BSidesDayton 2026 Accepted Talks Update!

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BSidesDayton 2026 Accepted Talks Update!

We are excited to share a first look at some of the accepted talks for BSidesDayton 2026! There will be a few more talks added in the coming weeks.

Tickets:
https://bsidesdayton.com/tickets/

Main Track
10:00 AM - Annie Dai
Don’t Look Up: There Are Sensitive Internal Links in the Clear on GEO Satellites
A broad scan of cleartext IP traffic across dozens of GEO satellites highlights how critical infrastructure backhaul is exposed and what that means for defenders.

11:00 AM - Guy Royse
You’ve Probably Never Heard of the Reticulum Network
An introduction to Reticulum, a cryptography based stack designed for resilient, decentralized communication when centralized infrastructure fails.

1:00 PM - Dakota Riley
These aren’t the Providers you are looking for: Compromising pipelines with Evil Terraform
A look at how malicious Terraform providers can influence CI pipelines, expand access, and how to detect and defend against these attacks, including a live demo.

2:00 PM - Matt Scheurer
Definitely Not Secure DNS
A practical breakdown of DNS fundamentals, common attack techniques, and defensive strategies for an often overlooked attack surface.

Secondary Track

10:00 AM - Mason Herzner
A Typhoon of Problems: A short brief on Salt Typhoon’s History and TTPs
A concise overview of Silk Typhoon activity focused on blue team use cases, including campaigns, techniques, and malware.

1:30 PM - Martin Voelk
Agentic AI Kill Chain
An exploration of how enterprise AI agents introduce new risks such as poisoned RAG pipelines, malicious link handling, and zero click exfiltration, along with ways to test and defend.

2:30 PM - Jeremy Hong
You guys are getting paid? A story of how I got into hardware hacking.
A personal path into hardware hacking from the Dayton community, plus insight into current tools and approaches.

3:00 PM - Matthew Gracie
A Standard For Investigative Playbooks
A structured approach to investigations using YAML playbooks that connect alerts, artifacts, and defensive workflows, demonstrated in an open monitoring platform.

Villages

Call Center Village
Explore modern voice based social engineering including AI driven call agents, live operator techniques, and interactive challenges like The Escalation Desk CTF.

Radio Village
Learn the fundamentals of wireless communication using software defined radio, amateur radio, and accessible tooling.

P25 Radio Village
Hands on exploration of public safety radio systems, including encryption, key management, and live infrastructure demos.

Sticker Heist
A story driven challenge where teams recon a protected safe, bypass defenses, and recover the sticker loot.

More announcements are on the way, but this is a strong start to what BSidesDayton 2026 has in store!

Sponsorship Opportunities
We are currently seeking sponsors for this year’s event.
Please reach out if your organization is interested.

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