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Now @IAmChrisRamsey is used to performing in a venue interrupted by trains you should present at @bsidesncl . Im sure @safesecs would happily let you do the Hamilton rap. ⭐️

Our CFP is still open, and we'd love to hear from you. Got a cool tool? New project? Some funny stories? We're all ears! Apply here: cfp.hackglasgow.live

A few pics from Seema the pocket dragon's trip to Montreal.

It's 4 weeks to the date since I launched ZephrSec Ltd LMS and Malwareless Adversarial Emulation(MAE), here's a blog post about a lot of the challenges, lessons learnt and general chaos of building and running your own platform and all the fun that follows building blog.zsec.uk/roll-your-own-… #CyberSecurity #RedTeam #SecurityTraining #Infosec #PlatformEngineering #AWS #Serverless

We've had quite a few submissions to our CFP so far, but we still need more. If you have something interesting to share with the community, get it submitted here: forms.gle/Sx4EZNRcS9zbCH…

Seema the pocket dragon has an OSINT challenge for you.

I've written a lot in my career about how to get into the industry and one of the topics that came up recently in a server I'm in was how to get into blue team and the industry in 2026, so I pulled together resources and pushed out a blog post to help folks blog.zsec.uk/ltr101-getting… if you find it valuable or think others will, please share it!

@cybergeekgirl @DanRaywood @RealZenno @happygeek @FrankSEC42 @DirkSchrader_ @SeanWrightSec @cybersecstu @PhillipWylie @brianwhelton @zbraiterman @WH_Y @robmay70 @Maekshyft @JakeMooreUK @NikkiC360 @Funsox @Dark3zt_h0ur @CtgIntelligence @BsidesRVK @LadyCyberRosie @d4rkshell Thanks Lisa. Attended the first (in some time) Leeds2600 meetup yesterday. Had a great time.

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📢Final Tickets are Live📢 Great to see more tickets flying off the shelves at the moment. For those who need a reminder, the final batch of tickets for #BsidesDublin2026 are live and can be found here ti.to/bsidesdublin/s… Cant wait to see you all there 🥳🎉

If you want to get your company shouted out on our socials, get an advert in our brochure, and get mentioned in both the opening and closing talks, please get in touch, we are always looking for more sponsors.

Those cheeky last minute submissions! We have extended the deadline until Sunday 8th March but no later! #oooarrcyber

If youre looking to get into pentesting there are some good tips here. Also an insight into what red teaming is really like. Useful watch for those with their eyes set on those areas.

I had plans for things to do today. Then I saw this and my plans changed 🤣🤣 Theres a few talks I've been waiting to see 😁

I arrived in time for end of this talk but have managed to catch up on the whole thing now. There are many journies into cyber and @R4CK4TT4CK talks about his here. This talk and the accompanying slides is chock full of brilliant people in the industry youtu.be/MqYnBwMRD4Y?si…

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!

Here we go... our Call for Papers is officially open! cfp.hackglasgow.live You've got until midnight on April 30th to submit your proposals. We can't wait to see what talk ideas you have brewing!

@CyberRacheal I used all those and some others like Immersive labs. Attack IQ etc. Also went to lots of conferences meetups, watched webinars to learn directly from people. Had no certs when I got my job in the industry.

Hydra is free. Nmap is free. OpenVAS is free. Kali Linux is free. Wireshark is free. Portswigger is Free. Burp Suite is free. Metasploit is free John the Ripper is free. OSINT Framework is free. Shodan (basic tier) is free. TryHackMe & Hack The Box (basic tiers) are free. You claim you want to learn cybersecurity yet you give excuses about resources. Nothing has to be perfect. Not a fancy certification to begin. Not a $1,000 course to practice. Or even the “perfect” setup. All you need is your laptop, phone, an internet connection, and the decision to start today. Every day you delay, someone else is learning, practicing, and moving closer to the career you say you want. Stop waiting for the “right time.” Stop blaming the lack of resources. Stop making excuses. Start now. Learn now. Improve now. Looking for a mentor when you have done nothing is a waste of time.

This is a good example of why we dont carry on doing things a certain way just because we've been doing it that way for a long time. Circumstances change. What once was safe enough might not be now. youtu.be/XNMHUifKce8?si…

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@CyberRacheal @4n6lady Yeah I know. I was very fortunate to have such understanding interviewers.

@AnguaSec @4n6lady Glad to hear that. Some interviewer just write you off

Certifications don’t get ignored But weak understanding gets exposed during interviews. Be honest? Have you been in an interview and felt this before?