Here is the draft schedule for 44CON 2025.
We have a Google shared calendar with all the talks in and you can download an ICS file of all the talks and workshops to add to your calendar. Remember to update this ICS file nearer to the event as changes happen or you accidentally delete a talk from your calendar.
You can also download individual ICS files for the talks and workshops by clicking on the 
icon next to them.
Thursday 18th September 2025
| 08:30 | DOORS OPEN | Check-in and get your lanyards. Get coffee. |
| Time | Track 1 | Track 2 | Workshop |
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| 9:00 | 44CON 2025 Opening | ||
| 9:10 |
Opening Keynote |
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| 10:00 |
From YAML to Root: CI/CD Pipeline Attacks and Countermeasures |
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| 10:50 | Coffee & tea break | ||
| 11:10 |
Model Behaviour: Getting LLMs to Misbehave on Cue |
Introducing: Searchlight Cyber Tools Site |
Mastering Bash for Hackers: Extreme Command-Line Power Kirils Solovjovs |
| 12:00 |
Kubernetes Sleuthing with RepliK8s |
Detect me if you can |
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| 12:50 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 14:00 | From Drone Strike to File Recovery, outsmarting a nation state Guy Barnhart-Magen |
Adversarial Artifacts: Breaking Static ML Malware Classifiers Using Cobalt Strike Steve Salinas |
Model Behaviour: Getting LLMs to Misbehave on Cue James Stevenson |
| 14:50 | Breaking Codes with Hill Climbing and Simulated Annealing Klaus Schmeh |
Debug Me If You Can Adhokshaj Mishra |
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| 15:40 | Coffee & tea break | Coffee & tea break | Coffee & tea break |
| 16:00 | CommunityCovertCommunication: Dynamic Mass Covert Communication Through Social Media Eric Filiol |
Breaking 19th Century Encrypted Newspaper Ads |
Kubernetes Sleuthing with RepliK8s Xavier Garceau-Aranda |
| 16:50 | Another Prompt Bites the Dust: Practical Prompt Injection Testing and Guardrail Bypass with Spikee Donato Capitella |
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| 17:40 | Day session ends |
| 17:40 | BREAK | ||
| 19:20 | DOORS OPEN |
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Track 1 |
Track 2 |
Workshop |
| 19:30 | 44CON Hacker Pub Quiz (all rounds this night!) | ||
| 23:00 | Evening Session ends |
| Bar open all evening until late |
Friday 19th September 2025
| 08:30 | DOORS OPEN | Check-in and get your lanyards (if necessary). COFFEE! |
| Time | Track 1 | Track 2 | Workshop |
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| 9:05 | 44CON 2025 Day 2 Opening | ||
| 9:10 | Oh what a tangled web we weave when we … network containers! Rory McCune |
Upgrade Your Future: Tactical Tradecraft for Cybersecurity Career Growth |
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| 10:00 |
Never let them know your next move |
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| 10:50 | Coffee & tea break | Coffee & tea break | Coffee & tea break |
| 11:10 | Bring Your Own Loader Adhokshaj Mishra |
Upgrade Your Future: Tactical Tradecraft for Cybersecurity Career Growth |
Oh what a tangled web we weave when we … network containers! Rory McCune |
| 12:00 |
Breaking both wires: Reverse engineering building access control system for MITM attacks and spoofing |
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| 12:50 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
| 13:50 | Pub Quiz Final |
Designing Effective RL Gyms for Security Research |
Bring Your Own Loader Adhokshaj Mishra |
| 14:40 | No Pilot! The Emerging Security Risks of Copilot Thomas Atkinson |
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| 15:30 | Closing keynote G Mark Hardy |
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| 16:20 | CLOSE – Closing and prize giveaways | ||
| ASAP | Closing tea break and THE END |