BSides Brisbane 2027 is Noir.
A community-run cyber security conference for builders, defenders, and first-timers. High contrast. High stakes. Same Saturday energy.
Event Details
Saturday 10 July 2027
QUT Gardens Point Campus, Z Block
Our largest turnout yet: BSides Brisbane 2025 in the numbers
12 July 2025, QUT Gardens Point, Z Block. Another year, another early start for the volunteer crew and another line at registration before the tracks kicked off.
We’ll remember 2025 as our biggest day so far: about 749 of you through the door, eighteen talks across two tracks, eleven sponsors on the banner, and five exhausted volunteers. The programme had a bit of everything (research, identity, OT / shadow-OT, hunting, AppSec, AI risk, stego, IR) because that’s who shows up to BSides: builders, defenders, leaders, and students, all in one building.
CTF & hardware village
Nomad’s CTF was back: jeopardy-style challenges plus the Active Directory lab for teams that had pre-registered. The hardware / IoT village stayed in the mix too. There’s something about letting people touch the problem that slides alone can’t quite replace.
Booklet
We’ll drop a link to the printed booklet in this section once we’ve archived the final PDF alongside the other years.
Presenters
Huge thanks to this year’s speakers. You raised the bar again.
| Presenter | Title |
|---|---|
| Thomas Pitt | Keynote: Bypassing Intel CET with Counterfeit Objects |
| Cameron Fairbairn | Breaking and Defending Entra ID: Recon, Privilege Escalation, and Real-World Attack Paths |
| Rhiana Cooke | Shadow of a Doubt - A Deep-Dive into Shadow OT |
| Brent Muir | Deception in Depth Mindset; How to Capture an APT |
| Tatsuya Hasegawa | Threat Hunting with Better Data Visualisation |
| Adriana | Fortify Your WordPress: Essential Security Strategies |
| Daniel Ting | Better AppSec through Better DevEx |
| James Bannan | From Head Tattoos to Malware: A History of Steganography |
| DJ | Novel Threats & Nation States: Mastering the ABC's of Incident Response |
| Ben Gittens | Developer Centric Security: AppSec for 2025 and Beyond |
| Dr Joel Panther | Do Not Obey in Advance — Cyber Security in the Fight Against Techno-Authoritarianism |
| Abby & Alex | Pretty Privilege — How Pleasing Words and Visuals Will Help You Get Ahead |
| Sam Gillespie | Beyond Passwords: The Present and Future War on Your Online Identity |
| Johannes Van Der Merwe | Planning a Pentest: A Data-Driven Approach |
| Adam Aurisch | Beyond Identity: The Future of Trust, Attestation, and Assurance |
| Heath Moodie | The Importance of Threat Modelling and How to Get Started |
| Dr. Gowri Ramachandran & Mr. Atticus D'Mello | Rolling the Risk Dice with GenAI: Early Bets and Emerging Insights |
Sponsors
We’re deeply grateful to everyone who supported BSides Brisbane 2025, especially when budgets industry-wide are still tight.
Photos from the day
A few frames from 2025:
