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Welcome New DEF CON Groups!

Posted 10.10.11

A big welcome to the most recent additions to DEF CON Groups!

Domestic
402 – Omaha, NE
410 – Baltimore, MD
509.1 – Spokane, WA
702 – Las Vegas, NV
801 – Salt Lake City, UT
805 – Thousand Oaks, CA

International
003348 – Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Chaco, Argentina
0101 – Bogata, Columbia
0131 – Casale Monferrato, Italy
0497 – Kerala, India
303002 – Jaipur, India
6221 – Jakarta, Indonesia
9180 – Bangalore, Karnataka, India

91824 – Mangalore, Karnataka, India
941 – Colombo, Sri Lanka
9663 – Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

To find the DEF CON Group in your area check out the DCG Listing Page. If there isn’t one, you can start one! Check out the DCG Point of Contact FAQ for details.

Download the DEF CON 19 DVD!

Posted 9.28.11

We have posted the DEF CON 19 DVD content on media.defcon.org in 2 .iso images, one is the original DVD distributed at the show, and the other contains all the same content, but with the updated slide decks from the speakers. Download them at the following links:

https://media.defcon.org/dc-19/defcon-19-dvd-original.iso (~1.6 GB)
https://media.defcon.org/dc-19/defcon-19-dvd-updated.iso (~1.7 GB)

Enjoy!

Press Page updated for DEF CON 19!

Posted 9.22.11

Check out the DEF CON Press Archive or the DEF CON 19 Archive page to see what the top stories of DEF CON 19 were all about! We hear we will be receiving the audio and slide video from DC19 soon, so keep your eyes on our Twitter and Facebook pages for the heads up when we get it posted!

Contest Results Page is Live!

Posted 9.15.11

Check out the results of many of the innovative and challenging contests that occurred at DEF CON 19. If you ran a contest and would like the results posted, email them to neil [at] defcon ]dot[ org and we’ll get them up!

New Presentation Materials RSS Feed!

Posted 9.13.11

Many of you know about our Archive Page, recently we uploaded all the presentation materials from DEF CON 19. The thought occurred to us, what if you want to download them all at once and in an attractive RSS? So we made one. Not all presentations have PDF enclosures but we wanted to be complete and list every abstract and Bio we had for our speaker roster. As soon as we can encode and post the Audio and Video RSS we will, in the meantime, enjoy the DEF CON 19 Materials. Join the discussion thread on the DEF CON Forums: https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=611. Don’t forget to join our Facebook page www.facebook.com/defcon to get involved as well.

Archive page is up, Slides posted!

Posted 9.5.11

Head on over to the DEF CON 19 Archive page, where you can find the slides submitted for this year’s talks! You can also download a copy of the Program guide. Keep an eye on this page for updates in the coming weeks, including press, video, audio, music and other great stuff from DEF CON 19!

Thanks for a Great Con!

Posted 8.16.11

Well another DEF CON has come and gone, and was it ever a great one! We’d like to give a huge shout out to all of you who attended and made it all worthwhile! Big thanks to all of the speakers, workshop instructors, contest/event village organizers, and vendors who provide so much awesome content for this con! Not to mention the multitudes of goons who make it all run like a well-oiled machine, as well as the fantastic staff at the Rio who went above and beyond for this unknown (to them) and crazy group of 11-12 thousand hackers! We are still reeling that the first year in a new hotel ran so smoothly!

We’re back in the saddle now after a little much needed RR, so you can expect the content, press, contest results, and highlights to start rolling in over the next few days and weeks. In fact, it seems like the planning crew is already psyched and bursting at the seams with great ideas for next year, our 20th anniversary! Expect it to be epic!

Keep your eyes on the DEF CON RSS, Twitter and Facebook pages for the latest updates as they roll in. Also check out the DEFCON 19 and Beyond Forum on the DEF CON Forums for all of the disussions about this year’s show!

Connect to the DEF CON 19 Server!

Posted 8.5.11

If you’re here at DEF CON, Connect to the DEF CON 19 server!

IP: 10.0.0.32
MAC address: 00:11:32:0B:DD:16
Name: DC19-MEDIA.DEFCON.ORG

This year we are experimenting with a server to host all past DEF CON presentations, free for everyone to download and share.

DOWNLOAD: Past DEF CON speeches, presentations, music, and more.
UPLOAD: Like a drop box you can upload whatever you want, you just can’t delete it or overwrite it once you do. Yes I know you can abuse this. Please don’t.
SHARE: Your con pictures, audio, video and files.

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FTP Download only
ftp 10.0.0.32 user: user pw: user
HTTP Upload and Download files, create directories, share your pictures
http://10.0.0.32:7000/ user: guest pw: guest

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You can connect to it with a web browser, ftp, or with you Andorid or iPhone/iPad.

For Android you can download the following apps from the market:
“DSfile” Upload and download files from your android device.
ip: 10.0.0.32:5006 user: user

For iPhone/iPad download the following from the Appstore:
“DSfile” from Synology Inc
ip: 10.0.0.32:5006 user: user

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Huge Speaker Update!

Posted 7.11.11 by DEF CON

Here are 46 more reasons to be at DEF CON 19! Read On…

DEF CON Workshops are Live!

Posted 6.30.11 by DEF CON

New for Def Con 19, Workshops extends the experience of learning to the classroom. Take your time and get it right by getting some hands-on time with hardware, software, and picking the minds of some of the most interesting hackers in their fields. Bring your thinking cap and get ready to be schooled. Read On…

The DEF CON Awards!

Posted 6.23.11 by DEF CON

New, for DEF CON 19 – the DEF CON Awards! DEF CON introduces the DEF CON Awards to recognize people/projects/companies for their competence (or lack thereof) in the hacking or security world. Nominations will be accepted for the categories below until July 6th, 2011. Voting will be conducted online for three of the categories from July 8th – July 29th, 2011 (voting link will be provided at a later time).

Do you have a favorite hacker oriented author that best represents the hacker lifestyle and scene? Do you have inside knowledge of the most interesting malware to hit the net this year? Or was there a media outlet that best represents the WORST in coverage of real news concerning hackers or security topics? Now’s your chance to have a voice. Get your nominations in today, and give credit where credit is due. Be sure to provide supporting information, such as links to websites, news articles, or software.

Turn in your nominations here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2JDHC23

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So Many Speakers!

Posted 6.22.11 by DEF CON

Take a minute to peruse this fantastic set of additions to the DEF CON 19 line-up! (Read on…)

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New Talks

Posted 6.18.11 by DEF CON

Here’s another bundle of talks to whet your appetite for DEF CON Madness! More to come in the next couple days! (Read on…)

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Another batch of fine DEF CON content has been added to the mix! Check out newest additions to our line-up! (Read on…)

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Another DEF CON CTF Qualification round has passed, and with it 12 teams will ascend to their slots in the DEF CON 19 Capture the Flag Competition. The qualifying teams have not been posted just yet, so keep an eye on ddtek.biz for the winners, and we’ll announce them as well when we have the results. For now, we have collected as many write-ups as we could find from this year’s Quals for your consumption! (Read on…)

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Another poppin’ fresh batch of speakers is now live on the speaker page. Here’s a handy list of the new offerings!

Bosses love Excel, Hackers too.
Chema Alonso and Juan Garrido “Silverhack”

Three Generations of DoS Attacks (with Audience Participation, as Victims)
Sam Bowne

Familiarity Breeds Contempt
Sandy “Mouse” Clark and Brad “RenderMan” Haines

Cipherspaces/Darknets: An Overview Of Attack Strategies
Adrian Crenshaw “Irongeek”

Speaking with Cryptographic Oracles
Daniel Crowley

Smile for the Grenade! “Camera Go Bang!”
Vlad Gostom and Joshua Marpet

Assessing Civilian Willingness to Participate in On-Line Political and Social Conflict
Thomas J. Holt and Max Kilger

Hacking and Securing DB2 LUW Databases
Alexander Kornbrust

PIG: Finding Truffles Without Leaving A Trace
Ryan Linn

Hacking .Net Applications: The Black Arts
Jon McCoy

Safe to Armed in Seconds: A Study of Epic Fails of Popular Gun Safes
Deviant Ollam

Port Scanning Without Sending Packets
Gregory David Pickett

You only have a few scant hours left (00:00:00 UTC) to register for the DEF CON 19 CTF Qualifcation Round, which begin tomorrow at 19:00:00 UTC. This is the event that separates the hackers from the kiddies, to send the top 12 teams to battle for the glory that comes with winning a DEF CON Capture the Flag Competition.

Register and get all the info at http://ddtek.biz!

Check out a few of the new contests and events coming to
DEF CON 19!

DEF CON Beard Moustache Championships
Due to the growing number of awesome beards at DEFCON and the (popularity?) of the shitshow that is beardsmanship, it’s time that folks were recognized for letting their unix beards fly.

DEF CON Radio
Defcon Radio will be streaming live radio action 24/7 during the con. Speaker interviews, news, party coverage…correspondants will crawl the trenches of con to bring you entertainment. Are you not entertained?

DEF CON Bike
Rent bicycles, hire a guide, and endure a 2 Hour bike ride in the Las Vegas heat! Got Water?

Forensics Contest
The Network Forensics Puzzle Contest is a challenging mystery requiring contestants to forensically analyze packet captures (and more!) to uncover an evil plot.

The DEF CON Artwork Contest is again underway! This year’s theme is reminiscent of those 60′s and 70′s spy movies and TV shows like “The Man from U.N.C.L.E”, “Our Man Flint”, and “James Bond”, with a hacker angle and a little grit. We have dubbed this theme “Haxploitation”. (Read on…)

For the wordsmiths out there, the DEF CON 19 Short Story contest is also open, and similar themed. Find out about it at https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=12153

Good Luck!

Hola friends! This is just a reminder that deadlines are looming. The Call for Papers ends May 27th, so if you’re planning to submit a talk you have just over a week to put that proposal together! Find the CFP Announcement at https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-19/dc-19-cfp.html, and the Call for Papers form at https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-19/dc-19-cfp-form.html.

Also looming is the deadline for the DEF CON 19 Contest/Event RFI. June 1st is when you need to have your proposal for the latest great or time tested contest or event submitted to Pyr0. You can find the RFI at https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=12113.

Good luck and remember: DEF CON is what you make it.

New Site, Speakers Up.

Posted 5.6.11 by DEF CON

Check out the spankin new site for DEF CON 19! Have a look around, see what’s new, and while you’re at it, check out the first batch of Speakers!

Deceptive Hacking: How Misdirection Can Be Used Steal Information Without Being Detected
Bruce “Grymoire” Barnett

Abusing HTML5
Ming Chow

Mamma Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Pen Testers – (a.k.a. Everything Your Guidance Counselor Forgot to Tell You About Pen Testing)
Dr. Patrick Engebretson and Dr. Josh Pauli

Getting F*cked On the River
Gus Fritschie and Mike Wright

Jugaad – Linux Thread Injection Kit
Aseem “@” Jakhar

Black Ops of TCP/IP 2011
Dan Kaminsky

Hacking Your Victims Over Power Lines
Dave Kennedy (ReL1K)

DCFluX in: License to Transmit
Matt Krick “DCFluX”

Balancing The Pwn Trade Deficit – APT Secrets in Asia
Anthony Lai, Jeremy Chiu and PK

Covert Post-Exploitation Forensics With Metasploit
Wesley McGrew

VoIP Hopping the Hotel: Attacking the Crown Jewels through VoIP
Jason Ostrom

Getting SSLizzard
Nicholas J. Percoco and Paul Kehrer

This is REALLY not the droid you’re looking for…
Nicholas J. Percoco and Sean Schulte

WTF Happened to the Constitution?! The Right to Privacy in the Digital Age
Michael “theprez98″ Schearer

Runtime Process Insemination
Shawn Webb

Staying Connected during a Revolution or Disaster
Thomas Wilhelm

Network Application Firewalls vs. Contemporary Threats
Brad Woodberg

As always, stay tuned to our Twitter, RSS Feed, or Facebook page for all the news as it happens!

PyrØ Has posted the DEF CON 19 Contest Event Request for Information on the DEF CON Forums. If you have, or are currently thinking about running a contest or an event at DEF CON, this is the info you need to be considered for space, power and network connectivity! Submit your contest data by filling out the form at the bottom.

Here’s a big shout out to Deviant Ollam for being on top of things and being the first to submit an RFI for the Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest!

Things are starting to heat up for DEF CON 19! Here are a few of the recent developments:

DEF CON Scavenger Hunt has SPONSORS!!

ThinkGeek.com and evilmadscientist.com are confirmed sponsors of the scavenger hunt, they will be offering up prizes and special offers. They won’t announce specific prizes until at Def con but good news is we know that Think Geek will be offering a discount code, usable for ordering off their website during the convention, limited time offer! The coupon code for ThinkGeek DEF CON attendees will be made available at the Scavenger Hunt table in the contest area and will be announced via our twitter feeds @_Defcon_ and @defconscavhunt.

Here is a throwback to the past! Check out this Scavenger hunt list from 14yrs ago! We hope you enjoy a little nostalgia from DEF CON 5 courtesy of Mike Schrenk!

Skytalks CFP is Open!

From the DEF CON Forums:

TLDR:
Who: You
What: Skytalks IV CFP
When: Now – CFP Closes 23:59:59 MDT (UTC-06) 31 May 2011
Why: Because you’ve got the warez to share
Where: dcskytalks@gmail.com – WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO POINT AND LAUGH
IF WE CAN’T READ YOUR SHIT IN A TEXT EDITOR. THIS MEANS YOU,
MICROSOFT WORD — USERS.
Updates: http://is.gd/5Y8eyM

Back by popular demand, Skytalks returns for its fourth year of technical
prowess, side-track talks, and semi-coherent rants by some of the legends
of the community. Never mind that we aren’t actually IN a skybox this year,
we’ll still fill it to capacity, have lines running down the hallways for
three talks in advance, and we’ll recapture that original Defcon spirit and
party like it’s 1992. (Read on…)

You can track the movements of Skytalks on Facebook and Twitter as well:
Facebook: http://is.gd/0d8skZ
Twitter: @dcskytalks

DC101 Site

You can keep up on what’s happening with DEF CON 101 by checking out the the new site at http://defcon.stotan.org/dc101/

DEF CON 19 Vendor Area!

The vendor area at DEF CON 19 is growing by 1000 sq. ft. this year, so all of your favorite vendors will be back and maybe a few new ones!

If you are interested in becoming a Vendor at DEF CON, Roamer has posted the updated Vendor FAQ at: http://defcon.hackingyour.net/vendor-FAQ.html

As always, you can keep up on all of the latest DEF CON 19 news at https://www.defcon.org, the DEF CON RSS Feed, The DEF CON Twitter, or on the DEF CON Facebook Page!

Are you a Band or a DJ who wants to perform at DEF CON 19? Then answer the Call for Music freshly posted by DJ Great Scott! You can check out the write-up at https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?p=119223 as well as download the application!

Hurry up and apply, as the Deadline is Sunday May 15! Good luck!

Are you a leader, ‘leet hacker, a ninja in your field? Do you have a passion to teach and share your knowledge? Got something interesting you are dying to talk about? We’re looking for workshops from people like you. If you are interested in being part of the very first ever DEF CON Workshop team, submit now! (Read on…)

DEF CON 19 News!

Posted 4.1.11 by DEF CON

Here’s what’s going on in the world of DEF CON:

The Pool Is Open!

Bring your suits and stow your tech, because poolside shenanigans in the wee hours are coming back to DEF CON! This year we will have 24hr pool access to Pool 4 (pictured) at the Rio! We’re not even April foolin!

DDTek Announces CTF Quals!

It’s that time again, and your first step to joining the ranks of leetness that can only come from a win in the DEF CON Capture The Flag. That’s right, DDTek has announced the qualification round for the 2011 DEF CON CTF!

Tamper Evident Returns!

DT’s Tamper Evident Contest is coming back this year with some new surprises. It might be time to brush up on your super sneaky methods for opening things you aren’t supposed to, and keep your eye on the Tamper Evident Forum for details as they surface.

Stay tuned to our Twitter, RSS Feed, or Facebook page for all the news as it happens!

Feast your eyes on a new Speaker’s Corner by Jack Daniel, which gives you some great tips if you are thinking about submitting a talk for DEF CON!

More exciting than HBGary’s email, world’s #1 hacker expose or
5up3r $3kret.gov leak, it is time for the DEF CON Call for Papers to open! (Read more…)

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xxxxxXXXXXXXXxxxxxxx xxx xx x      Call for Papers Call for Papers
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xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx x   Call for Papers Call for Papers

What: DEF CON 19 Call For Papers
When: The Call for Papers will close on May 27th, 2011
How: Complete the Call for Papers Form and send to talks at defcon dot org.

Below you’ll find a list of some of the fantastic contests and events that have announced intent to return for DEF CON 19! This is not by any means a complete list, and will be growing as planning continues.

Artwork Contest(s): No Posts
Be The Match Foundation – Bone Marrow Drive: Forum Active
Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest: No Posts
CTP: Capture the Packet: No Posts
Crack Me If You Can: Forum Active
Dark Tangent’s Tamper Evident Contest: Forum Active
DC101: Forum Active
DEF CON Geo Challenge: No Posts
DEF CON Shoot: Forum Active
DEF CON Social Engineering CTF: No Posts
Goon Band — Recognize: No Posts
Hacker Karaoke: No Posts
Ham license exams: No Posts
Lockpicking Contests: No Posts
Open CTF: No Posts
Scavenger Hunt: No Posts
The Summit EFF Fundraiser: No Posts
Toxic BBQ: No Posts
Wall of Sheep: No Posts

In case you didn’t know, most of these contests and events started unofficially, with a great idea and some devotion, by attendees who just wanted to do something cool. Yes friend, that means you could be creating the next big DEF CON contest or event! Post your vision to the New Ideas section of the DEF CON Forums, and see what kind of response you get!

Here’s something for all of you early birds! The DEF CON 19 group room registration at the Rio is now live! The room rates are $99 Sunday thru Thursday and $112 per night on Friday and Saturday. The group rates are valid Monday August 1 to Friday August 12.

You may either follow this link: http://www.harrahs.com/CheckGroupAvailability.do?propCode=RLVgroupCode=SRDEF11

Or call the Rio toll free at 1-888-746-6955 and refer to group code: SRDEF11

Article source: https://www.defcon.org/index.html#dcgnew

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