July is upon us, and it’s time to announce this months speakers. We’re really excited to have both Harvey and Tom. Both of these speakers will be familiar faces as they’ve both spoken at DC151 quite a...

As it’s BSides Leeds week, we’re very fortunate to have a load of pals from North of the border visiting so we’re handing the stage over to one of our good friends from Hack Glasgow/Hack Thursday, Sco...

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...

For our February meetup, we've got a couple of amazing speakers who most of you will know as they're regular attendees and speakers at DC151. In no particular order (because we don't have favourites ...

We provide a privacy-first, end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messaging and calling platform designed so only you and your intended recipients can communicate securely. Even with strong encryption, attac...

The alliance is already broken, officials say, so why not threaten to cut ties with America on military collaboration?

With a decision on whether or not Wikipedia will be considered a category 1 service under the UK Online Safety Act 2023 expected in 2026, it seems like a timely moment to reflect on the journey to …

After our plea for January speakers, we've received 2 offers to talk at the January Meetup which we've gratefully accepted. Venus will be visiting us from Manchester 2600 to deliver their talk "Priva...

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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 ...

Through my interest in securing systems and networks, I’m always looking for new ways to compromise things and detect attacks. One area I’m always watching is Wi-Fi security. It’s come a long way sin...

She claims he’s her favourite author, but his books have a few lessons for her

If you were with us in March, we know you'll have thoroughly enjoyed Dan's previous talk on browser automation shenanigans, and he's very kindly given me an excuse to use a goat as our banner image ag...

DC4420 - DEF CON London

AI tools are pretty much everywhere these days, and barely a day goes by without some trivial app throwing up a banner to celebrate that it's now been infused with AI. Some of these are genuinely usef...

For our July meetup we've got a couple of great speakers lined up. DC151 regulars will know Harvey and Georgia. Harvey will be delivering a deep dive into the Ceph filesystem with his talk "“A Primer...

While Australia rightly urges de-escalation, it also fails to condemn Israel’s attack on Iran

While sophisticated Business Email Compromise attacks require advanced defences, implementing these seven fundamental strategies will dramatically improve your organisation's resilience against the va...

For our June meetup we're all really excited that Anicet will be presenting again after his debut talk with us in January 2024 . This time his presentation will be "Deploying Operational Honeypots for...

Who We Are We are a community of security enthusiasts, hackers, and professionals formerly operating as a DefCon Group. For 7+ years, we have been dedicated to fostering knowledge sharing, skill deve...

An update following a cyber-attack on the Legal Aid Agency’s online digital services.