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NorthSec โ€” A community-run cybersecurity event offering world-class talks, trainings & a 48-hour, on-site capture-the-flag competition. Every May in Montrรฉal since 2013 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Publications en franรงais et en anglais. https://nsec.io/

Cette annรฉe au nsec CTF, nous avons demandรฉ aux gens dโ€™autodรฉclarer les flags trouvรฉs par un agent IA. Nous avons aussi demandรฉ ร  la communautรฉ leur opinion sur le rรดle+impact des agents IA dans les CTFs Plus de 40% des participants ont rรฉpondu au sondage! Jโ€™ai รฉcrit un blogpost qui analyse le tout

Retour sur nsec 2026: le pouls de la communautรฉ sur lโ€™agentic CTF

Si vous avez assistรฉ ร  la cรฉrรฉmonie de fermeture, passez directement ร  la section Sondage de rรฉtroaction, la premiรจre section rรฉpรจte lesโ€ฆ

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๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ: ๐—–๐—ง๐—™ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€ + ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ Congratulations to the winners and to all teams that competed in the CTF this weekend! ๐Ÿฅ‡ OteriHack (OTERIA / OteriHack) ๐Ÿฅˆ Hubert Hackin' (ex-UQAM) ๐Ÿฅ‰ Basilic de Torches (Flare) ๐Ÿ† 1st student-only team: J'HACK Danie

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The conference is wrapped! Varsha & Salini opened the day with a keynote on the future of work in cybersecurity. The sponsors room was packed, with raffles running through badge pairing from OKIOK Data ltd, Commissionnaires du Quรฉbec, Nooelec Inc., Flare, SentinelOne, Caido and Wiz.

Tim Medin opened the day with his energetic keynote ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜‹๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ. The tone was set. Incredible talks, villages, workshops, a live PolySรฉcure podcast recording... and a long-awaited badge reception. Day 1 delivered. Thanks to our sponsors who make all of this possible! ๐Ÿ’™

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๐Ÿชฉ ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ถรจ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐรฉ โ€ข ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ

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๐Ÿ“ก ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ: ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜รฉ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ โ€ข ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ Merci ร  Nooelec Inc. de nous appuyer cette annรฉe, particuliรจrement pour le village RF. Ils fournissent des SDR ร  prรชter aux participant(e)s sur place, dont des HackRF Pro, ainsi que des SDR ร  tirer au sort.

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๐Ÿ… ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€รฉ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€: ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ถ! / ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—บ: ๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚! Le musรฉe de badges est une tradition bien รฉtablie ร  NorthSec. Avec prรจs d'une centaine de badges dรฉjร  rรฉpertoriรฉs, l'exposition cรฉlรจbre la culture hacker ร  travers les annรฉes.

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๐Ÿ’™ ๐—จ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ ร  ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น / ๐—” ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€: OKIOK

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๐Ÿ’™ ๐—จ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ถ ร  ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น / ๐—” ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€: ๐——๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€

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๐ŸŽค ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณรฉ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐรฉ๐—ฒ๐˜€ โ€ข ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ! Kerberoasting legend + Bloomberg security leaders = keynotes you can't miss! โ‡๏ธ But there's more! 24 cutting-edge talks, 7 hands-on workshops and legendary CTF challenges! Full lineup at nsec.io/speakers

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โšก๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ! Three trainings. Build the defenses attackers hate facing. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Spots are limited and filling up. Register now: nsec.io/training-sessions #NorthSec #infosec #cybersecurity #blueteam

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โšก๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ'๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ป๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ! Three trainings. Niche skills. High demand. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Spots are limited and filling up. Register now: nsec.io/training-sessions #NorthSec #infosec

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โšก๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ'๐˜€ ๐—ข๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ! Three trainings. Real offensive skills you can use on Monday morning! ๐Ÿ‘‰ Spots are limited and filling up. Register now: nsec.io/training-sessions

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NorthSec 2026 speaker lineup is here ...and it's our best yet! ๐Ÿ”ฅ 31 talks & workshops. Two days in Montrรฉal. Tickets going fast (get yours by April 1st to secure a badge and a t-shirts). ๐Ÿ‘‡ nsec.io/speakers/

NorthSec 2025 Thursday's keynote

๐ŸŸฃ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜รฉ ๐—ฝ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ! โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ! ๐Ÿ‘‰ Deadline: March 13 nsec.io/diversity/

Diversitรฉ

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๐Ÿ‹๏ธ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€/๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ (10/12): "Offensive GCP Operations & Tactics Certification (OGOTC)" ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ/๐—ฏ๐˜† Chirag Savla & Jay Pandya ๐Ÿ“… Dates: May 11, 12 and 13, 2026 (3 days) ๐Ÿ“Š Difficulty: Medium ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Mode: Hybrid (on-site & remote) ๐Ÿ”— Training details: nsec.io/training/202...

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๐Ÿ‹๏ธ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€/๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ (9/12): "Advanced Detection Engineering in the Enterprise" ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ/๐—ฏ๐˜† Olaf Hartong & Rogier Boon (@falconforce.nl) ๐Ÿ“… Dates: May 11, 12 and 13, 2026 (3 days) ๐Ÿ“Š Difficulty: Medium ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Mode: On-Site ๐Ÿ”— Save Your Spot: nsec.io/training/202... #infosec #blueeteam

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๐Ÿ‹๏ธ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ Formations/Trainings (8/12): "Attacking & Securing CI/CD Pipeline Certification (ASCPC)" ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ/๐—ฏ๐˜† White Knight Labs ๐Ÿ“… Dates: May 11, 12 and 13, 2026 (3 days) ๐Ÿ“Š Difficulty: Medium ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Mode: Hybrid (on-site & remote) ๐Ÿ”— Training details: nsec.io/training/202...

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๐Ÿ‹๏ธ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜ต๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ด/๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (7/12): "Offensive Development Practitioner Certification (ODPC)" ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ/๐—ฏ๐˜† Munaf Shariff (@whiteknightlabs.bsky.social) ๐Ÿ“… Dates: May 11, 12 and 13, 2026 (3 days) ๐Ÿ“Š Difficulty: Medium ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Mode: Hybrid (on-site & remote) ๐Ÿ”— Training details: nsec.io/training/202...

Offensive Development Practitioner Certification (ODPC)

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๐Ÿ‹๏ธ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€/๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ (5/12): "Deconstructing Rust Binaries" ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ/๐—ฏ๐˜† Cindy Xiao ๐Ÿ“… Dates: May 11, 12 and 13, 2026 (3 days) ๐Ÿ“Š Difficulty: Medium ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Mode: Hybrid (on-site & remote) ๐Ÿ”— Training details: nsec.io/training/202... #NorthSec #cybersecurity #malwareanalysis #reverseengineering

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๐Ÿ‹๏ธ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€/๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ (๐Ÿฐ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ): "Offensive Active Directory Operations Certification (OADOC)" ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ/๐—ฏ๐˜† Evan Hosinski (White Knight Labs) ๐Ÿ“… Dates: May 11, 12 and 13, 2026 (3 days) ๐Ÿ“Š Difficulty: Medium ๐Ÿ–ฅ๏ธ Mode: Hybrid (on-site & remote) ๐Ÿ”— Training details: nsec.io/training/202...

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๐Ÿ‹๏ธ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€/๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜€ (๐Ÿฏ/๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ): "AI SecureOps: Attacking & Defending GenAI Applications and Services" ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ/๐—ฏ๐˜† Abhinav Singh ๐Ÿ“… Dates: May 12 and 13, 2026 (2 days) ๐ŸŽฏ Level: Medium ๐Ÿ”— Save Your Spot Now: nsec.io/training/202...

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