Our villages are hosted by professionals and enthusiasts alike. Informal spaces that allow for you to explore at your own pace - with your own interests in mind.

IT TAKES

A VILLAGE.

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OUR VILLAGES FOR 2025 INCLUDE…

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    Locksport

    The Locksport Village hosted by CyberCX lockpicking enthusiasts and physical security specialists will offer a place for participants to learn and practice lockpicking and other physical security techniques. The Locksport Village would host lockpicking presentations, including pin tumbler basics, physical security bypass, intermediate pin tumbler picking, and combo lock cracking. The village will offer a combination of presentations and theory sessions across various skill levels along with a common area for people to sit down and pick. 

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    Flinders University Electronic Warfare

    In the Flinders University you'll discover the fascinating world of wireless systems security in our interactive village. Learn how to use software-defined radios to:Prevent car theft by understanding and mitigating vulnerabilities.
    Track aircraft and ships at sea for enhanced situational awareness.
    Simulate alien invasions to test and improve aviation safety.
    Stop rogue drones and protect airspace.
    Safeguard wireless devices from various threats. Our experts will guide you through hands-on demonstrations, showing you how to protect and secure wireless systems in innovative ways.

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    Adelaide Retro Computing & DadLan

    Love retro gaming? Fancy trying out your favourite retro consoles and chatting about oldschool computing with likeminded friends? Adelaide Retro Computing & DadLan can’t be missed.

    DADLan - DadLAN Australia was established in 2023, bringing together Dads with a common interest in technology, computing, games, and family.

    Adelaide Retro Computing Group - Like Minded retro computer and console group that meets monthly to fix, display and play with their machines each month.

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    Hack The Box

    Whether you’re a seasoned red teamer, a vigilant defender, or simply just eager to explore the cyber security space we will have something here for you.  

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    Careers

    Looking to develop or start out a career in cyber? Bianca is here to help you find out how you can be involved in Cybersec and security.

    Including CV/Resume/Cover letter editing, Q&A's, Panels & guests from other villages to talk through all areas of a cyber career.

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    Vulnerable Active Directory Environment CTF

    Secure State has configured a fully interactive, virtualised Active Directory environment riddled with vulnerabilities waiting to be discovered. Event attendees will be able to access the environment and will be encouraged to poke around, run pentesting tools and exploit the environment in an attempt to fully compromise the domains.

  • Purple Teaming

    Presented by CREST, the Purple team village will offer a number of talks from industry experts across the first day of BSides Adelaide, followed by a Kali workshop by Offsec.

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    GRC Comms Room: INFOSEC Communication Skills and Defence Security

    Join us for a truly unique experience in our immersive GRC Comms Room. Chat with experts, dive into defence security, hone your communications skills and compete in a simulated security incident game. Gain insights into critical defence security topics, including governance frameworks, technical standards, threat environments, and real-world case studies. Sharpen your crisis communication skills to help you navigate incident response, tailor technical information for different audiences, deliver concise incident briefings, and take part in a realistic, scenario-based exercise. Looking for something different? Test your mettle with an incident response card game that simulates real-world challenges. This is your space to learn, connect, and elevate your skills.

  • University of Adelaide CS & CTF Club

    Presenting a cross section of our student society written capture the flag challenges, research project and activities (featuring hardware hacking challenges). Our Clubs collaborate to host events like DuckCTF and other projects to bring all kinds of coding, hacking and computer science related challenges and projects.

    https://csclub.org.au/
    https://adelaideb9.com/

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    GRC but D&D

    Welcome to ARCANE CYBERSECURITY, Shield Master. This is not your standard training exercise—this is where magical theory meets the harsh reality of cyber breaches and network incursions. You'll be guiding a team of techno-magical security specialists through treacherous waters of cybersecurity crisis management, with all the drama and peril of the Forgotten Realms' most dangerous situations (but at least you won’t be stabbed by a goblin).

     

    Join our veteran DM Remy Coll, Becky the Paladin (Niru Verma), and award winning GRC expert (but D&D noob) Annie-Mei Forster for a Dungeons and Dragons themed cybersecurity tabletop adventure.

     

    Sessions are run hourly on the hour from 10am both conference days (we’ll break for lunch at 12pm) with the last session at 4pm (that’s 6 sessions a day). No computers required, no prior knowledge of D&D, just a good attitude and some brain cells. We even supply the dice.

     

    So come a long alone, or with a team and have a laugh while enduring the most hectic cyber crisis ever imagined.

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    Cyber Threat Intelligence

    Adversary Infrastructure Hunting

    Integrating CTI with Microsoft Sentinel / Splunk / Elasticsearch

    CTI and Web Security

    Automating Detection Rule Development Aligned with TTPs

    CTI Challenges

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    OSINT Oasis

    Hosted by Telstra and OSINT Combine

    Dive into a world of open-source intelligence where information flows freely and insights abound. Whether you're a seasoned analyst or a curious newcomer, "OSINT Oasis" offers a unique opportunity to quench your thirst for knowledge, sharpen your skills, and stay ahead of emerging cyber threats. OSINT experts will be on hand at the OSINT Oasis to explore cutting-edge OSINT tools, techniques, share best practices, and collaborate with you.