TurkuSec ry – Information Security Association of Turku

TurkuSec 10 Years Birthday Meetup

By kaljanyt on Friday, May 15, 2026

Ten Years ago, on 23rd May 2016, a small group of security nerds decided to meet up.

A decade later, we’ve had nearly a meetup a month (through every possible scheduling disaster)😁 , company visits that turned into real conversations, and somehow managed to get industry and academia in the same room without it turning into a debate about who’s more out of touch. 😜

None of it would exist without the people who kept showing up, the sponsors who believed in us early, and whoever keeps finding venues that fits us all. 🫶

We’re having 10 years birthday meetup on 29th of May 🎂 and we want everyone who’s ever been part of this chaos to come celebrate. 🥳

Birthday meetup is powered by Silverskin Information Security Oy, F-Secure and $Sponsor2

MEETUP REGISTRATION: https://events.turkusec.fi/10thBirthday/

Date: 29.05.2026 (Friday)
Time: 17:40 – Onwards
Venue: Q Talo, Nummenpuistokatu 2, 20540 Turku

Schedule (this is just an example and flexile. “schedule”, what a concept!):

17:40 – Doors Open
18:00 – Welcome, raising glasses for TurkuSec, practical info, words from our sponsors
18:10 – “Is human knowledge still valuable?” by Benjamin Särkkä
18:40 – Break/Open Mic
19:00 – “ADCS for Defenders” by Niklas Särökaari
19:30 – Break/Open Mic
19:45 – “To Be Discussed” by Joona Hoikkala
20:30 – Pystyy Vetää/Open Mic

Speakers:

Benjamin Särkkä – Founder of DisObey, Head of Cybersecurity Assurance at Volvo
Niklas Särökaari – Lead Cybersecurity Operations Engineer at KONE
Joona Hoikkala – Joona Hoikkala

Byrokratia

Kevätkokous Pe 29.05.2026 klo 16.45/Spring Meeting Fri 29.05.2026 at 16.45

By kaljanyt on Friday, May 15, 2026

Call to general meeting

Turkusec ry is hereby, in accordance with its charter, called to its spring general meeting, which is to be held on Friday 29th of May 2026 at 16.45 in hybrid form (online/physical): [sent to members].

The agenda can be found below.

Opening of the meeting
Election of a chairperson, a secretary, two examiners of the minutes and vote two counters for the meeting
Assessing quorum and legality
Establishing the agenda and procedures of the meeting
Presenting the financial report, annual report, and auditor’s statement to the meeting
Considering the financial statements and auditor’s statement, and deciding on the adoption of the financial statements, and considering the discharge from liability of the board and other accountable persons.
Election of an auditor and auditor’s deputy
Any emerging other topics
Closing of the meeting

A member wishing to bring matters to the general meeting must inform the board in writing no later than one week before the meeting so that the matter can be discussed.

TurkuSec ry Board
Turku
15.05.2026

Party

VSTKYxTurkuSec – CyberSauna

By kaljanyt on Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Come join VSTKY ry and TurkuSec for CyberSauna @ Villa Järvelä!
While VSTKY are not paying your entry ticket, VSTKY will provide beverages for sauna!

Date: 15 May 2026
Time: 17:00 – Onwards
Where: Villa Järvelä (Järveläntie 133, 20660 Turku)

Party

CVE-2026-HUNGRY 0x01

By kaljanyt on Wednesday, April 22, 2026

We are going to meet up for lunch again!

Date: 28 April 2026
Time: 11.30
Venue: Hua Du Turku
Address: Eerikinkatu 12, 20100 Turku

Registration link: https://events.turkusec.fi/cvehungry/

There are no talks, just a social gathering and having an amazing Lunch. We estimate a time window of 2 Hours, but the event is open ended.

You will need to pay for your own lunch 🙂

Oh, and 5% discount for students, if you show the student card.

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TurkuSec April Meetup

By kaljanyt on Saturday, April 11, 2026

Welcome to the April meetup of TurkuSec! As usual, we will host two speakers. Everybody who is interested in information security and related topics are welcome to attend. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

The meetup is hosted by TUAS/TUAMK and powered by Forculus Oy!

The talks will be streamed on our Twitch channel: twitch.tv/turkusec

Date: 24.04.2026 (Friday)
Time: 17:40 – Onwards
Venue: TUAS/TUAMK ICT-City. Teoriatila muunto ICT_C2033_2034 (at floor 2) (Joukahaisenkatu 3, Turku)

Schedule:

17:40 – Doors Open
18:00 – Welcome, practical info, words from our sponsors
18:10 – “When Trusted Code Turns Against You” by Shashika Harshani
Description: Abuse of Trust in Modern Software Supply Chains
18:40 – Break
19:00 – “Code That Fights Back: How Phishers Outrun Analysts in 2026” by Panu Teräs
Description: I spent 2025 dissecting a phishing kit that treated security analysts as a threat. Tycoon2FA is a master of adversarial logic, equipped with anti-analysis triggers that kill forensic tools. International law enforcement seized its core infrastructure in early 2026, yet the platform was back on its feet before the dust had even settled.
20:00 – Pystyy Vetää

Speakers:

Shashika Harshani – Incident Response Investigator at WithSecure, TurkuSec Board Member
Panu Teräs – Security Analyst at NetNordic Finland, TurkuSec/DisArray Volunteer

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Turkusec March 2026 meetup

By kaljanyt on Saturday, March 21, 2026

Welcome to the March meetup of TurkuSec! Everybody who is interested in information security and related topics are welcome to attend. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

The meetup is hosted by TUAS/TUAMK (we are looking for a sponsor)

Date: 26.3.2026 (Thursday)
Time: 17:40 – Onwards
Venue: TUAS/TUAMK ICT-City. Teoriatila muunto ICT_C2033_2034 (at floor 2) (Joukahaisenkatu 3, Turku)

Schedule

17:40 – Doors Open
18:00 – Welcome, practical info, words from our hosts/sponsors
18:10 – Infosecurity and your mom (Or the basics of preventing your extended family from being scammed) by Tatu Aalto
18:50 – Break
19:00 – Slot open / Lightning talks
20:30 – Pystyy Vetää

Speakers:

Tatu Aalto – That dude who does the Turkusec Livestreams. Also knows something about infosec I guess (and wrote this post)

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TurkuSec January Meetup

By kaljanyt on Friday, January 16, 2026

Welcome to the January meetup of TurkuSec! Everybody who is interested in information security and related topics are welcome to attend. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

The meetup is hosted by TUAS/TUAMK (we are looking for a sponsor)

Date: 30.01.2026 (Friday)
Time: 17:40 – Onwards
Venue: TUAS/TUAMK ICT-City. Teoriatila muunto ICT_C2033_2034 (at floor 2) (Joukahaisenkatu 3, Turku)

Schedule

17:40 – Doors Open
18:00 – Welcome, practical info, words from our hosts/sponsors
18:10 – “Bad dreams of a white hat hacker” by Alexander Paltsev
Description: Imagine being a white hacker whose target was severely hacked right after the security audit you conducted. Looks suspicious ha? A large company was encrypted by criminals several month after the audit that revealed critically low level of security. This story is about the pentest findings, the incident and its investigation.
18:50 – Break
19:00 – “Privacy Preserving Federated Dataset Distillation” by Mert Cihangiroglu⁩
20:30 – Pystyy Vetää

Speakers:

Alexander Paltsev: Cyber Security Expert, White Hat hacker
Mert Cihangiroglu⁩: PhD Researcher at University of Pavia, Visiting Researcher at the University of Turku

Byrokratia Party

TurkuSec ry Autumn General Meeting + Pikkujoulu

By kaljanyt on Friday, December 5, 2025

TurkuSec ry is hereby calls to its Autumn general meeting, which will be held on 19th December 2025 at 17.30.

The meeting will be held in hybrid form.

For physical participation: Saapaskallio 2, 20900 Turku.

The agenda is as follows:

1. Opening of the meeting
2. Election of the chairperson, the secretary, two examiners of the minutes, and if needed, two vote counters.
3. Assessing the legality and quorum of the meeting
4. Establishing the agenda and procedure of the meeting
5. Review of the past year
6. Adopting a plan and a revenue and expenditure estimate and setting the membership fees for the next calendar year
7. Election of chairperson and other members of the board
8. Election of one or two auditors and their deputies.
9. Other matters
10. Closing the meeting

A member wishing to bring matters to the general meeting must inform the board in writing no later than one week before the meeting so that the matter can be discussed.

TurkuSec ry Board
Turku
05.12.2025

Pikkujoulu will be organised in the same physical location as the Autumn General meeting.

Pikkujoulu Registration Link: https://events.turkusec.fi/pikkujoulu25/

If you are planning to go to the sauna, bring a towel with you.

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From Cyber Awareness to Resilience

By kaljanyt on Friday, November 14, 2025

This lecture gives you practical tools to build a culture of security awareness and resilience in your organization.

What will you learn?

• Recognize the importance of human behavior and awareness in cybersecurity.
• Apply practical models like the SANS Maturity Model and COM-B to improve security culture.
• Identify gaps in your organization’s preparedness and design targeted awareness measures.
• This lecture provides you with practical tools to implement risk-based baseline information security practices in compliance with NIS2.

Registration link: https://events.turkusec.fi/tkuseclecture1-25/

Date: 27.11.2025
Time: 17:00 – 19:00
Venue: EDU_1002, Turku University of Applied Sciences, EduCity (Joukahaisenkatu 7, Turku)

Speaker

Jani Ekqvist – Senior Lecturer at Turku University of Applied Sciences

Pia Satopää – Senior Lecturer Information Security and Cybersecurity, Turku University of Applied Sciences

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TurkuSec x W4CFI November Meetup

By kaljanyt on Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Welcome to the TurkuSec November meetup! As usual, we will host two speakers. But the meetup will be not that usual. We will be visited by our friends from Women4Cyber Finland! Everybody who is interested in information security and related topics are welcome to attend. Drinks and snacks will be provided.

The meetup is hosted by TUAS/TUAMK and powered by Silverskin Information Security Oy!

The talks will be streamed on our Twitch channel: twitch.tv/turkusec

MEETUP REGISTRATION: https://events.turkusec.fi/tkusecnovmeet25/

NOTE: Please cancel your registration if you will not be able to attend.

Date: 14.11.2025 (Friday)
Time: 17:40 – Onwards
Venue: TUAS/TUAMK ICT-City. Teoriatila muunto ICT_C2033_2034 (at floor 2) (Joukahaisenkatu 3, Turku)

Schedule:

17:40 – Doors Open
18:00 – Welcome, practical info, words from our sponsors
18:10 – “How to fight eldritch network protocols” by k4m1
Description: Reverse engineering- & finding 0days in proprietary network protocols
18:50 – Break
19:00 – “Social Engineering 101 revisited or how the criminals are exploiting scientifically proven methods to fool us and how to recognise and combat them” by Riku Juurikko
20:30 – Pystyy Vetää

Speakers:
k4m1: Unlike other cats who just prefer to sit in boxes, I accidentally find 0days in them.
Riku Juurikko: Riku works as Head of Preparedness & Community at Elisa. He’s active member of cyber community in Finland being involved with HelSec, Next Gen Hack FI, Women4Cyber Finland.