Panda explains how he enters a panda emoji instead of his name in badge and order systems to see where it breaks, why edge cases reveal a system's gaps, and the crew of pandas he keeps getting mixed up with at DEF CON.

Shoutouts: PandaNamedPanda and all the other amazing Pandas in our community ❤️🐼

Panda recaps a DEF CON spent dialing into old-school BBSs for the TeleChallenge, getting spotted in fursuit by the big LED array, a no-winner finish, thanks to friends, and finally doing the fursuit parade at closing.

Shoutouts: TeleChallenge, TelePhreak, MentalPageFault, Chris Glanden, Len Noe, EC Council, SkillBit, Roman Bohuk, Thomas Rogers

Panda checks in from DEF CON, deep in the Telechallenge cracking old-school BBS and modem puzzles with the team, after dropping off Data Duplication Village drives and roaming the Ham Radio, Lockpick, and Packet Hacking villages.

Shoutouts: Gray Wolf, Data Duplication Village (DDV)

Panda checks in mid safety-ops shift at BSides in Vegas, keeping sessions secure at The Tuscany, then relaxes poolside in the calm before Black Hat's trade-show chaos and the week's smaller, more community cons.

Panda checks in poolside from BSides, excited to soak up the talks, sticker swaps, and pool parties, and champions the smaller cons and supporting your local BSides.

Panda talks through travel day to Hacker Summer Camp: wrapping pentest reports, Black Hat, volunteering at BSides Las Vegas, DEF CON phreaking with team Foxbox Dialing Services, and a mini sticker factory for their side projects.

Shoutouts: Foxbox Dialing Services
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Spicy Chicken beams in a playful numbers-station voicemail, hiding a long snack-emoji cipher that confirms Snack Space Con season 2: August 2 to 9 in Las Vegas, with a bonus flag tucked in for Hackers IRL listeners.

Shoutouts: Panda, Hackers IRL

Panda from Assura maps out a packed Hacker Summer Camp: Black Hat business, B-Sides volunteering, DEF CON contests, and keeping an eye on the puppy back home via a webcam at the boarding suite.

Shoutouts: DEFCON furs, Darknet-NG

Panda unpacks how TailTag, a vibe-coded furry con game, leaked user emails at Anthrocon and then got scrapped, and why walking away from fixable bugs instead of learning from them feels sad.

Shoutouts: Anthrocon, Finn, TailTag

Panda from Assura on AI models gating cybersecurity work: fighting Anthropic's guardrails on offensive tasks, GPT-5.5-Cyber, and why they think these models shouldn't be restricted at all.

Shoutouts: Trail of Bits