BSides Buffalo

Happy August, all! This month's Infosec 716 meetup will feature a demonstration of SO-CRATES, the new log and packet analysis platform from @dougburks.bsky.social of @securityonion.bsky.social - hope to see you there! As always, you can join in person at @bithavenllc.bsky.social or remotely.

Welcome to July, all! As is tradition, this month's Infosec 716 meetup will be a taco picnic in Delaware Park. All are welcome, but please RSVP so we've got a good headcount and know how many tacos to bring. Feel free to share, and see you there! www.meetup.com/infosec-716/...

Happy Monday, all! The videos from this year's BSides Buffalo have been posted to our YouTube channel, along with all the videos from past events. Thanks once again to our fantastic speakers, thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with the community. www.youtube.com/@bsidesbuffalo

This reboot of 8 Mile looks terrible. 😄

Yeah we are! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvdc...

Feeling those post-conference blues after such an awesome day yesterday? We get it. You know what might help? Make plans to join the Buffalo hacker community for tacos in Delaware Park next month! Hope to see you there! www.meetup.com/infosec-716/...

Tomorrow.

Things to bring to BSides Buffalo tomorrow: * Coming to the Career Village? Bring a copy of your resume. * Playing the CTF? Bring your laptop. * Stickers to trade or share? Bring them for the table. * Lockpicking or soldering challenges? Bring them for help. See you all in the morning!

Going to be giving away some classic Captain Crunch 2600 whistles from our friends at @bithavenllc.bsky.social at @bsidesbuffalo.bsky.social tomorrow. Toot toot little phreaks!

After closing remarks tomorrow, join the local hacker community at Bit Haven in the Tri Main Building (2495 Main Street) for the official BSides Buffalo after party! Music, food, drinks, and a chance to hang out and meet your peers and talk about all the cool stuff you learned. See you there!

Our final Lightning Talk of the day will be Sai Jagadeesh presenting "Deep Link Vulnerabilities: When One Click Leads to Account Takeover". (talk description in alt text)

Our final talk of the day in Track One will be the Lightning Talk "Still Cracking: WPA2 Prevalence and Password Weakness in 2026" by Dimitri Weaver. (talk description in alt text)

Our second 4pm Lightning Talk is Billy Gibson and Ryan Conry presenting "Bad Apples: Orchestrating Movement and Execution via Native macOS Protocols". (talk description in alt text)

Our first Lightning Talk of the day will be in Track One at 4pm, Christopher Bruns presenting "Mapping Internal Networks - The Art of Finding Things". (talk description in alt text)

Kicking off the 4pm hour in the atrium, we have a panel session with Catherine Ullman and Qasim Ijaz discussing "Hacker Mindset, Defender Mission". (talk description in alt text)

Closing out Track Three is Hemanth Gorijala, presenting "Secrets That Survive Everything: Finding Runtime Credentials in Production Web Applications". (talk description in alt text)

Closing out our Introsec track at 3pm is Jerrad Bartczak, MBA, CISSP, CISA, CCSFP, CHQP, presenting "What Is IT Audit: What IT Auditors Do and Why It Matters". (talk description in alt text)

At 3pm in Track One, we've got Kelsey O'Connell presenting "It Wasn’t Spoofed: Investigating Authenticated Email Abuse in Real Environments". (talk description in alt text)

Closing out the 2pm slot in Track Three, we've got Ian Litschko presenting "Four Years at War: Trends in Russian State Nexus Cyber Operations". (talk description in alt text)

With about a week to go until our conference, we would like to once again thank all of our sponsors for their support. Like all BSides conferences, we strive to be as accessible as possible - without the support from our sponsors, we wouldn't be able to make BSides Buffalo happen. Thank you so much!

At 2pm in Introsec, Track Two, we've got Nick Regelman 🚨presenting "Looking for a mentor? You might already be one." (talk description in alt text)

At 2pm in Track One we're excited to annouce Shounak D. and Harshit Kumar presenting "RoAM-eo & Juliet: How Roblox Solved Access Governance for Production Services". (talk description in alt text)

Rounding out the 1pm talks, in Track Three we've got Erik Bataller presenting "From Chaos to Capability: Building Resilient AI Workflows for Personal and Business Use". (talk description in alt text)

Ever thought about what it's like to work in the world of digital forensics? Kicking off the afternoon in the Introsec track is local luminary Catherine Ullman with "So You Want to Be a Forensicator". (talk description in alt text)

Kicking off the afternoon at 1pm in Track One we've got Patrick Rost, CISSP of InfoSecurity Blueprint, LLC presenting "Breaking Down Your Incident Response Plan Before It Breaks Down on You". (talk description in alt text)

Finishing the morning in Track Three we've got Dawn Cooper presenting "Cyborg Security". (talk description in alt text)

At 11am in the Introsec track, we've got local legend Dan Brown presenting "Back To Basics - Living Off The Land With Homegrown Tools". (talk description in alt text)

REMINDER: There are less than two weeks to go until the next BSides Buffalo on June 6! If you're planning on joining us, and I hope you are, PLEASE register in the next few days to make sure that we've got you in the count for catering and t-shirts. Can't wait to see you there!

At 11am in Track One, we've got "Toxic Combinations: How Active Directory Misconfigurations Chain into Tier‑0 Compromise" with Craig Birch. (talk description in alt text)

Also opening at 10am - the Soldering Village! We've got a workshop with soldering equipment, helpful volunteers, and all the pieces you need to add some cool lights and battery power to your badge. Come learn about electronics and put this together!

At 10:00am in Track Three, we have our first Hacking Is Art talk: Matthew Mackes presenting "Vibing - Building an Audio Appliance without coding".

At 10am in Track Two, the Introsec track, we've got raconteur and hacker-about-town Mark Manning presenting "Containers - what are they and why should I care". (talk description in alt text)

At 10am in Track One, we've got "The Walking Dead of AD: Uncovering rare DACL-led escalation and a BloodHound-integrated tool" by Nikos Vourdas and Kyprianos Vasilopoulos. (talk description in alt text)

Kicking off our Introsec track, Jonathan Lango presenting "But… Macs Don’t Get Viruses, Right? How to Start Learning macOS / iOS Security". (talk description in alt text)

Our first talk of the day in Track One, local luminary Susan Lupiani presenting "We’ve Seen This Report Before: Turning 15 Sigma Rules Into the 4 That Matter". (Talk description in alt text)

The first talk of the day in our Soldering Village will be Michael Kelley presenting "Solder a Pi for Your Wi-fi Pwning Pwnagotchi!"

JOB SEEKERS: We're going to have a Career Village for the very first time this year at BSides Buffalo - come join Russel Bassarath and Anthony Bray from Buffalo Center for Arts and Technology (BCAT) for a workshop and resume review!

JUST THREE WEEKS TO GO! Three weeks from now, on June 6, we'll be celebrating the fifth annual BSides Buffalo conference - come join us for a full day of hacking, technical talks, capturing of flags, soldering, lockpicking, stickers and shenanigans for just twenty American dollars. See you there!

Happy Monday! Because a few people have asked, this is the inspiration for this year's "We're Hacking Proud!" tagline - Buffalo's tourism campaign from the bleak days of the 1980s. www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Iv...

First timer? Wondering what to bring to be prepared for BSides? Here are some suggestions -- if you think we missed anything, add them to the comments here! www.bsidesbuffalo.org/what-should-...