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Happy birthday to...us! 🎂

Today, May Day 2025, World Cyber Health, the parent organization of #MalwareVillage, officially became incorporated in Canada as a not-for-profit organization.

What this means is that, soon, we will be able to begin fundraising to pay for our operations, which include Malware Village, but also several other important projects that focus on training the next generation of malware analysts, and helping victims of cybercrime.

Until those mechanisms are set up, you can support the organization and its efforts by purchasing #malmons embroidered patches from our swag store. MV and WCH founder Lena Yu created these unique characters to represent malware families.

malwarevillage.myshopify.com/c

We're looking forward to seeing many of you at upcoming conferences, including DEF CON 33. Our call for presentations is open until midnight UTC May 25. Submit your proposal soon!

bit.ly/MV2025CFP 👾

DC33 planning alert - The #defcon room block at the Fontainebleau is sold out. The blocks at the Sahara and Venetian are filling up. To lock down your own deep #defcon33 discounts visit defcon.org for the reg links.

August will be here before you know it. Make sure you plan accordingly.

See you soon!

A pre-DEF-CON contest was announced as returning for DEF CON this year:

The DEF CON 33 Short Story Contest

Details posted to reddit:
reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1

Details on the forums:
forum.defcon.org/node/252691

For all of you struggling financially, please try entering a pre-DEF-CON contest. Winning a contest where a prize gets you into DEF CON without handing over cash can be a significant savings.