Since this year was a little different, we decided to make electronic face masks for @BSidesPDX 2020 speakers, because 2020 - THREAD!

Mickey & Jesse are now live on the main stage at @BSidesPDX! You won’t wanna miss this one @HackingThings @jessemichael @eclypsium

Wheeeee the fine folk of @BSidesPDX will have @Blackhoodie_RE back this year, with a training about microarchitectural security by the one and only @barbieauglend https://t.co/2WppjBPyZv

Dearest folks from @BSidesPDX are hosting @Blackhoodie_RE again this year! Come spend a day with me and CPU bugs :) 🐞 https://t.co/iZG9eBnAce

BSidesPDX needs you! We’re looking for volunteers to help run this year’s event! It’s community-led, low-key, and a great way to meet people in the PNW cyber scene! 📍 Oct 24–25 Sign up here: https://t.co/8RohIKBjl5 #BSidesPDX #CyberVolunteers #BuiltByCommunity

Last call for Round 2 submissions! CFP closes in 1 week and we want to hear from you. ✔️ First-time speakers welcome ✔️ Portland vibes included ✔️ Weird topics encouraged Let’s build this thing together: https://t.co/d4OiY6TW8w #BSidesPDX #Decrypted2025 #CyberTalks

BSidesPDX needs you! We’re looking for volunteers to help run this year’s event! It’s community-led, low-key, and a great way to meet people in the PNW cyber scene! 📍 Oct 24–25 https://t.co/8RohIKBjl5

The BadCAM research has been published! Why is this significant? Attackers can now weaponize connected USB peripherals that run Linux and do not validate firmware signatures.

⚡ Lenovo webcams can be hacked into remote BadUSB weapons. Flawed firmware checks let attackers send or infect a camera to inject keystrokes, survive wipes, and spread to other hosts. Here’s how the “BadCam” exploit works →

Mickey & Jesse’s DEFCON talk is at noon, Track 2 - https://t.co/SofRGva2yL Go save your seat! It’s gonna be a good one 🤓📷⚡️

Get your phrack signed at the @nostarch booth at @defcon Sat at 4p! We'll have @bsdaemon, @chompie1337, @netspooky, @ackmage, and @richinseattle for this rare event! #phrack72 #phrackat40

The tool you know, trust, and love is now officially at EXPLIoT. The legendary JTAGulator by @joegrand - now maintained, manufactured & distributed by us. ⚡ Coming soon: https://t.co/xPeigyhSBi 🔥 Want early access? Catch @aseemjakhar at the EXPLIoT booth at #DEFCON #infosec

Picked up Phrack! Holding it in our hands.. it's real. #phrackat40 #phrack72

@jessemichael and I got accepted to speak at @defcon and i hope that we can make our talk as entertaining as it should be😂 https://t.co/kMoH3QWjBQ

Meade Maleki highlights why resilience and compliance are more critical than ever in today's cybersecurity landscape.🛡️ See how our Smart Compliance solution, powered by @eclypsium, can helps utility organizations protect customer information from threats. https://t.co/Maf0aaMG3V

Who’s coming to Black Hat and Defcon this year?? 🤓

Thanks @securelyfitz for not only supporting @Blackhoodie_RE with words but also donating **hardware** (all students got a hardware hacking kit which incl. Tigard, Bitmagic, and various cool tools) and helping us carry boxes, setting up the workstations, and cleaning up!!

Hackboat has sailed, but BSidesPDX Reg and CFP are open -

We're excited to share the 2025 officer election results: Maggie Jauregui was reelected as President Chris Martin was elected Treasurer of the board Ali Henning was elected Secretary Gabriel Gomes was elected Chairperson of the board Thank you to our new and returning officers!

BlackHoodie will be back at @_ringzer0 Bootstrap conference in Austin, TX 🤠 On Friday March 21st I'll be teaching Compiler Internals for Security Engineers, a class for women by women, and it's free. Register here

I had more than one request folks who are antsy to start spending their 2025 training budget tomorrow, but were bummed to miss the sale - so I extended the coupon through the end of the week. 20% off online training, now through Saturday.