🚨 Less Than One Week to Go: BSides Vancouver Island 2025 🚨

The countdown is on! On October 3, the Victoria Conference Centre will host one of the most anticipated cybersecurity events on the island—BSides Vancouver Island.

🔥 Why You Should Be There:
- Breakthrough content from leading InfoSec minds
- Hands-on learning and real-world case studies
- Grassroots networking with passionate professionals
- A full day of inspiration, innovation, and community

🎟️ Secure your spot now: https://www.bsidesvi.com/

Let’s make this the biggest BSides Vancouver Island yet. See you in Victoria!

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🗓️ The BSides Vancouver Island 2025 agenda is officially live!

We’re thrilled to share a full day of engaging talks, expert speakers, and learning opportunities, all happening this October in Victoria. For details, please see https://www.bsidesvi.com/bsidesvi25 .

🎟️ Reminder: If you want to receive a conference t-shirt, please purchase your ticket by Monday to ensure your size is included in our order.

⚠️ We also became aware of an issue with Eventbrite today where some attendees weren’t prompted to select a t-shirt size during checkout. This has now been resolved, and we’ll be sending out an email shortly with instructions on how to update your information if needed.

Thank you for your understanding and continued support. We’re so excited to welcome you to BSidesVI2025 !!

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🛡️ We’re proud to announce that First West Credit Union is an official sponsor of BSides Vancouver Island 2025 — for the second year in a row!

First West is more than a financial institution — they’re a purpose-driven cooperative creating lasting impact across British Columbia. In 2024 alone, they invested over $3.1 million into community initiatives, contributed 6,831 volunteer hours, and supported 264 non-profit and charitable organizations.

Their Signature Cause programs, like Feed the Valley and The Full Cupboard, have raised nearly $5.6 million and collected 215,561 pounds of food since 2010, supporting a third of B.C.’s registered food banks.

At BSides VI, we’re grateful for their continued support in helping us build a stronger, safer, and more connected cybersecurity community.

🎉 Agenda drops this Friday! Packed with inspiring talks, and networking.

💡 Looking for a financial partner that puts community first? Explore your options at firstwestcu.ca

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🎤 Speaker Announcement!

We’re thrilled to welcome Johann Rehberger to BSides Vancouver Island 2025!

Johann brings over 20 years of experience in threat modeling, red teaming, and security research. He’s led Red Teams at Microsoft Azure, Uber, and now serves as Red Team Director at Electronic Arts. He’s also a contributor to the MITRE ATT&CK and ATLAS frameworks, a published author, and a former ethical hacking instructor at the University of Washington.

🔍 His talk, “Agentic ProbLLMs – Exploiting AI Computer-Use and Coding Agents”, will explore prompt injection attacks targeting AI agents like OpenAI’s Operator, Claude Code, Devin, and more — revealing vulnerabilities that threaten confidentiality, integrity, and automation itself.

🧠 Don’t miss this cutting-edge session from one of the industry's most respected voices.

🎟️ Want a conference t-shirt? Buy your ticket at bsidesvi.com by Monday!

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🔐 We’re proud to welcome CyberArmor as a sponsor for BSides Vancouver Island 2025!
CyberArmor is a cybersecurity company dedicated to Pre-Breach intelligence and advanced threat defense. Their mission is to help organizations stay ahead of attackers by uncovering compromised credentials, phishing campaigns, and infostealer malware before they become active threats.
By sponsoring BSidesVI, CyberArmor is reinforcing its commitment to the local cybersecurity community—supporting collaboration, knowledge sharing, and innovation across Canada’s security ecosystem.

🌐 Learn more about them at cyberarmor.tech

📍 Join us on October 3rd, 2025 at the Victoria Conference Centre to connect with CyberArmor and other leaders in the field.
🎟️ Get your tickets at bsidesvi.com

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🚨 Speaker Announcement🚨

BSides Vancouver Island is proud to feature Shu-Hao Tung as one of the standout speakers at this year’s community-driven cybersecurity conference, taking place October 3, 2025 at the Victoria Conference Centre.

His talk, "From Spoofing to Tunneling: New Red Team’s Networking Techniques for Initial Access and Evasion", will explore:

🚫 Gaining intranet access without phishing, exploits, or valid credentials
🌐 Leveraging stateless tunnels like GRE and VxLAN—used by Cloudflare, Amazon, and others
🕵️♂️ Evasion strategies when source IP filtering is absent
🧨 A critical VxLAN vulnerability in Linux Kernel & RouterOS that affects ISPs and enterprise networks
🛡️ Mitigation strategies defenders can implement today

BSidesVI's own Steven Pellerin sat down with Shu-Hao for a preview: https://youtu.be/IV9kVuvh9yY

Join us October 3, 2025! Tickets 🎟️ on sale at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bsides-vancouver-island-2025-tickets-1302708619549

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🚨 Speaker Announcement 🚨
We’re thrilled to welcome Emily Choi-Greene, CEO and co-founder of Clearly AI, to BSides Vancouver Island!

Emily brings deep expertise in AI and security, having led AppSec for Amazon's Alexa AI and driven data privacy at Moveworks.

Her talk, "Beyond Vibe Coding: Building Reliable AI AppSec Tools", will dive into the real-world challenges of building trustworthy AI systems for security automation. Expect insights on threat modeling, code scanning, and preventing hallucinations in AI outputs.

Join us to learn how to scale reliable AI security across engineering teams!

Tickets 🎟️ on sale at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/bsides-vancouver-island-2025-tickets-1302708619549

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Sponsor Spotlight!

MYRA Systems as Gold Sponsor of BSidesVI 2025 🌟

We’re proud to welcome back MYRA Systems as a Gold Sponsor for BSides Vancouver Island 2025! Their continued support and enthusiasm for the conference have been instrumental in helping us grow and serve the local cybersecurity community.

Based in Victoria, BC, Myra has been a leader in IT consulting since 1985, celebrating over 40 years of service excellence. Their team specializes in managed services, enterprise IT solutions, cloud technologies, and business consulting—always with a focus on building long-term, trusted relationships. MyraSystems is passionate about technology and committed to helping organizations succeed by managing infrastructure so clients can focus on what matters most: their business. Learn more at: www.myra.com.

We’re incredibly grateful for their continued partnership and excited to have them back this year!

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🎤Speaker Spotlight: Pierre-Nicolas Allard-Coutu

We’re excited to welcome back Pierre-Nicolas Allard-Coutu for his second talk at BSides Vancouver Island!

As a senior penetration tester and offensive security R&D lead at Bell Canada’s STIRT team, Pierre-Nicolas brings deep expertise in red teaming, malware payloads, and physical penetration testing including cutting-edge techniques targeting UEFI and DMA vectors. He’s also the top public contributor to Quebec’s Cyber Defense Center and part of the HackFest Challenge design team.

We’re thrilled to have him back on stage this year!

🚨 Reminder: Today is the last day to submit a talk or apply to sponsor BSidesVI 2025!
📄 Sponsorship packages and CFP details are available at bsidesvi.com

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Sponsor Announcement 📣

We’re proud to welcome KnowBe4 back as a returning sponsor for BSides Vancouver Island 2025! 🎉

As a global leader in security awareness training and simulated phishing, KnowBe4 is helping organizations foster strong security cultures from the inside out.

Their continued support, now in their second year, is a testament to their commitment to grassroots cybersecurity communities like ours.

Thank you, KnowBe4, for standing with us again this year. We’re excited to continue building something meaningful together. 💛

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