With a running countdown with a week and a half to go, we wanted to throw a big thank you out to Division5.io who have been multi-year supporters. They've been both supportive and contributors to our conference for a long time, thanks to the crew!
First up on 21st March we have @ellearmageddon.bsky.social taking the stage. Elle's joining us with their talk "nothing we do matters (so it can’t hurt to try!)". Join us to see them at the RNA showgrounds, and get some much needed hope in these times!
Our friends @tantosecurity.bsky.social have come aboard as Silver sponsors! Big hugs and many thanks to the crew, looking forward to seeing you out at CrikeyCon in two weeks. Check them out at tantosec.com
We're two weeks and counting so we wanted to give another shout out to @cybliminal.com. Thank you so much for their sponsorship, providing us support to host CrikeyCon 11!
Our schedule is up, and we're excited to announce our speaker @snyff.pentesterlab.com is joining us on stage with I DON'T LIKE THIS CODE!!! Get ready to walk through a series of real-world inspired code snippets with one minute to figure it out. Only question, will there be jeopardy music?
We have finally been able to publish our rocking schedule for this year’s CrikeyCon! crikeycon.com#schedule
Tickets through the same site, and Merch (add-on) Pre-sales end tomorrow, Monday 9th March, at 1200 AEST!
Droppy and the Sleuth are stoked to announce the schedule is up at crikeycon.com#schedule. We'll introduce the speakers and workshops over the next few weeks, get your ticket ready to sign up for workshops!
We believe we've got a fantastic show for you all, see you in two weeks!
Wow!
We’re over 2/3 of the way through the tickets now, we’ll keep on selling til capacity or the day before, but merchandise pre-sales will end on Sunday as we have to finalise the order!
There will be some for sale on the day too but no guarantees on sizes....
Head to www.crikeycon.com
Hey Droppy fans! We're close to releasing the schedule of talks and events for the show in only 2 weeks time (gulp) - keep your eyes open on www.crikeycon.com and here!
Very grateful today as newcomer damsecure.ai has joined us as Silver sponsors! Huge thank you to Patrick and Simon for their support, looking forward to seeing you at the con!
Shout out to Volkis joining us again this year as Silver Sponsors. The team have supported us year on year, huge hugs for the ongoing love! Come see them 21 March at the RNA Showground.
Wow! We've been running through the awesome submissions to the CFP and CFE for #CrikeyCon this year over the last week... it should be quite the show!
And huge dropbear hugs to all those who have offered their ideas and talks!
Get your tix and more information at www.crikeycon.com!
We’re excited to welcome back The Decipher Bureau at CrikeyCon and their Crikey Connect joined by Cyber Security Champions of Tomorrow!
Massive thanks for continuing to back the cyber community!
Catch the teams on 21 March for a stack of practical, hands-on career activities.
CFP and CFE has officially closed. We had a huge turnout, thank you so much for your time and effort to submit your ideas. Droppy & the Sleuth are busily reviewing and looking to get a response to everyone that submitted latest by the 21st.
Reach out if you have any questions!
Droppy & the Sleuth
Sunday when CFP and CFE closes, get your ideas in now!
CFP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
CFE: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Thank you to OzHack and Payatu for joining us in 2026 as supporters! Look out for them at the conference with a huge table of all their hardware goodies!
25% of the tickets gone! Don't miss out: events.humanitix.com/crikeycon-11...
We're excited to be announcing CFP and CFE results soon, so get your ideas in!
The team at Division 5 have been long time sponsors, and so we're super grateful to have them back again as Silver sponsors in 2026! Check them out here or online at: division5.io
Thank you so much! See you in March!
Happy New Year!
CrikeyCon 11 is three months away. Come join us in Brisbane on 21st of March for informal, welcoming, real knowledge sharing — from hard-won lessons, to clever demos and challenges, or testing fresh ideas. Grab your ticket: events.humanitix.com/crikeycon-11
Huge thanks to @infosectcbr.bsky.social who have returned as Gold Sponsors! Their contribution to the communities around us make us so proud to get their support and sponsorship. Many hugs, Droppy & The Sleuth
Frequently we get the question, when will we find out about the CFP / CFE? We provide at least a month, focusing on travelers first.
Got a training or event idea, share it with us: forms.gle/S3UvE9XjzEDW...
Been holding on to a talk for a very interested crowd: forms.gle/LpzsBoufXpuv...
Droppy welcomes our second #CrikeyCon Silver sponsor! Welcome back @Devicie, and a massive thanks for the continued support. Check out Devicie's goodies at www.devicie.com
Image 1 - Spotify QR code for a random song
Image 2 - Spotify QR template
Image 3 - Spotify template filled in using the bar lengths from a random song, to meet the code discovered through modifying bases
Image 4 - Solved Spotify QR code leading to "All your base are belong to us" song.
Solving
"Can you hear the wavelength?"
Spotify codes = wave (Img1)
23 bars with 0(1 & 23) and 7 (12):
1. shorturl.at/3auyr
Convert to base 10 (A=1, etc) to base 10: 52 12 64 20 25 41 32 61 71 43
Add in 070:
0 5 2 1 2 6 4 2 0 2 5 7 4 1 3 2 6 1 7 1 4 3 0
Copy Paste, scan, enjoy, submit (Img2,3,4)
Congrats Fraser for cracking the puzzle! We'll be sending a free ticket your way shortly. Look out for a write up next week.
Over 100 tickets 🥳🎉🎊!
Can't wait to see you all in March, the Sleuth are cracking on with our weekly planning. We've got more hands this year taking on the con and exciting new ideas!
Do you have a training you'd like to run at CrikeyCon 11, or another idea? We'd love to hear from you here: forms.gle/e8MMepNmdMUD...
Thank you so much to those who've already submitted their presentations!We've been reviewing and the submissions are looking great!!
Final clue before we release the answer:
Have you tried asking Peter Boone and his friends on Stack Overflow?
Big shout out to @cybliminal.com our first silver sponsor this year! Massive hugs for the returning support; can't wait to see you out at the showgrounds.
No solves yet, clue 3:
1221 in base C(3) = 52 in base 10
Clue 2:
Is all this base troubling you, keep calm and count letters.
