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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · 1d

We had a great time last week delivering a smart camera hacking workshop at the Melbourne Connected Community Hackerspace’s ‘Friday Ironing Club’.

Local community hackerspaces are a great way to meet fellow hackers and hone your skills. Find one near you at wiki.hackerspaces.org/Hackerspaces

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · 2d

@hexacon.bsky.social , you certainly didn’t disappoint!

Massive shout out to everyone involved in delivering the training courses and talks. And thank you, of course, to @synacktiv.com for their brilliant organisation of the event.

We’ll see you next year, Paris!

Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · 7d

Excited to have touched down in Paris for @hexacon.bsky.social.
Come and chat to us - we are recruiting across a number of roles in our VR teams!

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · 15d

One of our Basebands Associate Researchers has shared her experience of getting into the hacking world.

Have you also been learning Vulnerability Research in your free time feel like you’re ready to take the next step? Apply to our 2026 internship now!

jobs.gohire.io/interrupt-la...

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · 20d

We had the best time at our annual ‘VR&R’ retreats last week, run simultaneously from the UK and Australia.

The teams got stuck into a bank heist hack, high ropes, combat archery and more – mixed in with talks from some amazing internal speakers!

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Sep 15

Researchers Ben and Joseph came to us as interns through the @ncsc.gov.uk CyberFirst bursary.

You can now register for this year’s CyberFirst bursary. Hit the link to find out more and apply - www.gchq-careers.co.uk/cyberfirst.h...

Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Sep 3

Senior Vulnerability Researchers, we have currently have roles available in our iOS and Browsers teams.

Both can be based in the UK, USA or Australia 🌍

Find out more and apply at www.interruptlabs.co.uk/careers

Careers | Interrupt Labs

Interrupt Labs are always on the lookout for people to join the team. We are at the forefront of vulnerability research and want to bring you along with us. Looking for experienced vulnerability…

www.interruptlabs.co.uk

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Sep 1

Last week we said goodbye to our UK summer interns. Safe to say they smashed it – becoming pros at reverse engineering, memory corruption, Binary Ninja scripting and more!

Sound like your type of thing? Applications to the 2026 internship are open now - jobs.gohire.io/interrupt-la...

Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Aug 29

Like many of the team at IL, Robert – a Senior iOS Researcher – got started in the field with the help of a @ncsc.gov.uk CyberFirst bursary.

Remember that you can register your interest for this year’s bursary now!

www.gchq-careers.co.uk/cyberfirst.h...

Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Aug 28

📣 Applications to our UK 2026 Summer Internship are now open! 📣

jobs.gohire.io/interrupt-la...

Vulnerability Research Summer Placement at Interrupt Labs | Jobs at Interrupt Labs

A unique opportunity to launch your career in offensive security, developing your skills alongside some of the most experienced researchers in the industry. The role: Receive instructor-led (in…

jobs.gohire.io

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Aug 19

📣UK uni students, register your interest now for this year's @ncsc.gov.uk CyberFirst bursary

-Opportunity for placements at some of the country's leading tech employers (including but not limited to Interrupt Labs!)
-Bursary payments throughout your degree

www.gchq-careers.co.uk/cyberfirst.h...

Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Aug 18

We loved meeting some of this year's bursary students at the @ncsc.gov.uk Cyberfirst Academy and delivering our IoT camera hacking workshop.

The fact that students learnt to exploit the ret2win stack overflow in under 3 hours was incredibly impressive!

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Aug 7

Checkout this 'Pathway to VR' profile from Axel, a Principal Researcher in our Browsers team in the US.

Axel chats about how forming a community and presence for yourself online can be a great door-opener in the world of VR.

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Aug 5

📣 The latest instalment of our VR Development Programme resources is now available on YouTube! 📣

An introduction to ARM64, ARM32 and x86-64 assembly for vulnerability research.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7ut...

VRDP Training - Assembly Code

Learn the basics of ARM64, ARM32 and x86-64 assembly in the context of vulnerability research, including: • Arithmetic and logical instructions. • Control flow. • Memory and the stack. • Calling…

www.youtube.com

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Aug 4

📣NEW JOB ALERT! Opportunity to take the lead on our stateside operations.

jobs.gohire.io/interrupt-la...

US Managing Director at Interrupt Labs | Jobs at Interrupt Labs

The US Managing Director (MD) is responsible for the overall strategic and operational performance of the US arm of Interrupt Labs, guiding the company towards sustainable growth and profitability.…

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Jul 29

Always a pleasure returning to @bsidesbsk.bsky.social . Winning the CTF and creating the official after party cocktail (the Purple Hack-iri) were particular highlights!

Thank you to everyone who, once again, made it such a success!

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Jul 23

Incredibly excited to be returning to @hexacon.bsky.social! See you in October, Paris!

Hexacon @hexacon.bsky.social · Jul 15

We’re thrilled to welcoming back @interruptlabs.bsky.social
as an official sponsor of Hexacon!

Interrupt Labs works at the cutting edge of vulnerability research and exploit development and it’s always pleasure having the team on board! 🤗

Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Jul 22

"No, I can't hack into Roblox to get you more money!" 😂

Ibrahim, an Associate Researcher in our Basebands team, had a great time last week at his former primary school in Tower Hamlets, speaking to some Year 5s about hacking and VR.

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Jul 15

More VR advice and insights, this time from Calvin, an Associate Researcher in our Embedded Systems team.

Calvin gives some helpful tips about how your hacking hobby can be a great thing to talk to about in VR job interviews.

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Jul 4

Our next 'Pathway to VR' profile comes from Adam, a researcher in our Basebands team.

Like many researchers, Adam honed his hacking skills by taking part in CTFs. He gives some great insights about the need for perseverance and continual curiosity in VR.

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Jun 19

📣 Exciting opportunity in our iOS team for a Senior Vulnerability Researcher with experience in Apple platforms.

Remote or office based.

jobs.gohire.io/interrupt-la...

Senior iOS Vulnerability Researcher at Interrupt Labs | Jobs at Interrupt Labs

We are looking for experienced and passionate people who have a background in vulnerability research, offensive security and reverse engineering on Apple platforms. The role: • You'll join our team…

jobs.gohire.io

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Jun 17

Our next 'Pathway to VR' profile comes from a Principal Researcher in our iOS team. They talk about how skills in writing code can be a great launchpad into VR and give great advice on how to handle the disappointment of not "finding anything".

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Jun 5

📣 Exciting news for aspiring vulnerability researchers - a selection of our internal VR Development Program training resources are now available on GitHub!

Check them out at github.com/interruptlab...

These ones are on software development: programming in C and Python.

GitHub - interruptlabs/VRDP-Training-Material: This repository contains the pre-joining training materials given to aspiring researchers on the Vulnerability Researcher Development Program.

This repository contains the pre-joining training materials given to aspiring researchers on the Vulnerability Researcher Development Program. - GitHub - interruptlabs/VRDP-Training-Material: This...

github.com

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · Jun 2

Introducing our 'Pathways to Vulnerability Research' profile series!

The first one comes from Elliot, an Associate Researcher in our Browsers team.

Make sure you're following us for more of these in the upcoming weeks!

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Interrupt Labs @interruptlabs.bsky.social · May 30

The whole team here at Interrupt Labs had a fantastic group coaching session on imposter syndrome last week from confidence coach, Karolina Szweda. It was a great reminder that everyone can experience imposter syndrome in some form but that there’s plenty that you can do to combat it!

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