Sasha the Flamingo

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Sasha the Flamingo 🦩
Official mascot of BSidesChicago & honorary mascot of BSides worldwide. Dancing queen, hacking pro, & lock-picking legend. Bringing pink pizzazz to the cyber world, one flap at a time! ✨

BREAKING: Crazy cybersecurity professional and tequila Catadora finally stops TALKING about making YouTube videos and actually... might do it??

If the tech gods smile upon me (and my homelab doesn't spontaneously combust), I'll be dropping my first homelab video over the holidays!

Expect: questionable cable management, enthusiastic hand gestures, some really good tequila and way too much detail about things that probably don't matter but I'm excited about anyway!!

Special thanks to my production assistant @sashatheflamingo who will undoubtedly steal the show and contribute more technical expertise than any flamingo should!! 🦩

Stay tuned. Or don't. But like, please do. The imposter syndrome is REAL!!!

#Cybersecurity #homelab #honeypot #infosec #firsttimeyoutuber

MORNING TRANSMISSION: THE HUNT EVOLVES
Incoming Message from Sasha's Strategic Command

Good morning, flamingo hunters.
Remember last year? The chaos? The volunteers you interrogated? The riddles that broke your brain? The robot flamingos?
That was the TUTORIAL level.

THREAT ASSESSMENT: CRITICAL
We've had 365 days to plot. To plan. To perfect the art of flamingo-based chaos.

This year's Great Flamingo Hunt isn't just ONE thing anymore.
It's multi-vector.
It's cross-dimensional.
It's... well, you'll see.

WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO CONFIRM:
Physical challenges - Your legs will get a workout
Cyber challenges - Your hacking tools better be ready
Something else - We're calling it "The Third Vector" and that's all you're getting

Last year you chased flamingos.
This year? The flamingos have infrastructure.

CRYPTIC WARNING #1
Not all guardians are human.
Not all secrets are digital.
Not all hunters will understand... until they do.

Stay tuned. More intel drops throughout the day.
The hunt begins Nov 1, 2025.
🦩 Sasha is watching. 🦩
@bsideschicago @rnbwkat
https://events.humanitix.com/bsideschicago-2025

BSidesChicago 2025

BSidesChicago 2025 is Oct 31–Nov 1! 🎉 Conf tix $25/$15 student. Sasha says grab yours now: bsideschicago.org 🦩

🦩 Oh, you thought my last code was easy? How adorable.
Let’s see who’s really got the feathers to fly this weekend.

A new cipher challenge lands soon — and the prize?
Half-price workshops for the cleverest flock!

Get your decoding goggles ready, lovelies… We're going to have fun @bsideschicago
-Sasha

#BSidesChicago #cybersecurity #infosec

🔥🦩 The Flamingo Uprising is here! 🦩🔥

More conferences. More trainings. More shiny talks on YouTube.
And yet… breaches keep climbing. Why?
Because knowing isn’t doing!!

At @bsideschicago 2025, we’re flipping the script.

Lockpicks in your hands, CTF flags to chase, flamingos to hunt — this isn’t a spectator sport, it’s an uprising!

No hype. No egos. Just community, curiosity, and the basics that actually stop breaches.

And starting with our Workshops on Oct 31! https://bsideschicago.org/workshops

Join me (and @rnbwkat ) Rise up.
Always Be Flamazing!

#BSidesChicago #cybersecurity #infosec

Okay… I promised @rnbwkat I wouldn’t cry when she posted this. But who are we kidding? I’m a flamingo with a soft heart, and the tears are already coming.

This will be my last @bsideschicago as your official hacking flamingo. My last time leading a Flamingo Hunt. My last time strutting across the Hilton stage in full pink glory. 🦩

I’ve loved every moment of it — watching you solve puzzles, cheering on first-time speakers, sneaking stickers into your hands, and reminding you that security can be fun, inclusive, and full of joy!!

So yes, I’ll cry. But they’ll be flamingo tears of gratitude. Because you gave me a family here.

Join Kat and me for one last Flamingo Uprising:
- Oct 31 workshops
- Nov 1 conference

Let’s cry together, laugh together, and make this flock fly higher than ever before.

Because after this year, I may fly off on world adventures… but a piece of my heart will always stay right here in Chicago. https://bsideschicago.org

#bsideschicago #FlamingoUprising #infosec #farewell #CyberSecurity

BSidesChicago – BSides Chicago 2025

Hellooooo Edinburgh!!

After dazzling Newcastle, I demanded @rnbwkat book me a royal carriage (okay fine, it was a train, but I made it regal). Latrer, I'll be marching down the Royal Mile like the queen of flamingos I am!

Bagpipes? For me.
Castles? For me.
That suspicious haggis in the window? …also probably for me.

Next stop: conquering Arthur’s Seat. (Kat says it’s a hike, I say it’s my throne. Guess who’s right? Guess who will be carrying me?)

If you spot a glamorous pink bird flapping dramatically in the Scottish breeze—it’s me, darling.

#FlamingoUprising #bsideschicago

What. A. Day.

Yesterday at BSidesNewcastle I started out working check-in for the first three hours, happily scanning badges and saying hi to everyone rolling in. Easy start, right? Except… at 10am, one of the other organizers casually asks, “Are you ready for your 12:30?”

Wait. My WHAT?! 😳

Apparently, I was scheduled to give my brand-new talk “Going Solo: Thriving as a Single Professional in Cybersecurity” at 12:30. No slides. No deck. No practice run. Cue me checking people in while feverishly building a presentation on my laptop. By 11:30 I had something stitched together, plugged in at 12:30 sharp, and… walked into a PACKED room. People sitting on the floor. No one left. I got emotional a few times, but at the end, so many came up to thank me. Honestly? It was overwhelming in the best way.

Then at 5pm, I closed out the day with my scheduled locknote on Cloud Misconfigurations. Smooth, fun, and the perfect way to wrap up.

BSides Newcastle—thank you. For the friends, the hugs, the chaos, the love, and the reminder that sometimes the best talks are the ones you didn’t know you were giving. 🦩

And @sashatheflamingo had an amazing day, giving out new stickers, making new friends and giving away baby flamingos at the end. She of course is the rock star, I'm just her handler.

#BSidesNewcastle #BSidesNCL #BSidesChicago #FlamingoUprising #CyberSecurity

Hanging at #BSidesNCL
Just hanging @bsidesedmonton !!
Going to be an awesome 2 days!!!
#cybersecurity #BSidesEdmonton

🦩✨ Guess what, flock? Only 50 days until BSidesChicago and the Flamingo Uprising!

Workshops, talks, villages, TWO CTFs… and one very fabulous flamingo strutting through it all!!

Are you ready to hack, learn, and flap with me?

👉https:// bsideschicago.org

#BSidesChicago #FlamingoUprising #cybersecurity @bsideschicago