Call for Papers from DefCon Chennai (DC602028)

Call for Papers from DefCon Chennai DC602028 Background: We are the Official DEF-CON Chennai Group DC602028 The Event is taking place on 11th September 2011 at a resort in ECR Road Chennai,India. We will be having a Private conference room for the meet. Regarding Paper Submission We require...

Rethinking DEFCON

For nearly two decades, the DEFCON hacking conference has brought together people with an interest in investigating technology and cracking security. In recent years, however, DEFCON has suffered significant growing pains. Getting between sessions meant pushing through crowds reminiscent of major...

Five Questions About Aaron Barr's DEFCON (by Aaron Barr)

Editor’s note: Finding Aaron Barr at this year’s DEFCON hacker conference in Las Vegas was like a giant game of “Where’s Waldo.” Given the events of the past year, you can hardly blame him for keeping a low profile. First there was the attack on him and his then-employer, HBGary Federal, his...

Hackers Get Hacked at #Defcon 19 Conference

Hackers Get Hacked at Defcon 19 Conference There are so many ways to get hacked at the world's largest hacker conference. A hacker could bump against your pocket with a card reader that steals your credit card information. Or a hacker might eavesdrop on your Internet traffic through an unsecured...

Hackers Get Hacked at #Defcon 19 Conference

Hackers Get Hacked at Defcon 19 Conference There are so many ways to get hacked at the world's largest hacker conference. A hacker could bump against your pocket with a card reader that steals your credit card information. Or a hacker might eavesdrop on your Internet traffic through an unsecured...

#DefCon 19 : Presentations from the Defcon Conference for Download

DefCon 19 : Presentations from the Defcon Conference for Download Defcon 19 presentations available for download, Go check out the presentations from this year's defcon conference here: https://good.net/dl/k4r3lj/DEFCON19/ For folks that don't have time to click: curl -silent...

#DefCon 19 : Presentations from the Defcon Conference for Download

DefCon 19 : Presentations from the Defcon Conference for Download Defcon 19 presentations available for download, Go check out the presentations from this year's defcon conference here: For folks that don't have time to click: curl -silent https://good.net/dl/k4r3lj/DEFCON19/ | grep -i 'pdf' | cu...

DEFCON Round Up: The Good, The Bad and The Underage

DEFCON, the cash-only, aliases-welcome hacker conference took place in the moral vacuum of Las Vegas, Nevada this weekend, as it has every Summer since 1993. This year there was no shortage of controversial presentations and panel discussions. If you were short the airfare, the $150 entrance fee,...

Call for DEFCON Chennai (DC602028) 2011 meet on 14th August

Call for DEFCON Chennai DC602028 2011 meet on 14th August Welcome to DC602028 aka DEF-CON Chennai DEFCON Chennai DC602028 inviting all the like minded heads for the August 2011 meet In Chennai. Get Ready for Next Generation DefCon Meet.. -Where it 's taking place? Dazzle restaurant, Neelankarai...

Call for DEFCON Chennai (DC602028) 2011 meet on 14th August

Call for DEFCON Chennai DC602028 2011 meet on 14th August Welcome to DC602028 aka DEF-CON Chennai DEFCON Chennai DC602028 inviting all the like minded heads for the August 2011 meet In Chennai. Get Ready for Next Generation DefCon Meet.. -Where it 's taking place? Dazzle restaurant, Neelankarai...

Getting Dirty

Other firms sponsor contests at DEFCON as well. Dirtbags is one. The organization hosts CTF style contests around the country that are modeled on the DEFCON CTF...

Contests, Contests and More Contests

Contests abound at DEFCON. In addition to the open and closed capture the flag tourneys, there’s a lock picking contest, shown here. The contestant in green shorts must free himself from a pair of handcuffs, then make his way across stage, picking locks as he goes...

Put It On the Board

The names that teams choose to represent themselves in the various tournaments at DEFCON say a lot. Here’s a shot of the score board for the Open CTF tournament. My favorite: ADRIAN LMAO, a jab at the now-infamous hacker who is responsible for turning Bradley Manning in to the federal authorities...

Open Capture the Flag at DEFCON

Capture the Flag: A DEFCON tradition, the annual Capture the Flag CTF competition pits some of the world’s best teams of hackers against each other in an epic struggle for supremacy and bragging rights. This shot is from the Open CTF tournament – an “all comers welcome” alternative to the officia...

On the Up and Up

It just keeps getting bigger – with all the news about stealthy cyber attacks on U.S. corporations and the government, it should be no surprise that both Black Hat and DEFCON had record attendance again this year. Among the notables: organizers at DEFCON running through their allotment of 10,000...

Oracle, other companies hacked by Social Engineering attack in #DefCon 19

Oracle, other companies hacked by Social Engineering attack in DefCon 19 A weekend contest from 4th August to 7th August , at the world's largest hacking convention in Las Vegas showed one reason why big corporations seem to be such easy prey for cyber criminals : their workers are poorly trained...

Syrian Ministry of Defense hacked by Anonymous Hackers

Syrian Ministry of Defense hacked by Anonymous Hackers The official website of Syrian Ministry of Defense has been hacked by Anonymous Hackers and defaced. The Anonymous Logo and a note can be seen on homepage. The Original words of Note is : To the Syrian people: The world stands with you agains...

10 year old girl hacker CyFi reveal her first zero-day in Game at #DefCon 19

10 year old girl hacker CyFi reveal her first zero-day in Game at DefCon 19 Another awesome day at DefCon 19 . Today a 10 year old Girl hacker - pseudonym CyFi revealed her zero-day exploit in games on iOS and Android devices that independent researchers have confirmed as a new class of...

10 year old girl hacker CyFi reveal her first zero-day in Game at #DefCon 19

10 year old girl hacker CyFi reveal her first zero-day in Game at DefCon 19 Another awesome day at DefCon 19 . Today a 10 year old Girl hacker - pseudonym CyFi revealed her zero-day exploit in games on iOS and Android devices that independent researchers have confirmed as a new class of...

LulzSec's Leader Sabu can be at DefCon Security conference

LulzSec's Leader Sabu can be at DefCon Security conference LulzSec's Leader Sabu can be at DefCon Security conference in Las Vegas these days. According to a Article on PCMag , Author note some Tweet chat Between "Sabu" and "th3j35t3r". The LulzSec leader Sabu claimed to have been available in...