BlackHoodie at Hexacon 2025

We’re thrilled to announce that Blackhoodie is coming to Paris for Hexacon this fall!

The event will take place over four days, right before the conference.

TL;DR:

What: Class on low-level security topics, introductory and intermediate

When: October 6th to October 9th 2025

Where: Paris, France

Who: Women

Call for Workshop: fill form here

FeesCFW deadline: August 20th, 2025

Call for Workshops: Blackhoodie@Hexacon 2025 — Share Your Knowledge in Paris!

Are you passionate about reverse engineering, binary exploitation, vulnerability research, or any other technical topic in security? Do you want to help make cybersecurity more inclusive and accessible? Blackhoodie@Hexacon is looking for workshop instructors — and we want you!

What we’re looking for ?

Blackhoodie workshops are beginner-friendly, hands-on, and deeply technical. We welcome submissions on topics such as (but not limited to):

• Reverse engineering and decompilation
• Binary exploitation and mitigations
• Vulnerability discovery techniques
• Firmware or embedded systems analysis
• Malware analysis and detection
• Secure coding practices and debugging
• Offensive/defensive security tooling

You don’t need to be a seasoned speaker to submit — we especially encourage first-time instructors and members of underrepresented groups in security to apply.

Ready to submit ?

Please fill the form here to submit your workshop: https://forms.gle/kLXNqFwpw17HbbcD6.

We can’t wait to see what you’ll bring to Blackhoodie@Hexacon 2025. 💻🖤

What is BlackHoodie?

BlackHoodie is a free, women only reverse engineering workshop and community. More information can be found here: https://www.blackhoodie.re/about/

Why women-only?

One qualifies to attend an in-person bootcamp either if born and raised female, or if one identifies as a woman. This concept of women-only has no intention of putting up walls or feeling exclusive. Blackhoodie is about creating space in an industry that’s very competitive. It is a comfortable place, where attendees feel encouraged to grow skills without pressure. We do what we do, not to create women-only bubbles, as contradicting as it might sound, but to enable a minority to enter the security space, learn skills that are otherwise expensive to learn, find their interests and grow a professional network.

And, it works. BlackHoodie alumnae have gone far beyond being successful in the classroom since the workshop series started. They ventured out to start community projects and collaborations, got themselves new jobs in the security industry, went to speak at major security conferences, joined review boards and become influencers in our community. Many went on to mentor others after they had found their spot, came back to BlackHoodie to give trainings on their own or are now conference trainers and teach classes to the community.

Finally, why does the security industry need more women at all? The industry is growing and facing a talent shortage. More importantly, jobs are typically well paid, come with certain privileges, and are challenging and often fulfilling. And we do firmly believe our society as a whole can only benefit from having more women with money, independence and confidence. Likewise, the tech sector has grown in size and influence, and with great power comes great responsibility – responsibility best shared among a diverse body of decision makers.