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War Stories
from 64 chapters of BSides events worldwide.
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47:15
Closed For Business: Taking Down Darknet Markets
John Shier
BSides London
· 2019
War Stories
Intro
Blue
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2019-06
54:05
The Road to Hell is Paved with Bad Passwords
Chris Kubecka
BSides Las Vegas
· 2019
War Stories
DFIR
Threat Intel
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2019-10
1:00:45
BREAKING in BAD (I'm the one who doesn't knock)
Jayson E Street
BSides SLC
· 2015
War Stories
Red
Talk
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2015-04
38:00
BSides CT 2023 - illwill: FINDING MOBMAN
illwill
Bsides CT
· 2023
War Stories
Talk
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2023-10
38:26
The Woman Who Squashed Terrorists When an Embassy Gets Hacked
Chris Kubeka
BSides Cape Town
· 2019
War Stories
DFIR
Threat Intel
Blue
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Keynote
Open →
2019-12
40:17
A Threat Analysis of 0ktapus SMS Phishing Campaigns
Will Thomas
BSides Cheltenham
· 2023
Technical
War Stories
Malware Analysis
Social Engineering
Threat Intel
Talk
Open →
2023-06
31:02
Phineas Fisher: A Timeline of Hacktivism
BSides Leeds
· 2020
War Stories
OSINT
Reverse Engineering
Threat Intel
Intermediary
Red
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2020-07
23:19
A Noob's Intro to Biohacking, Grinding, and DIY Body Augmentation
Doug Copeland
BSides Las Vegas
· 2016
Technical
War Stories
Hardware Hacking
Physical Security
Intro
Talk
Open →
2016-08
36:18
Macabre Stories of a Hacker in the Public Health Sector (Chile)
Philippe Delteil
BSides Cape Town
· 2019
War Stories
DFIR
Privacy
Vulnerability Research
Blue
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2019-12
21:11
The Cuckoo's Egg — 30 Years Later We Are Still Stuck in Groundhog's Day
J.J. Widener
BSides KC
· 2021
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2021-11
1:12:47
Metlstorm's Empiricism Emporium: Unpleasant Truths Our Speciality
Adam Boileau
BSides Wellington
· 2017
Technical
War Stories
Active Directory
Kerberos
Supply Chain Security
Threat Intel
Advanced
Red
+1
Open →
2018-02
38:51
Spear Phishing: From LinkedIn To Loggedin
Alex Archondakis
BSides London
· 2019
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2019-06
44:05
Fade from Whitehat… to Black
Beau Bullock
BSides Orlando
· 2016
War Stories
Red
Keynote
Open →
2016-03
27:24
Cold Case — Catch a Killer in 16 Bytes
Iggy
BSides Canberra
· 2021
Technical
War Stories
DFIR
Hardware Hacking
Reverse Engineering
Advanced
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Technical Deep-dives
+1
Open →
2021-04
1:13:09
Delivering The Fail: The Post Office IT Scandal
Brian Whelton
BSides Newcastle
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2024-01
54:37
We Take Your Security Seriously. Or Do We?
The Beer Farmers
BSides London
· 2019
War Stories
Intro
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2019-06
25:20
Automation of Penetration Testing and the Future
Haydn Johnson
BSides Las Vegas
· 2016
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2016-09
24:15
Take all my money – penetrating ATMs
Fredrik Sandström
Jonathan Fischer
BSides Las Vegas
· 2025
War Stories
Hardware Hacking
Physical Security
Reverse Engineering
Red
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2025-12
15:45
Breaking the Bodyguards: Tech-Enabled Crime
Chrissy Marie Morgan
BSides London
· 2018
Technical
War Stories
OSINT
Physical Security
Social Engineering
Wireless Security
Talk
Open →
2018-07
50:44
Cyberwar Before There Was Cyber: Hacking WWII Electronic Bomb Fuses
Peter Gutmann
BSides Canberra
· 2018
War Stories
Hardware Hacking
Keynote
Open →
2018-07
48:27
Scam Message Service: SMS Traffic Pumping and Fraud at Scale
Tormi Tuuling
Silver Saks
BSides Tallinn
· 2023
War Stories
Cellular Security
Talk
Open →
2023-10
47:19
The Dangers of Working in Cyber Security
Simon Whittaker
BSides Belfast
· 2017
War Stories
Career & Soft Skills
DFIR
Threat Intel
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2017-10
46:53
Enemies of the West - Neil Lines
Neil Lines
BSides London
· 2014
Technical
War Stories
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Demo
Talk
Open →
2017-06
54:39
We Take Your Security Seriously. Or Do We?
Mike Thompson
Ian Thornton-Trump
BSides Leeds
· 2019
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2019-01
46:20
Target Acquired: Human Intelligence Tradecraft and Insider Threat Recruitment
Chris Russell
BSides Dallas/Fort Worth
· 2021
Technical
War Stories
OSINT
Social Engineering
Threat Intel
Talk
Open →
2021-11
50:58
Tales from the trenches: Cyber brawl with an Advanced Threat Actor
Ishaq Zafar
Ahmed Muneeb
BSides Islamabad
· 2020
War Stories
Blue
Talk
Open →
2020-11
41:37
Getting Things Fixed: Security Wins and Fails
Scott Piper
BSides SLC
· 2025
War Stories
Cloud IAM
Vulnerability Research
Keynote
Open →
2025-06
55:55
Tales from the Breach
Jason Haddix
BSides Seattle
· 2024
War Stories
Cloud IAM
Supply Chain Security
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2024-05
38:06
Como Hackear um Banco sem Sair do seu Quarto?
Arthur Aires
Matheus Wreck
Gustavo Oliveira
BSides São Paulo
· 2025
Technical
War Stories
Reverse Engineering
Vulnerability Research
Web AppSec
Advanced
Red
Talk
Open →
2025-06
59:11
Vehicle Cyber Security and Innovative Assessment Techniques
Andy Davis
David Claire
BSides Manchester
· 2016
Technical
War Stories
Hardware Hacking
Reverse Engineering
Vulnerability Research
Wireless Security
Advanced
Red
+3
Open →
2016-10
26:50
Digital Transformation of the Illicit Economy and Outsourced Crime Providers
Bex Nitert
BSides Perth
· 2021
Research
War Stories
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2021-09
39:19
Unlucky In Locks
Schuyler Towne
BSides Boston
· 2013
Technical
War Stories
Physical Security
Talk
Open →
2013-06
55:37
Tales from the Cybercrime Battlefield
Ian Thornton-Trump
BSides Leeds
· 2018
Research
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2018-01
54:17
99 Hosts on the Wall
Renana Friedlich
BSides SLC
· 2018
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2018-12
28:10
Pwn2Own Stories - Ben McBride
Ben McBride
BSides Albuquerque
War Stories
Reverse Engineering
Vulnerability Research
Red
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2024-08
40:55
Quando o Simples Vence: Anatomia Real dos Ataques que Continuam Funcionando
Ricardo Tavares
BSides São Paulo
· 2025
War Stories
Active Directory
Detection Engineering
Malware Analysis
Threat Intel
Blue
Purple
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
+1
Open →
2025-06
48:02
Confessions Of A 90's Hacker Scene - Glenn Pegden
Glenn Pegden
BSides Leeds
· 2020
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2020-07
56:14
How to Stop the Harvester: Massive Data Loss in Ukrainian Companies
Yehor Papyshev
BSides Ukraine
· 2018
Technical
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2018-05
48:13
Zoom 0-Day: How not to handle a vulnerability report
Jonathan Leitschuh
Bsides CT
· 2019
War Stories
Vulnerability Research
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2019-11
56:01
21st Century War Stories
Ben Turner
BSides Manchester
· 2016
War Stories
OSINT
Social Engineering
Threat Intel
Red
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2016-09
45:20
The Arduboy Story
Kevin Bates
BSides Knoxville
· 2026
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2024-08
41:26
How To Bypass Expensive Cyber Security Solutions: War Stories Of A Social Engineer
Chris Pritchard
BSides Bristol
· 2025
Technical
War Stories
Physical Security
Social Engineering
Red
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2024-01
46:50
How I Hacked a Bank Using Pen & Paper
Per Thorsheim
BSides Las Vegas
· 2021
Technical
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2021-08
55:38
Physical Breach War Stories & Operations
Robert Moore
BSides PDX
· 2019
War Stories
Red
Talk
Open →
2019-12
48:57
Exploits in Wetware: Defcon SE CTF Experience
Robert Sell
BSides PDX
War Stories
Red
Talk
Open →
2018-03
16:20
How I Got Into Hack?! - Cybersecurity in The Last Millenium
Filip Savin
BSides Budabest
· 2023
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2023-07
37:55
Simple Data Exfiltration in a Secure Industry Environment
Phil Cronin
BSides Boston
· 2016
Technical
War Stories
Detection Engineering
Network Security
Threat Intel
Red
Talk
Open →
2016-08
23:52
Cyber Cat & Mouse: Law Enforcement vs The Dark Web
Jordan Powell
BSides Newcastle
· 2025
Technical
War Stories
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2025-12
27:22
Pentests: The Jason Bourne Approach — Turning Regular Biros Into Weapons
Andy Gill
BSides Leeds
· 2023
War Stories
Active Directory
Social Engineering
Red
Talk
Open →
2023-07
58:04
The Imposter's Guide to Hacking Without Technical Talent
Jayson E Street
BSides Philly
· 2025
Community
War Stories
Keynote
Open →
2026-02
31:17
WCTF Magic as told by a clumsy Magician
Timothy Allmon
BSides DC
· 2016
War Stories
Wireless Security
Red
Talk
Open →
2016-10
37:25
From Fake Colleagues To Crypto Drains: How North Korea Exploits Remote Hiring - Ondra Rojčík
Ondra Rojčík
BSides Prague
· 2025
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2025-04
25:56
How to take cookies from the Cookie Monster: Genesis Market Takedown
John Fokker
BSides TLV
· 2023
War Stories
DFIR
Malware Analysis
Threat Intel
Blue
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2023-07
25:44
Inside the OSINT Operation Getting Foreign Students Out of Ukraine by Chris Kubecka
Chris Kubecka
BSides TLV
· 2022
War Stories
OSINT
Threat Intel
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2022-07
34:41
Tales (Fails) From The Trenches
Edwin van Andel
BSides Belfast
· 2018
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2018-10
57:07
How to Fake Friends and Find People: A Build-A-Buddy Case Study
Dahvid Schloss
Alex Dodd
BSidesSF
· 2022
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2022-07
44:12
Marc Lopez - Taken: What Happens When A Hacker's Daughter Goes Missing
Marc Lopez
BSides Augusta
· 2022
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2023-10
27:38
Responding To Cyber Attacks
Heather Lowrie
BSides Leeds
· 2024
War Stories
Blue
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2024-08
45:58
Russian Malware in the Ukraine War
Chris Kubecka
BSides Las Vegas
· 2022
Technical
War Stories
Malware Analysis
Threat Intel
Talk
Open →
2022-09
38:29
We Take Your Security Seriously (Or Do We?) — The Beer Farmers
BSides Scotland
· 2019
Community
War Stories
DFIR
Privacy
Threat Intel
Intro
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2019-04
50:46
Hacking Rants (from an almost old guy)
Joe Klein
BSides DC
· 2014
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2014-10
24:19
Dealing With The Devil: Ransomware Negotiation Tactics
Michael Lamb
BSides Leeds
War Stories
Malware Analysis
Threat Intel
Blue
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2024-07
36:38
Ten Years of Penetration Testing
Holly Grace Williams
BSides Belfast
· 2025
War Stories
Career & Soft Skills
Red
Talk
Open →
2025-02
46:51
Lies, Telephony, and Hacking History
Matt Scheurer
BSides Knoxville
· 2024
War Stories
Social Engineering
Threat Intel
Demo
Talk
Open →
2024-11
24:23
The History of Ransomware: From Floppies to Droppers, and Beyond
Eliad Kimhy
BSidesSF
· 2023
War Stories
Malware Analysis
Intro
Talk
Open →
2023-05
24:07
Operation Tripoli - Aseel Kayal
Aseel Kayal
BSides Belfast
· 2020
Technical
War Stories
Malware Analysis
Social Engineering
Threat Intel
Talk
Open →
2020-01
51:34
Red Teaming a Manufacturing Network (Without Crashing It)
Johnny Medina
Kyle Cucci
BSides Las Vegas
· 2018
Technical
War Stories
Network Security
Physical Security
Red
Methodology
Talk
Open →
2018-09
37:09
Let's Phish: How To Scam Everyone, Everywhere, All At Once
Dita Pesek
BSides London
· 2025
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2025-02
19:30
Freaks Of The Wireless: The Story Of The First Wireless Hack
Den Knowles
BSides Leeds
War Stories
Wireless Security
Talk
Open →
2024-07
14:21
Sealing the Leaks: Incident Response Stories about Breaches Caused by Leaked Code
Shaked Klein Orbach
Arik Nachmias
BSides TLV
· 2023
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2023-07
26:26
Your Red Team Is Missing The Point
Zibby Kwecka
BSides Newcastle
· 2022
Technical
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2022-09
33:02
Hacking Acorn Machines: Security in 1980s–90s Educational Computing
Tom Hargreaves
BSides Leeds
· 2019
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2019-01
18:55
From Builder To Breaker
Gavin Johnson-Lynn
BSides Manchester
· 2019
Career
War Stories
Career & Soft Skills
Hardware Hacking
Physical Security
Red
Talk
Open →
2019-09
24:10
Digital Forensics: Myths, Legends and Reality
Lauren Spokes
BSides Newcastle
· 2025
Technical
War Stories
DFIR
Blue
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2025-01
14:20
CTF Summary
Tomer Zait
Nimrod Levi
BSides TLV
War Stories
CTF
Talk
Open →
2022-07
48:35
All The Sales President's Men
Patrick McNeil
BSides Las Vegas
· 2017
War Stories
OSINT
Social Engineering
Intro
Talk
Open →
2017-08
28:37
Five Days, One Red Team, A Beach Like No Other: The Bank Job
Alex Martin
BSides Leeds
· 2023
War Stories
OSINT
Physical Security
Social Engineering
Red
Talk
Open →
2023-07
46:04
Bastardo Finale: Wrapping up years of OSINT work chasing criminals on the internet
Bryan Hance
BSides PDX
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2024-11
40:29
War Stories Of A Social Engineer by Chris Pritchard
Chris Pritchard
BSides Cheltenham
· 2022
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2022-07
47:01
Nightmare on NTLM Street: Legacy's Revenge
Marina Bochenkova
BSides Lisbon
· 2025
Technical
War Stories
Active Directory
Kerberos
Talk
Open →
2025-12
18:07
Ransomware incidents demystified
Thanassis Diogos
BSides Athens
· 2021
War Stories
DFIR
Malware Analysis
Threat Intel
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2021-07
30:41
Tales from the Audits
Justin M. Leapline
BSides Peru
· 2016
War Stories
GRC
Talk
Open →
2016-06
1:01:02
Behind Closed Doors: Physical Red Team Tactics
Moritz Thomas
Firat Acar
BSides Frankfurt
· 2025
War Stories
Physical Security
Social Engineering
Red
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2025-12
39:44
Shakespeare, Bacon, and the NSA
Brendan O'Leary
BSides Charm
· 2023
Technical
War Stories
Cryptography
Intro
Talk
Open →
2023-05
34:30
When Diplomats Send Beacon — A Retrospective of APT29 Malicious Phishing Campaigns
Mathias Frank
BSides Cymru Wales
· 2023
Technical
War Stories
DFIR
Malware Analysis
Threat Intel
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Technical Deep-dives
Talk
Open →
2023-04
4:41
Bsides DFW 2013 David Balcar
David Balcar
BSides Dallas/Fort Worth
· 2013
War Stories
DFIR
Threat Intel
Talk
Open →
2014-01
45:12
How to Fake Friends and Find People: A Build A Buddy Case Study
Dahvid Schloss
Alex Dodd
BSides Peru
Technical
War Stories
OSINT
Social Engineering
Threat Intel
Talk
Open →
2021-10
37:28
Battle-Tested Incident Recovery: Lessons From The Front Lines
Jack Hughes
BSides Exeter
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2025-09
52:42
Look! The Scammer is Coming: The Peculiarities of Brazilian Frauds, Hackers' Creativity, and Their Resilience
Cybelle Oliveira
BSides Las Vegas
· 2022
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2022-09
40:04
Revenge Is Best Served Over IoT
Chris Kubecka
BSides Newcastle
· 2022
Technical
War Stories
IoT
OSINT
Threat Intel
Talk
Open →
2022-09
25:45
How I hacked the largest bank in Norway
Per Thorsheim
BSides Oslo
· 2021
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2022-05
48:25
t201 0900 How I got Hacked and So Can You
Chip Thornsburg
BSides SATX
· 2021
War Stories
Talk
Open →
2021-06
1:13:34
Tales From the Crypt…Analyst: The After Life
Jeff Man
BSides Edmonton
· 2024
War Stories
Keynote
Open →
2024-12
37:31
Ransomware BSide Freakshow (Reloaded): One More Encryption
Cybelle Oliveira
BSides São Paulo
· 2025
War Stories
Malware Analysis
Threat Intel
Talk
Open →
2025-06
45:28
Angie Shue - Defense in Depth for Email Security
Angie Shue
BSides Knoxville
· 2022
Technical
War Stories
Detection Engineering
Email Security
Threat Intel
Intermediary
Blue
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
+1
Open →
2022-05
23:00
Accidental Honeypot: How I Ended Up Receiving Thousands of Emails Meant for No One
Cory Solovewicz
BSides PDX 2025
War Stories
OSINT
Privacy
Intro
Talk
Open →
2025-12
37:28
A Timeline of WannaCry
Martin Lee
BSides Belfast
· 2017
War Stories
Malware Analysis
Threat Intel
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2017-10
32:23
The Emotional Rollercoaster That Is Penetration Testing
Kurt Pomeroy
BSides Vancouver
· 2022
Career
War Stories
Active Directory
Malware Analysis
Red
Talk
Open →
2022-07
50:13
The Rise and Fall of the Trickbot and Conti Empires
Alex Holden
BSides NYC
· 2023
War Stories
Malware Analysis
Threat Intel
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2023-06
57:37
Insider Threats: Dealing with the Attacks That Can Cause the Greatest Harm
David Balcar
BSides Vancouver
· 2022
Technical
War Stories
Case Studies and Incidents Analysis
Talk
Open →
2022-07
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