What are villages? Villages are specialized, community-driven sub-areas or mini-conferences inside the annual BSides hacker convention. Each village focuses on a specific niche or tradecraft – offering independent talks, hands-on labs, and competitive challenges.
🔓 Physical Security Village
Get hands-on with the physical side of cybersecurity. Bradley University’s Physical Security Village gives attendees the opportunity to explore lockpicking, bypass techniques, access controls, and other physical security concepts using practice rigs designed for all experience levels. Whether you’re picking up a lockpick for the first time or looking to sharpen existing skills, the Village offers a safe, ethical environment to discover how physical vulnerabilities can impact even the best-protected digital systems.
Explore the Physical Security Village🧠Human Hacking Village
Hack the human layer. The Human Hacking Village explores social engineering, communication, trust, and human behavior through interactive challenges designed to make attendees active participants. Test your skills in the Vishing Challenge, navigate a dynamically generated inbox in the Phishing Simulation, question whom you can trust by playing Zero Trust, watch live vishing calls, and explore OSINT, influence, and defensive awareness. No experience is required—just curiosity and a willingness to Research. Influence. Adapt.
Explore the Human Hacking Village📡 Radio Frequency (RF) Village
Explore the invisible signals all around us in the Radio Frequency (RF) Village. Through hands-on activities and demonstrations, attendees can discover how wireless technologies work, experiment with radio communications, and learn about the security challenges associated with the RF spectrum. From software-defined radio and signal analysis to technologies such as Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and RFID, the Village offers an approachable way to explore wireless security and develop new skills.
Explore the RF Village