On 2026-09-02, Liam McFadden gave us “An Introduction to Large-Language Models”, covering background theory and terminology, practical resources, and a guide to self-deployment on common consumer-grade hardware.

On 2026-08-05, Ryan Guild showed us how “WASM, WASI and Minecraft” could be combined to allow 2000 instances of his custom Microcontroller block to execute at 20% of hardware clock rate within the 50ms Minecraft global tick time, and asked the group how this technology may best be adapted for OT education and hyperscaling applications.

On 2026-07-01, Robert Lois recounted his experiences as a post-doctoral researcher at Sandia National Labs to walk us through “(Fully) Homomorphic Encryption: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly”, particularly when using it to secure OT control traffic sent from remote locations to data centers powered by onsite SMAHtR [Small Modular Advanced High Temperature Reactor] nuclear generation.

On 2026-06-03, Pat Natali demonstrated “Exploring Jail-broken Coding Agent Capabilities”, utilizing the ‘Sigma Protocol’ technique class to agentically bootstrap guardrail-breaking prompts effective against the current frontier models.

On 2026-05-06, in their joint keynote “Advanced Mesh Hack Tricks”, the Witch of the Wires discussed the Protomesh Collective, RF measurement techniques, and solar T114 nodes, while Greyfox conducted a thorough review of Meshtastic firmware and client configurable parameters.

On 2026-04-01, JP Kowalski hosted a “personal cybersecurity workshop: understanding tracking technologies”, [REDACTED].

On 2026-03-04, Tess Wilson went over her work with the “Library Freedom Project and Resisting AI”, showing us how non-specialists are organizing themselves to understand and deal with technological blitzkrieg, and how we as specialists can best support that work.

On 2026-02-04, Bubbles taught us all about “Regular Expressions and Denial-of-Service”, and then led a valuable discussion about the difference between the vulns that are most interesting to study and the vulns which pose the greatest risk.

On 2026-01-07, Greyfox talked about “Going AFK” and how we can keep ourselves as secure in meatspace as we are in cyberspace.

On 2025-12-03, Society of Hackers had its first ever SANS Holiday Hack Party. Two Best Hackers were crowned - Greyfox, for doing the most hacks and the most difficult hacks, and Tao Neuendorffer, for learning the most throughout the competition.

On 2025-11-05, in her presentation “Computer Vision and AI in Security”, Abby Magistro examined the risks and opportunities which these powerful tools present for cybersecurity programs, and how they may best be developed and used to ensure privacy, transparency, and accountability for all.

On 2025-10-01, Gloria Ma shared valuable insights from “My Experience with SANS GFACT/GSEC/GCIH”, prompting a discussion about SANS, certifications, the hiring market, and the nuances between developing one’s skillset and developing one’s career.

On 2025-09-03, our first meeting, Tao Neuendorffer spoke of how “Ladies Return to Cybersecurity”, or rather, how women were present at the beginning of the industry and never left.