A mid-break Grüetzi to the DEFCON Switzerland Community!

We hope you are in the middle of a great and relaxed period, doing the things you love. We are already gearing back into action for a new year of meetups and events, better than ever before!

We are as excited as ever to bring you and meetup with you over the coming year! 🙂

Please see the following events that are planned for January:

Chur:  January 07 –  18:30 CET – Sunshine Pub 

– Best drinks in the mountains!

Zurich:  January 14 – 18:30 CET – Schiffbau Bar

– Our home from home… (Please ignore Google’s status of it being “Temporarily Closed”, this is NOT the case (at least for us 😉 )

Bern:  January 21 – 18:30 CET – Restaurant Beaulieu

– Best beverages with the bears….Don’t forget to pour one out for them…. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-bern[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lucerne: January 21 – 18:30 CET  – Magdi Beiz/Bar

– Holding it down for the middle of our nation. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email rico[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lausanne: January 21  – 18:30 CET– Les Brasseurs Lausanne

– Our best friends to the west! Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-lausanne[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Basel:  January 21 – 18:30 CET – Bierrevier

– The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around. – Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Zug:  January 28 –  18:30 CET– Freiruum

– Our newest and freshest location near the 2nd greatest lake in this fine land.

!NEW LOCATION INBOUND! – Watch this space early 2025 😉 

 

When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our available virtual environments, on X or our Discord Server!

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So we held 2 final events for 2024, the Lockpicking & Soldering Dojo Workshop, courtesy of our esteemed community friends, Pascal, Vratko, Salvatore and co. as well as a final HackTheBox Dojo with the Hack Master himself, Antoine 🙂

They were once more very well received and we are already cooking up a lot of new events upcoming in 2025, so be sure to keep your eyes open and ready to sign up to grab your spot!

 

Area41 2026 – SAVE THE DATE!

That’s right!! We have already officially announced the date of the next edition of Area41 – Thursday 18th – Friday 19th June 2026 – PUT THAT BLOCKER IN PLACE! 😀

 

Still not a DC4131 member, and would like to be? Take a look at the bottom of this page and drop us an email at membership[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org and we will come back to you with all the juicy details 🙂

And finally, a shout out to all those also currently attending 38C3 in Hamburg! We hope you’re havering fun and look forward to hear all the fun new things learned and experiences had 🙂

 

Did someone say SWAG?! – That’s right baby, we are back with our refreshed swag shop, where you can now again purchase the latest and sexiest DC4131 Swag – All options and details are here: DC4131 Swag Shop

Additionally, for a limited time only, we have some special, limited edition swag items that may have been peeped by those at the Area41 2024 conference, now available to all you lovely people! Sizes and numbers are limited, so grab them whilst they’re hot! – Area41 Swag Shop

You can now subscribe to our calendar feeds to get real-time updates of event location/time changes, not just for the BoT, but all DC4131 hosted events 😀

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As always, we are here for you and should you want to reach out to us at anytime about anything you can use all the available comms channels 🙂

On behalf of the DC4131 Committee Team, to wish you a very happy and relaxed new year transition, and hope to see you on the other side in 2025 for a whole new round of awesome events and meetups! <3

Your DEFCON Switzerland Team 🙂

👻 BooOOOO! 👻 to you and the DC4131 Community!

We hope you gave and received more treats than tricks this year, and are slowly getting ready for the winter season. As always, we return with another round of awesome gatherings to catch up with the best in the land representing the infosec community.

Please see the following events that are planned for November:

Chur:  November 05 –  18:30 CET – Sunshine Pub  – Best drinks in the mountains!

Zurich:  November 12 – 18:30 CET – Schiffbau Bar– Our home from home…

Berne:  November 19 – 18:30 CET – Restaurant Beaulieu – Best beverages with the bears….Don’t forget to pour one out for them…. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email jb[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lucerne: November 19 – 18:30 CET  – Magdi Beiz/Bar – Holding it down for the middle of our nation. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email rico[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lausanne: November 19  – 18:30 CET – Les Brasseurs Lausanne – Our best friends to the west! Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-lausanne[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Basel:  November 19 – 18:30 CET – Bierrevier – The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around. – Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Zug:  November 26 –  18:30 CET – Freiruum – Our newest and freshest location near the 2nd greatest lake in this fine land.

 

When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our available virtual environments, on X or our Discord Server!

 

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We are super excited to announce that we have at least 1 more member exclusive Dojo event looking to happen before the year is out, and it’s shaping up to be a doozy! 😀

If you’re into either lock picking and/or soldering cool stuff, you will want to keep your eyes on this one, as there will be limited spaces, as well as some Christmas flare coming into the mix too 😉 More details to come in the next update…

If your still not a DC4131 member, and would like to be, drop us an email at membership[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org and we will come back to you with all the juicy details 🙂

 

Did someone say SWAG?! – That’s right baby we are back with our refreshed swag shop, where you can now again purchase the latest and sexiest DC4131 Swag, Christmas is just around the corner, just sayin’ 😉 – All options and details are here: DC4131 Swag Shop

Additionally, for a limited time only, we have some special, limited edition swag items that may have been peeped by those at the Area41 conference this year, now available to all you lovely people! Sizes and numbers are limited, so grab them whilst they’re hot! – Area41 Swag Shop

 

And finally a shout out to our friends hosting, and all those looking to attend the last technical infosec event in Switzerland for this year. It’s Black Alps turn this time, with an impressive agenda as always. We wish you an awesome time there! I know a bunch of us will…

 

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You can now subscribe to our calendar feeds to get real-time updates of event location/time changes, not just for the BoT, but all DC4131 hosted events 😀

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As always, we are here for you and should you want to reach out to us at anytime about anything you can use all the available comms channels 🙂

Stay safe and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Your DEFCON Switzerland Team 🙂

 

A hallowed hello to the DC4131 Community 🙂

We hope you remain well and are starting to put on those extra layers as the days get shorter and the temperatures get lower….

But as always, that doesn’t stop us from venturing outside in search of warmth, tasty drinks, food and good vibes with the best infosec people of the land! 😀

Please see the following events that are planned for October:

Sargans:  October 08 –  18:30 CEST – Deja Vu Bar  – Best drinks in the mountains!

Zurich:  October 15 – 18:30 CEST – Schiffbau Bar– Our home from home…

Berne:  October 22 – 18:30 CEST – Restaurant Beaulieu – Best beverages with the bears….Don’t forget to pour one out for them…. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email jb[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lucerne: October 22 – 18:30 CEST  – Magdi Beiz/Bar – Holding it down for the middle of our nation. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email rico[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lausanne: October 22  – 18:30 CEST – Les Brasseurs Lausanne – Our best friends to the west! Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-lausanne[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Basel:  October 29 – 18:30 CEST – Bierrevier – The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around. *NOTE THE DATE CHANGE!* – Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Zug:  October 29 –  18:30 CEST – Freiruum – Our newest and freshest location near the 2nd greatest lake in this fine land.

 

When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our available virtual environments, on both our Slack Channel & Discord Server!

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A special shout out to all DC4131 members who joined us on this years annual hike last month 🙂 A great time was had all-round and the weather turned out perfect! We hope to catch you again at the next edition in the coming year. #DC4131HackHike

We once again had a super successful 3rd collaboration Dojo with Hack The Box (HTB) Zürich, where those that participated were able to hone existing and pick up new skills in an awesome friendly vibe and environment. There will very likely be even more similar events happening again into the new year for our members to take advantage of, having exclusive priority access to 10 available spots, based on a first-come, first serve basis. So keep an eye open and don’t miss out on these great learning opportunities!

We also have even more Dojo’s in the mix and being planned so watch this space! 🙂

Did someone say SWAG?! – That’s right baby we are back with our refreshed swag shop, where you can now again purchase the latest and sexiest DC4131 Swag, Christmas is just around the corner, just sayin’ 😉 – All options and details are here: DC4131 Swag Shop

Additionally, for a limited time only, we have some special, limited edition swag items that may have been peeped by those at the Area41 conference this year, now available to all you lovely people! Sizes and numbers are limited, so grab them whilst they’re hot! – Area41 Swag Shop

And finally a shout out to our friends hosting, and those attending the various sweet infosec events across Switzerland this month. Both  BSides Bern and Swiss Cyber Storm hit the roster, so hopefully you were able to get a ticket and plan to have an awesome time there! I know a bunch of us will…

 

If your still not a DC4131 member, and would like to be, drop us an email at membership[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org and we will come back to you with all the juicy details 🙂

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You can now subscribe to our calendar feeds to get real-time updates of event location/time changes, not just for the BoT, but all DC4131 hosted events 😀

RSS   –    iCal   –   Outlook

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As always, we are here for you and should you want to reach out to us at anytime about anything you can use all the available comms channels 🙂

Stay safe and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Your DEFCON Switzerland Team 🙂

Greetings fellow citizens of the DC4131 Order!

We hope you continue to enjoy the good weather of summer and have taken full advantage of your holiday breaks 🙂

But as always, we continue to push on forward, and that means another round of fresh drinks and convos with the best infosec community of the land!

 

Please see the following events that are planned for September:

Chur:  September 03 -18:30 CEST –  Sunshine Pub  – Best drinks in the mountains!

Zurich:  September 10 – 18:30 CEST – Schiffbau Bar– Our home from home…

Berne:  September 17 – 18:30 CEST – Restaurant Beaulieu – Best beverages with the bears….Don’t forget to pour one out for them…. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email jb[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lucerne: September 17 – 18:30 CEST  – Magdi Beiz/Bar – Holding it down for the middle of our nation. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email rico[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lausanne: September 17  – 18:30 CEST – Les Brasseurs Lausanne – Our best friends to the west! Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-lausanne[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Basel:  September 17 – 18:30 CEST – Bierrevier – The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Zug:  September 24 –  18:30 CEST – Freiruum – Our newest and freshest location near the 2nd greatest lake in this fine land.

 

When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our available virtual environments, on both our Slack Channel & Discord Server!

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We once again had a super successful 2nd collaboration Dojo with Hack The Box (HTB) Zürich, where those that participated were able to hone existing and pick up new skills in an awesome friendly vibe and environment. There are still an additional event lined up next month for our members to take advantage of, having exclusive priority access to 10 available spots, based on a first-come, first serve basis. Don’t miss out!

We also have more Dojo’s in the mix and being planned so watch this space! 🙂

And a special shout out to all DC4131 members who will be joining us on this years annual hike in the coming month, we are super excited for it! You should have received all details via email already, if not, reach out to us 😀

The above is indeed a member-exclusive event, so if your still not a DC4131 member, drop us an email at membership[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org and we will come back to you with all the juicy details 🙂

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You can now subscribe to our calendar feeds to get real-time updates of event location/time changes, not just for the BoT, but all DC4131 hosted events 😀

RSS   –    iCal   –   Outlook

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As always, we are here for you and should you want to reach out to us at anytime about anything you can use all the available comms channels 🙂

Stay safe and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Your DEFCON Switzerland Team 🙂

Hello  DC4131 Community!

Happy Hacker Summer Camp 2024! For those of you joining the BlackHat/DEFCON/BSides conferences in Vegas this year, have an absolute blast! 😀 Bring back the fun stories and cutting edge knowledge to share with us back in CH.
For the rest of us, we hope you can take a well deserved break over the summer holiday period, and we are, as always, here for you to share an ice cold drink in the coming weeks.

Please see the following events that are planned for August:

Sargans:  August 06 –  18:30 CEST – Deja Vu Bar  – Best drinks in the mountains!

Zurich:  August 13 –  18:30 CEST – Frau Gerolds Garten – Our home from home…

Berne:  August 20 – 18:30 CEST – Restaurant Beaulieu – Best beverages with the bears….Don’t forget to pour one out for them…. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email jb[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lucerne: August 20 – 18:30 CEST  – Magdi Beiz/Bar – Holding it down for the middle of our nation. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email rico[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lausanne: August 20  – 18:30 CEST – Les Brasseurs Lausanne – Our best friends to the west! Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-lausanne[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Basel:  August 20 – 18:30 CEST – Bierrevier – The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Zug:  August 27 –  18:30 CEST – Freiruum – Our newest and freshest location near the 2nd greatest lake in this fine land.

 

When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our available virtual environments, on both our Slack Channel & Discord Server!

************** Additional Events Info ***************

We had a super successful 1st collaboration Dojo with Hack The Box (HTB) Zürich, where those that participated were able to hone existing and pick up new skills in an awesome friendly vibe and environment. There are still an additional 2 events lined up in the coming months for our members to take advantage of, having exclusive priority access to 10 available spots, based on a first-come, first serve basis.

We also have more Dojo’s in the mix and being planned so watch this space! 🙂

If your still not a DC4131 member, drop us an email at membership[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org and we will come back to you with all the juicy details 🙂

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You can now subscribe to our calendar feeds to get real-time updates of event location/time changes, not just for the BoT, but all DC4131 hosted events 😀

RSS   –    iCal   –   Outlook

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As always, we are here for you and should you want to reach out to us at anytime about anything you can use all the available comms channels 🙂

Stay safe and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Your DEFCON Switzerland Team 🙂

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen Of The DC4131 Order,

Area41 is now already a few weeks behind us, and we are so stoked and honoured how it went! 🙂 We hope for those that made it, you had a wonderful, informative and fun time. We are still collecting and reviewing all the feedback we have received, and have already started laying the foundations for the next edition in a couple years from now 😉 Keep an eye on our YouTube channel for the upcoming releases of the talks had during the con.

We are in the midst of Euro football madness, with Switzerland even putting on a inspiring performance, as well as holiday season creeping up around the corner. Once thing remains consistent, the DC4131 community remains here for you throughout the summer, at our various locations with cold drinks on standby!

 

Please see the following events that are planned for July:

Chur/Sargans:  July 09 –  18:30 CET –  Sunshine Pub  – Best drinks in the mountains!

Zurich:  July 16 –  18:30 CEST – Frau Gerolds Garten – Our home from home… !PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE!

Berne:  July 23 – 18:30 CEST – Restaurant Beaulieu – Best beverages with the bears….Don’t forget to pour one out for them…. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email jb[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lucerne: July 23 – 18:30 CEST  – Seebistro LUZ– Holding it down for the middle of our nation. !PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE! – Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email rico[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lausanne: July 23  – 18:30 CEST – Les Brasseurs Lausanne – Our best friends to the west! Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-lausanne[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Basel:  July 23 – 18:30 CEST – Bierrevier – The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Zug:  July 30 –  18:30 CEST – Freiruum – Our newest and freshest location near the 2nd greatest lake in this fine land.

 

When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our available virtual environments, on both our Slack Channel & Discord Server!

 

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You asked for it…. we are now delivering 😀That’s RIGHT! The Dojo’s are back baby! 😀

And what a better way to kick things off then to have an awesomely established collaboration with Hack The Box (HTB) Zürich, through our wonderful community member Antoine (shout out! :D) where we will provide opportunities for both you newly budding, yet also wise and experienced offensive pentesters to perform walkthroughs of various HTB curated boxes/challenges, with the aim to pick up and learn some new tips and tricks, as well as gain those precious hands on XP experience points to level up your hacking game.

We already have 3 events set and planned for the rest of this year, and as part of this collaboration, we are happy to announce that all interested DC4131 members get exclusive priority access to 10 available spots, based on a first-come, first serve basis. It is necessary to “sign up” up on the respective MeetUp event, stating your DC4131 membership, and even if all the spots are filled, there will be a waitlist available which will help secure you a space in the case of drop outs or future events. Please note that if not all DC4131 spaces are taken in the days leading up to the event, the spots will be released and made available to the public.

We really hope the start of these new Dojo events prove to be interesting and provide awesome, hands-on opportunities to not just build upon your sills, but do it with amazing people and environments around you! 🙂 Further, wider topic ranging Dojos are also in the mix to come, so watch this space 😉

Not a DC4131 member yet!? Now is your time! Drop us an email at board[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org stating you wish to become a member and we will come back to you with all the juicy details 🙂

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Don’t forget we also have our official DC4131 Swag e-Shop over at Industry Ink! (COMING BACK SOON!! 😀 )

But we don’t stop there, we are continually evaluating available options for additional events organized by the DC4131 team.

If you have any further comments or suggestions for ideas, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us 🙂

You can now subscribe to our calendar feeds to get real-time updates of event location/time changes, not just for the BoT, but all DC4131 hosted events 😀

RSS   –    iCal   –   Outlook

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As always, we are here for you and should you want to reach out to us at anytime about anything you can use all the available comms channels 🙂

Stay safe and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Your DEFCON Switzerland Team 🙂

What is up DC4131 gang!

Are41 is so close we can smell the solder on the badges… 😉 Big shout out to the BoT Zug gang that joined for the 1st edition this last week! Was an awesome start with over 20 patrons showing up and relishing in our newest space 🙂

And a heads up and shout out to our other community buddies at OWASP Switzerland, they are hosting a free day event (and post-event/pre-con drinks 😉 ) the day before Area41 (Wednesday 5th June) – sign up is free and details can be found here. Come and show your support! 🙂

 

Please see the following events that are planned for June:

Chur/Sargans:  June 04 –  18:30 CEST – Deja Vu Bar  – Best drinks in the mountains!

Zurich:  June 11 –  18:30 CEST – Schiffbau Bar – Our home from home…

Berne:  June 18 – 18:30 CEST – Restaurant Beaulieu – Best beverages with the bears….Don’t forget to pour one out for them…. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email jb[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lucerne: June 18 – 18:30 CEST  – Magdi Beiz/Bar – Holding it down for the middle of our nation. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email rico[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lausanne: June 18  – 18:30 CEST – Les Brasseurs Lausanne – Our best friends to the west! Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-lausanne[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Basel:  June 18 – 18:30 CEST – Bierrevier – The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Zug:  June 25 –  18:30 CEST – Freiruum – Our newest and freshest location near the 2nd greatest lake in this fine land.

 

When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our available virtual environments, on both our Slack Channel & Discord Server!

 

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We are super close to Area41, the buzz and excitement is tangible 😀 We are sincerely looking forward to welcoming you lucky people who fought against the odds to procure a ticket and rub shoulders and listen to cutting edge research from the best (inter)national infosec community on the planet. The talks agenda has been finalised and published, and for those who can’t join in body, we will carry you in spirit, but also in bandwidth when we look to release the talk recordings on our YouTube channel soon after the event 🙂 We are lucky & honoured once more to have the con-recording master @Ministraitor “aka Cooper” behind the cameras!

Some say Dojo’s be on the horizon….. Watch this space 😉

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Don’t forget we also have our official DC4131 Swag e-Shop over at Industry Ink! (COMING BACK SOON!! 😀 )

But we don’t stop there, we are continually evaluating available options for additional events organized by the DC4131 team.

If you have any further comments or suggestions for ideas, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us 🙂

You can now subscribe to our calendar feeds to get real-time updates of event location/time changes, not just for the BoT, but all DC4131 hosted events 😀

RSS   –    iCal   –   Outlook

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As always, we are here for you and should you want to reach out to us at anytime about anything you can use all the available comms channels 🙂

Stay safe and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Your DEFCON Switzerland Team 🙂

A warm hello to you fantastic people out there! 🙂

The warmth is slowly coming, and that means sunshades and cold drinks outside are on the menu! We have some exciting news this month with a brand spanking new locaiton being revealed and run, so lets all give a huge big welcome to the new BoT Zug gang!! 😀

A big shout out to Este and Vincenzo, the local BoT Masters who will be there on a consistent and regular basis, ready to welcome you and share the infamous DEF CON Switzerland hospitality and vibe all our locations and patrons have come know and love. If any of your are working or living in and around Zug, you may have just found your new monthly meetup locaiton 😉 Please spread the good news to your friends and colleagues who may be interested!

 

Please see the following events that are planned for May:

Chur/Sargans:  May 07 –  18:30 CEST –  Toms Beer Box  – Best drinks in the mountains! !PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION CHANGE!

Zurich:  May 14 –  18:30 CEST – Schiffbau Bar – Our home from home…

Berne:  May 21 – 18:30 CEST – Restaurant Beaulieu – Best beverages with the bears….Don’t forget to pour one out for them…. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email jb[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lucerne: May 21 – 18:30 CEST  – Magdi Beiz/Bar – Holding it down for the middle of our nation. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email rico[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lausanne: May 21  – 18:30 CEST – Les Brasseurs Lausanne – Our best friends to the west! Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-lausanne[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Basel:  May 21 – 18:30 CEST – Bierrevier – The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around. Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

!Our BRAND NEW LOCATION! Zug:  May 28 –  18:30 CEST – Freiruum – Our newest and freshest location near the 2nd greatest lake in this fine land.

 

When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our available virtual environments, on both our Slack Channel & Discord Server!

 

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! Area41 News ! – The 1st wave of Area41 tickets that happened April 26th set a new sell-out record of being gone in under 60 seconds… you guys (or your bots) are insane…  x’D

But do not fret! Not all is lost, if you were still unfortunate enough to have not acquired your ticket yet, there will be a second and final chance with the incoming 2nd wave which will happen May 7th at 19:00 CEST SHARP! Be sure to set a million alarms if you need to be there.

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Don’t forget we also have our official DC4131 Swag e-Shop over at Industry Ink! (COMING BACK SOON!! 😀 )

But we don’t stop there, we are continually evaluating available options for additional events organized by the DC4131 team, as well as evaluating a new potential location(s)! 😀

If you have any further comments or suggestions for ideas, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us 🙂

You can now subscribe to our calendar feeds to get real-time updates of event location/time changes, not just for the BoT, but all DC4131 hosted events 😀

RSS   –    iCal   –   Outlook

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As always, we are here for you and should you want to reach out to us at anytime about anything you can use all the available comms channels 🙂

Stay safe and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Your DEFCON Switzerland Team 🙂

Good tidings dear fellow DC4131ers,

We hope you have fully disconnected and set that OOO for the long Easter weekend. But we stop not, and continue our events into the new month, with a few exciting awesome Swiss infosec events upcoming (more details below).

 

Please see the following events that are planned for April:

Chur/Sargans:  April 02 –  18:30 CET – Deja Vu Bar  – Best drinks in the mountains!

Zurich:  April 09 –  18:30 CET – Schiffbau Bar – Our warehouse sized home from home…

Berne:  April 16 – 18:30 CET – Restaurant Beaulieu – Best beverages with the bears….Don’t forget to pour one out for them….

Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email jb[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Basel:  April 16 – 18:30 CET – Bierrevier – The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around.

Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lucerne: April 23 – 18:30 CET  – Magdi Beiz/Bar – Holding it down for the middle of our nation

Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email rico[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lausanne: CANCELLED FOR THIS MONTH – Due to our good friends here being heavily involved with the upcoming Insomni’hak Infosec Con & world renowned CTF contest, patrons of this location will have to await until May for the next edition. BUT fret not, our local BoT Masters are still looking to have an informal, ah-hoc meet-up, of which the details will be announced exclusively on our Discord Server. Be sure to be present to get the infos! 🙂 And hopefully catch some of you at this great event…

!NEW SHINEY LOCATION!:  COMING TO YOU MAY 2024 – 😀

 

When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our available virtual environments, on both our Slack Channel & Discord Server!

 

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! Area41 News ! – A lot of new info releases have been made for Area41 this last month, most notably the Call For Papers (CFP) opening up, of which you have until end of April to submit so get to it and show us your awesome work and have a chance to speak at one of the best and most respected technical infosec cons in Switzerland! 😀

Additionally, we have also announced the ticket release date, April 26th at 16:00, for which there will be battles to death to try secure your golden pass. For you official DEF CON Switzerland Members (Shout out DC4131 gang!), you should have already received a lovely little surprise this week via email, demonstrating the continued benefits of being an official DC4131 member 🙂
If you’re don’t know what we’re talking about here, feel free to drop us a line at board [at] defcon-switzerland.org and we’ll be more than happy to fill you in.

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Don’t forget we also have our official DC4131 Swag e-Shop over at Industry Ink! (COMING BACK SOON!! 😀 )

But we don’t stop there, we are continually evaluating available options for additional events organized by the DC4131 team, as well as evaluating a new potential location(s)! 😀

If you have any further comments or suggestions for ideas, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us 🙂

You can now subscribe to our calendar feeds to get real-time updates of event location/time changes, not just for the BoT, but all DC4131 hosted events 😀

RSS   –    iCal   –   Outlook

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As always, we are here for you and should you want to reach out to us at anytime about anything you can use all the available comms channels 🙂

Stay safe and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Your DEFCON Switzerland Team 🙂

Greetings DC4131 Community!

Apologies for the delay in officially informing you of this months activities, as you can imagine we are in full steam of organising Area41 conference items, supporting the expansion of existing events, experiencing record breaking attendance numbers across multiple locations (you guys are awesome!! :D) and re-introducing old event friends in coming months, so always a lot to keep us busy! And we appreciate the support you guys give us over these times.

As a reminder for our community in Chur/Sargans, an exciting new effort is in effect to better entice and accommodate our infosec neighbours in Liechtenstein, meaning the BoT Chur is now meeting across 2 locations, alternating monthly. On EVEN months (i.e. 02/o4/06/08/10/12) the meetup is happening in the brand spanking new Sargans locaiton (Deja Vu Bar) . On ODD months (i.e. 01/03/05/07/09/11) the meetup is happening in the well known and loved location Sunshine Pub.

 

Please see the following events that are planned for March:

Chur/Sargans:  March 05 –  18:30 CET –  Sunshine Pub  – Best drinks in the mountains! !PLEASE NOTE THE LOCATION SCHEDULE CHANGE!

Zurich:  March 12 –  18:30 CET – Schiffbau Bar – Our home from home…

Berne:  March 19 – 18:30 CET – Restaurant Beaulieu – Best beverages with the bears….Don’t forget to pour one out for them….

Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email jb[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lucerne: March 19 – 18:30 CET  – Magdi Beiz/Bar – Holding it down for the middle of our nation

Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email rico[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Lausanne: March 19  – 18:30 CET – Les Brasseurs Lausanne – Our best friends to the west!

Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-lausanne[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

Basel:  March 19 – 18:30 CET – Bierrevier – The most northerly old-school feeling meetup around – !NOTE THE DATE CHANGE!

Mandatory pre-sign up required! – Please email bot-basel[@]defcon-switzerland[.]org to secure your spot!

 

When we are not at official meetups, we are still available as a community across our available virtual environments, on both our Slack Channel & Discord Server!

 

************** Additional Events Info **************

Don’t forget we also have our official DC4131 Swag e-Shop over at Industry Ink! (COMING BACK SOON!! 😀 )

But we don’t stop there, we are continually evaluating available options for additional events organized by the DC4131 team, as well as evaluating a new potential location(s)! 😀

If you have any further comments or suggestions for ideas, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us 🙂

You can now subscribe to our calendar feeds to get real-time updates of event location/time changes, not just for the BoT, but all DC4131 hosted events 😀

RSS   –    iCal   –   Outlook

****************************

As always, we are here for you and should you want to reach out to us at anytime about anything you can use all the available comms channels 🙂

Stay safe and look forward to seeing you again soon!

Your DEFCON Switzerland Team 🙂