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...

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...

Live in Vegas: Latest from Black Hat and DEFCON

UPDATED: The Black Hat Briefings and DEFCON hacker shows hadn’t even gotten under way before making news. Even before braving the 115 degree heat of the Las Vegas strip, researchers have been pulling the covers off their work in recent weeks, and Threatpost has been there, reporting on new method...

Legal Threat Pushes Former HBGary Federal CEO Out Of DEFCON

Former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr says he will withdraw from a planned appearance at the DEFCON conference in the face of threatened legal action over his plans to take part in a panel discussion there. Barr notified DEFCON organizers on Wednesday that he was withdrawing from the Aug. 6 panel...

BackTrack 5 Release 1 will be available on 10th of August,2011

BackTrack 5 Release 1 will be available on 10th of August,2011 BackTrack 5 R1 Release one will be available for download on the 10th of August,2011. This will complete our first 3 month cycle since the last release. With over 100 bug fixes, numerous package updates and the addition of over 30 new...

Hacking Millions of Routers by Craig Heffner

After attending several DEFCON events, I am thrilled to announce that I will be speaking at DEFCON 18. My presentation titled "How to Hack Millions of Routers" aims to shed light on prevalent security vulnerabilities. I will also take this opportunity to answer frequently asked questions and...

Project Vigilant Attempts to Recruit at Def Con

A secretive volunteer group that tries to track terrorists and criminals on the Internet went to the Defcon hacker conference this past week in hopes of recruiting information security experts, but it will first have to overcome some skepticism. Read the full article. IDG News Service...

Def Con 18 In Images

Roughly 10,000 computer hacking enthusiasts, poseurs, geeks, nerds and government agents gathered for DefCon this weekend. In its 18th year, the world’s largest hacker convention draws people from all walks of life to learn about the latest hacking techniques. Read the full article. Wired...

Mobile Devices Drawing More Attackers' Attention

As mobile devices such as iPhones, BlackBerrys, Android phones and others have become more sophisticated and easy to use, many users have made them their main computing and Web-browsing devices. And that evolution naturally has caught the attention of attackers who have begun tailoring more and...

GSM Network Weakness Exposed at DEFCON

A hardware hacking expert here at Defcon18 successfully faked several attendees’ cell phones into connecting to his phony GSM base station during a live demonstration that had initially raised concerns at the Federal Communications Commission FCC. Read the full article. Dark Reading...