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