. The vault is empty, the board is clear, and the game is over for this round. If you’ve got a ticket then you’re in the game. If you don’t… I’m afraid the banker is smiling. Join us for the next round: 📅 10th May at 00:01 #BSidesLeeds #InfosecCommunity

🎬📼 Is everyone ready for another round of… TICKET DROP?! 📼🎬 Level up your plans for Saturday 13th June and get in on the fun. bsidesleeds.com/tickets #BSidesLeeds #TicketDrop #InfosecCommunity #GameOn

🕹️ We're gearing up for the next round of TICKET DROP 🎮️ Check back at 19:00 today to grab your place 👀 bsidesleeds.com/tickets

Thank you for an absolutely *phenomenal* response to our CFP - we're honoured to have received a mammoth 82 submissions. We're currently finalising our scoring and are aiming to update all submitters by the end of this week.

🕹️ CALL FOR SPONSORS 🕹️ We have some absolutely fantastic sponsors (more announcements to follow!) but are looking for a couple more companies to come onboard and help us bring the fun that makes BSides Leeds unique. Could this be you? Please reach out for our sponsor pack!

Welcome onboard ZephrSec! 🎉 ZephrSec is all about giving back to the community, helping others grow through hands-on training, adversarial emulation, and real-world security insights. Levelling up the next generation of defenders & attackers 🚀 lms.zsec.red @zephrfish.yxz.red

Since day one, BSides Leeds has been about more than just the usual cyber conference crowd. We’ve always wanted it to be a space for people who might not normally attend, whether that’s because of cost, confidence, or just feeling like these events aren’t “for them”.

That was a quick round..! 🎮️ Our first ticket drop has sold out, but fear not — we have two more coming up. Mark your calendars: 📅 27th April at 19:00 📅 10th May at 00:01 (hopefully making grabbing a ticket a little easier for the shift workers among us!) #TicketDrop #BSidesLeeds #GameOn

🎬📼 IT’S TIME TO PLAY… TICKET DROP! 📼🎬 🟦 B for BSides Leeds 🟨 S for Securing your ticket 🟥 L for Let’s go! Think fast—tickets go quick. Don’t get blocked! 🏆 📅 Sat 13 June 📍 Cloth Hall Court, Leeds bsidesleeds.com/tickets #BSidesLeeds #TicketDrop #InfosecCommunity #GameOn

🪙 Insert Coin. Pull the Lever 🎰 BSides Leeds is about to be Game On. Cybersecurity meets play, puzzles & competition - because learning shouldn’t be boring. Test your skills. Learn new ones. Join the community. 📍 13 June – Leeds 🎟 Ticket drop: 10 April at 13:37 #BSidesLeeds #Infosec #GameOn

🎪 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

🎮 LAST CALL, PLAYERS 🎮 The clock is ticking… The BSides Leeds CFP closes TODAY! This is your chance to press START on your talk, share your knowledge, and level up the community. Whether you're a first-time speaker or a seasoned pro, we want to hear your ideas!

Experienced speakers - we need you! We are looking for speaker mentors to support our brand-new speakers who have requested one.

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.

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!

Introducing our 2026 Game Master: @tib3rius.bsky.social! The secret is out! As we gear up for BSides Leeds 2026, we’re excited to announce that Tib3rius will be joining us this year as our Game Master. To find out what that means you'll have to come and find out 😉 #BSidesLeeds #GamesMaster #BSides

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...

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

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