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Planning to stay (basically) at the conference? We've got a room block at the Marriott Bonvoy which is right next to the Mesa Convention Center: app.marriott.com/resview2?id=... The block is for Wednesday, 2/3/27 - Sunday, 2/7/27. The last day to book a room is 1/11/27!

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 28/09/2026

WE WANT THE TECHNICAL STUFF Exploit development. Reverse engineering. Hardware hacking. Detection engineering. Malware analysis. Cloud security. OSINT. Weird protocols. Weird bugs. Weird research. Submit that goodness to our CFP! Open until October 16th: cactuscon.com/cfp

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CactusCon 15: Call for Speakers

Welcome to the CactusCon CFP!It's that time again - the CactusCon CFP is now open! And this time, it's for our 15th birthday! We're looking for unique...

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 25/09/2026

Doing cool 💻 stuff? Walk us through the exploit. Tear apart the malware. Demo the tool. Explain the technique. Reveal the research. CFP is open until October 16th; let's hear it! cactuscon.com/cfp

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 31/08/2026

The CactusCon 15 CFP is now OPEN! cactuscon.com/cfp Got a weird research rabbit hole, a spicy security take, a ridiculous hack, or something the cybersecurity community needs to know? Submit your technical talk and share your knowledge with our hacker community. #cactuscon

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CactusCon 15: Call for Speakers

Welcome to the CactusCon CFP!It's that time again - the CactusCon CFP is now open! And this time, it's for our 15th birthday! We're looking for unique...

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 14/08/2026

Had a good time at DEF CON? Remember the times we had at CactusCon 14?! Well now you can finally watch all of our awesome talks from this year! www.youtube.com/cactuscon And gosh, it's already summer. You know what that means... CFP is around the corner. Start cooking! #cactuscon

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CactusCon

The official YouTube channel for Arizona's largest information security (infosec) conference. Our next event will take place on Feb 16th & 17th, 2024, both in Discord/YouTube and in-person in Mesa,…

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 08/02/2026

There's no possible way to catch ALL the great talks, see all the cool people, and do all the fun things, but I hope you all had a great CactusCon! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 06/02/2026

Reminder that we've got our Happy Hour in the Main Hall from 3-6PM and the afterparty is at Level One from 6-7:30PM (although you're free to stay later).

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 05/02/2026

After a long day of cactus-conning, join our happy hour on Friday in the Main Hall from 3-6PM, sponsored by Vertex. Or afterwards at the afterparty at Level One from 6-7:30PM, sponsored by Arctic Wolf. For CISO badge folks, on Saturday in the Delta happy hour is from 5-7:30PM. See you TOMORROW!

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 05/02/2026

CACTUSCON IS TOMORROW!

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 04/02/2026

Join our friends from Red Team Alliance at Lockpicking Village 🔐: They'll have hands-on exploration of how everyday locks work—and fail. Learn non-destructive entry, try picking common locks, and see how physical access impacts cybersecurity. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 03/02/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Thank you to Harmonic Security for joining as a Cholla Ally Sponsor! They help orgs govern generative AI safely with real-time protection of sensitive data and AI usage across workflows. Welcome! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 02/02/2026

Come to the Career Village for one of our talks or to meet with a volunteer mentor! Whether you're looking to get into or advance your current career in cyber, there's something here for you. Learn more about networking, career options, or get a resume review! Schedule: www.cactuscon.com/villages

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Villages — CactusCon

Villages are spaces within CactusCon dedicated to specific topic areas, and typically include talks, hands-on activities, competitions, and other exciting and interesting things to check out! Check…

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 01/02/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our friends at New Genesis Solutions *return* as a Cholla Ally! They're a local cybersecurity firm that helps orgs strengthen and mature their security programs through tailored program development. Welcome friends! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 31/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our thanks to Kudelski Security for *returning* as a Cholla Ally Sponsor! They deliver tailored consulting, MDR, IR, threat exposure management, and emerging technology security services across environments. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 30/01/2026

Do you want to be the very best? Well then you better get a CactusCon 14 hardware badge! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 29/01/2026

Check out our schedule for CISO village: It's a day full of active participation in workshops and building your strategic and tactical cyberskills, plus there's lunch! Make sure to buy a ticket before next week: cactuscon.com/tickets

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 26/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our thanks to Cholla Ally Sponsor Fortinet. They deliver an integrated cybersecurity platform that unifies advanced threat protection and secure networking at scale across global enterprises. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 25/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our thanks to returning Cholla Ally Sponsor Early Warning! Their risk solutions power secure money movement and fraud prevention through real-time identity verification and predictive risk analytics. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 24/01/2026

CactusCon 14 is in two weeks! Reserve your hardware badge by purchasing a badge ticket. We'll have a limited amount at the con, so advance purchase is the best way to get one. See you at the hardware hacking village! #cc14 www.cactuscon.com

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 24/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our thanks to Cholla Ally Sponsor Cisco! They provide industry-leading networking, security, collaboration, and cloud solutions that connect and protect organizations with AI-ready infrastructure. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 23/01/2026

Just a recap of all the amazing villages we have this year: Aerospace Career Hardware Hacking Greenhouse Physical Security Plus CISO Village and CactusCon Kids! Which ones are you hitting this year?

cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 22/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our thanks to returning Cholla Ally Sponsor @axon_us! They provide public safety technology—cameras, digital evidence, and AI-powered tools—to help agencies operate more efficiently and transparently. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 21/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our thanks to Barrel Sidekick Sponsor MixMode! They deliver a self-learning AI cybersecurity platform that detects and responds to known and novel threats across network, cloud, and hybrid environments. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 20/01/2026

Some of y'all have asked, and of course, the CactusCon CTF is back thanks to our partners at Threat Simulations. There will also be a CTF for CactusCon Kids! You'll be able to register anytime at the event. Much thanks to their talented team and good luck to all you contenders. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 19/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our thanks to Barrel Sidekick Sponsor Palo Alto Networks! They're a global cybersecurity leader providing integrated platforms of network, cloud, and AI-driven security solutions across the globe. Thank you!

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 18/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our thanks to @getblinkops for joining as a Barrel Sidekick Sponsor! Their AI-driven agentic security automation platform lets organizations build custom, no-code security automations and solutions. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 17/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our thanks to @KudelskiSec for *returning* as a Cholla Ally Sponsor! They deliver tailored consulting, MDR, IR, threat exposure management, and emerging technology security services across environments. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 16/01/2026

Just three weeks away! We've got so many excellent talks, I wish I could be in more places at once: www.cactuscon.com/schedule And make sure to get your tickets: cactuscon.com/tickets We've got a really fun hardware badge this year... keep your eyes peeled for a preview soon! #cc14

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Talks & Schedule — CactusCon

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 14/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our friends at Hack the Box return as a Barrel Sidekick Sponsor! You know their leading upskilling platform and community with hands-on labs, realistic simulations, and gamification. Thank you! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 13/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Our friends at New Genesis Solutions *return* as a Cholla Ally Sponsor! They're a local cybersecurity consulting firm that helps orgs strengthen and mature their security programs through tailored program development #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 12/01/2026

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 10/01/2026

We are excited to announce our second keynote for CactusCon 14, Christian Dameff! Christian (quaddi) Dameff is a multi-discipline professor at UC San Diego and co-directs the UCSD Center for Healthcare Cybersecurity. He is also a hacker, CTF champion, and DEF CON/RSA/Black Hat/BSIDES/CC Speaker.

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 09/01/2026

ONE MONTH AWAY! www.cactuscon.com/tickets What are you most excited about?

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CactusCon 14

Arizona's hacker con

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 08/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Thank you @Fortinet for joining as a Cholla Ally Sponsor! They deliver an integrated cybersecurity platform that unifies advanced threat protection and secure networking at scale across global enterprises. #cc14

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Global Leader of Cybersecurity Solutions and Services | Fortinet

Fortinet delivers cybersecurity everywhere you need it. We secure the entire digital attack surface from devices, data, and apps and from data center to home office.

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 07/01/2026

We run a tight ship to keep CactusCon accessible, and part of that commitment is ensuring students can access CactusCon for FREE. STUDENTS! Email info@cactuscon.com from a valid student email account to request a coupon code for Eventbrite. We are so excited to have you join us! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 06/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Thank you Early Warning for returning as an Ally Sponsor! Their risk solutions power secure money movement and fraud prevention through real-time identity verification and predictive risk analytics. Welcome back! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 05/01/2026

Our second keynote speaker is David Colombo! He is an internationally recognized cybersecurity expert, keynote speaker, and startup founder based in Silicon Valley. He is CEO of Alaris Security, developing AI-driven cyber defense platforms. So excited for this talk! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 02/01/2026

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. We are happy to welcome Backslash Security as a Barrel Sidekick sponsor! They deliver a security platform with visibility, governance, and protection across AI-driven development to secure code from start to finish. #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 01/01/2026

HAPPY NEW YEAR, FRIENDS ＼(▽￣＼(￣▽￣)／￣▽)／ See you so very soon for CactusCon 14! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 31/12/2025

CactusCon Kids is back with a brand new hardware badge for the kiddos to tinker with and activate: cactuscon.com/cck Join us on Saturday from 9:30AM - 4PM! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 27/12/2025

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. Thank you @bugcrowd.com for returning as a Barrel Sidekick Sponsor! Bugcrowd employs a crowd of vetted ethical hackers with integrated testing services to find, prioritize, and fix bugs in your organization. Welcome back!

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 24/12/2025

Everyone here at CactusCon is wishing some relaxing and recharging solstice-related celebration vibes to all of you lovely people. We are so excited to see you all in the new year! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 23/12/2025

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. We're happy to have OWASP back as a Community Sponsor! You know their top 10, but they're also putting out open-source tools, research, and education to uplift the infosec community. Welcome back friends! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 21/12/2025

We've still got hardware badges, CISO village, and CactusCon Kids available so get them while you can! We'll have our student tickets available soon. cactuscon.com/tickets #cc14

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CactusCon 14

Arizona's hacker con

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 19/12/2025

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. We are happy to welcome Aikido Security as a Barrel Sidekick Sponsor! Their platform finds and fixes vulns across code, cloud, containers, and runtime to bring you actionable insights and noise-free risk management.

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 12/12/2025

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. We are blessed to have our friends at Axon join us for another year as an Ally Sponsor! They've always got a fun booth and lovely people sharing their cool stuff. Welcome back, friends! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 11/12/2025

CactusCon happens every year thanks to great people, talks, and sponsors. We are excited to announce Torq as a Barrel Sidekick Sponsor! They're doing very cool stuff with AI-driven workflows to detect, prioritize, and remediate threats; I'm definitely stopping by their booth this year! #cc14

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cactuscon @cactuscon.com · 10/12/2025

Yes! We will be doing FREE student tickets as always... SOON! Will give an update here and on the Discord when we have them up and running. cactuscon.com/discord

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