DEFCON Group Pittsburgh Monthly Meeting

DC412 is Back - Pittsburgh's DEFCON Group Has a New Home DC412 is back, and we're meeting at Hackers Guild. Same group, same crew, new spot. If you've been around the Steel City infosec scene for any length of time, you already know what this is. If you've drifted away, this is your sign to come back. If you're new, pull up a chair. There's room. We meet on the fourth Friday of every month. What a Night Looks Like The format rotates so it stays interesting, but every meetup falls into one of three buckets, or we may mix it up and have a combination of formats, but remember, there will always be pizza: Presentations. A community member walks us through whatever they've been working on. Recent vuln research, a CTF write-up, a war story from an engagement, a new tool, a weird bug, a hardware project that shouldn't have worked but did. Vendor-agnostic, no pitches, just people sharing what they've learned. Hands-on labs. Bring a laptop. We work through challenges, pass hardware around, build things, break things, and help each other when something doesn't compile. Topics could include demos of audio surveillance with laser mics, building functional KeySweepers as a group, and plenty of soldering, lockpicking, and packet capture along the way. Informal nights. Sometimes the best meetups are the ones where we just hang out. No agenda, no slides. Catch up, swap stories, plan the next thing. Who Shows Up Red teamers, blue teamers, hardware hackers, lockpickers, students, researchers, devs who are security-curious, and a healthy mix of people who just like figuring out how things work. Government and private sector. Career veterans and folks running their first nmap scan. The room is always a mix, and that's the point. How We Run It A few things that have always been true and aren't changing: * No vendor pitches. No paid speaking slots. No selling. * Open to everyone, regardless of experience, background, or job title. * We don't condone…