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DEFCON
DEFCON is the world's largest annual hacker convention, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEFCON took place in June 1993. DEF CON is renowned for the "arcane arts" of drinking, socializing, debugging, and crowd control. DEFCON is what you make of it, so get involved and help the community grow.
This Feed will keep you up to date with some announcements surrounding pre and post con events, references to DEFCON in the news, and other errata. For the most up to date information visit or subscribe to the rss feeds on the forums (http://forum.defcon.org/)
See http://www.defcon.org/ for more details, discussion forums, past speeches, and planning for the next year.
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Mystery Challenge registration closed
Mystery Challenge registration is now closed. There will be 1 wildcard team allowed to sign up the first day of Defcon. Should multiple teams desire this position, there will be a mini-contest. Interested parties should email LosT with their intent to try for the wildcard slot.
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DEFCON 16 Schedule now on-line!
DEFCON 16 Schedule now on-line! We are proud to present the schedule of speakers and events for DEFCON 16! Thanks to all the new space available at the Riviera Hotel & Casino, we have even more room this year. 4 Full speaking tracks and an additional "Breakout" track filled with cool talks, demonstrations and workshops. We are pleased at our lineup, and the amazing list of speakers who really diversified the content this year.
Link: http://defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-schedule.html
Keep checking the website and schedule for changes, Contests & Event Schedules and Workshop room locations. This year is packed with more stuff to enjoy than any years prior and we hope you like it just as much as we do!
See you at the show!
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Mystery Challenge Reg Closing Sunday 6/29
Mystery Challenge Registration will close this Sunday (6/29/08) at 11:59:59 PM.
If you intend to register do it now.
There should be sufficient information in the forums and on MysteryChallenge.org at this point.
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DEFCON Badge Hacking Contest!
Recently announced at the DEFCON forums:
The DEFCON Badge Hacking Contest awards the top 3 most ingenious, obscure, mischievous, obscene, or technologically astounding badge modifications created over the weekend. No longer just a boring piece of passive material, the badge is now a full-featured, active electronic product, and it exists for your hacking pleasure.
We've had some amazing hacks in previous years. For info on the past badges and badge hacking contest entries, check out:
http://www.grandideastudio.com/portf...fcon-15-badge/http://www.grandideastudio.com/portf...fcon-14-badge/
This is the first year that it will be an official contest announced in advance, etc., as previously we've kept the whole thing under wraps until the first day of the con. For more info go to https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9502
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People's Choice voting is open for the DC16 Artwork Contest!
Let the voting commence! Go to the DEFCON 16 Artwork Contest Public Gallery at https://pics.defcon.org/showgallery.php?cat=532&ppuser=16770 to view this year's submissions. Once you have found your favorite go ahead and cast your vote at: https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9497.
Voting for the People's Choice category will run for one week, ending June 30th at 6pm. You will need a DEFCON Forums account to vote, so if you don't have one, sign up now at forum.defcon.org
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Final round of DEFCON 16 Speakers chosen!
This is it, Ladies and Germs, the last few DEFCON 16 speakers have been chosen and the Talk schedule is now in it's final stages. Look for the DEFCON 16 Schedule page to be updated this week at https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-schedule.html. For now, check out the speaker page and see what these latest selections are all about!
Grendel-Scan: A new web application scanning tool
David Byrne, Eric Duprey
Comparison of File Infection on Windows & Linux
Iclee_vx
Anti-RE Techniques in DRM Code
Jan Newger
How can I pwn thee? Let me count the ways
Renderman
Hijacking the Outdoor Digital Billboard Network
Tottenkoph, Rev
You can discuss the speakers and talks on the DEFCON Forums at:
https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9496
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DEFCONBots is Back!
DefconBots is back this year with the same rules as last year. Now is a great time to get started on your bot! Last year there were six competitors, this year let's get a lot more! Don't let "I can't solder" stop you again, you can get started with a simple kit available through http://defconbots.org There's even open source software to get you started in linux.
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New DEFCON 16 Speakers Posted!
9 more talks have been added to the DEFCON 16 lineup, and are listed below, Alpha by Speaker
Digital Security: a Risky Business
Ian O. Angell
Pen-Testing is Dead, Long Live the Pen Test
Taylor Banks
Hacking the Bionic Man
Gadi Evron
Panel: Internet Wars 2008
Gadi Evron Moderator
The Big Picture: Digital Cinema Technology and Security
Mike Renlund
Inducing Momentary Faults Within Secure Smartcards / Microcontrollers
Christopher Tarnovsky
MetaPost-Exploitation
Valsmith, Colin Ames
Password Cracking on a Budget
Matt Weir, Sudhir Aggarwal
New ideas for old practices - Port-Scanning improved
Fabian "fabs" Yamaguchi, FX
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DEFCON 16 Artwork Contest Extended!
Due to late blooming interest in the contest, all entries for the DEFCON 16 Artwork Contest will be accepted up until 5pm PST on Sunday June 22, 2008. You can find the rules at https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-artwork-contest.html.
Voting for the People's Choice category will commence Monday June 23, 2008 and will run for one week on pics.defcon.org. A link to the voting gallery and instructions will follow at that time. You will need a DEFCON Pics account to vote, so if you don't have one, sign up now!
Good luck all!
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Defcon Goon: Speaker Operations: Call for Volunteers
From Agent X on the DEFCON Forums:
The few, the proud (arrogant?) ,the insane? Yes, that's right Speaker Operations a subset of the Defcon Goon Squad is looking for a few good folks. Speaker Operations goons are the blue shirts that ferry speakers to and from stage, keep the speaking schedule in order, and generally try to make the talks not suck...
Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we fail, generally there is beer at the end.
In an effort to ensure a healthy supply of goons for future Defcons, I'm holding semi-formal auditions/interviews this year at Defcon 16.
So if you interested in joining the ranks of the Defcon Speaker Operations Goons squad, here's what you've got to do:
* Write me an email, telling my why you will rock speaker operations. (In a good way).
* Demonstrate your resourcefulness by tracking me down and arranging a time for us to talk at Defcon this year. Make it memorable...it's a busy con you know.
* Demonstrate to the speaker operations staff those blue shirted goons again, you know why they are so awesome (?!Schwag, beer?!)
Thank you for your interest.
Agent X
https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9474
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Open CTF Registration is now Open!
Formerly known as Amateur Capture The Flag (aCTF), this contest pits any Defcon attendee against the house (DC949) as well as other contestants. There are a series of challenges of varying difficulty involving a variety of things, including cryptology, stenography, malicious software, and websites (and other services) just waiting to be exploited.
Find out more at: http://dc949.org/oCTFIV/
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Movie Night with the Dark Tangent
This year on Friday night we will be screening a documentary, Hackers Are People Too, which will end before the director/producer needs to participate in Hacker Jeopardy. Then we will move on to some Blu-Ray goodness of "Appleseed Ex-Machina" for the latest in cg anime from Japan.
Saturday evening we will go retro with "Three Days of the Condor", where you can see an early Robert Redford deal with spies, telephones, and intrigue. For those who have seen 'safehouse' you'll recognize a scene for scene rip off homage to "Condor" Then we'll close with as of yet TBD movie...
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Qualifying CTF Teams for DEFCON 16
The following teams have demonstrated their uber prowess by qualifying to participate in the DEFCON 16 Capture the Flag Contest, organized by Kenshoto.
These 7 teams will be battling last year's winners, 1@stPlace, for the CTF title! DEFCON would like to congratulate all of these talented teams and wish them luck!
Routards 5200
Trivia 1500
Binary Leetness 1000
Forensics 1500
Real World 600
Potent Pwnables 600
Pandas with Gambas 5200
Trivia 1500
Binary Leetness 1000
Forensics 1500
Potent Pwnables 600
Real World 600
Guard@MyLan0 4800
Trivia 1500
Binary Leetness 600
Forensics 1500
Potent Pwnables 600
Real World 600
Shellphish 4800
Trivia 1500
Binary Leetness 600
Forensics 1500
Potent Pwnables 600
Real World 600
Taekwon-V 4800
Trivia 1500
Binary Leetness 600
Forensics 1500
Potent Pwnables 600
Real World 600
WOWHACKER 4800
Trivia 1500
Binary Leetness 600
Forensics 1500
Potent Pwnables 600
Real World 600
PLUS 4800
Trivia 1500
Binary Leetness 600
Forensics 1500
Potent Pwnables 600
Real World 600
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Mystery Challenge Registration Closing Soon!
The LosT@Con Mystery Challenge preregistration will remain open for an undisclosed bit longer. Teams who have not completed the preregistration but that intend to enter are encouraged to post such intentions in the DC forums.
This year there will be one wildcard slot open, and a mini-contest will be held two hours prior to the official contest start for that slot.
https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=369
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Sign up for Hacker Jeopardy and Buzzword Survivor!
Hacker Jeopardy
The Official Hacker Jeopardy entry thread on the DEFCON Forums is now open for signup, at https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9444
From the signup thread:
This year, we will be accepting applications from both teams and individuals. We will likely hold a set of qualifying games Friday afternoon to allow unproven teams/people a chance to show off their skillz and advance into the late night tournament.
Buzzword Survivor - NEW!
Buzzword Survivor is a new contest that pits you against 36 hours of vendor pitches, with big cash prizes! Find out what it's all about and sign up at https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=352
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DEFCON 16 Artwork Contest Reminder
There's only a little over a week left to submit your creations for the DEFCON 16 Artwork Contest. The Contest info and rules can be found at https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-artwork-contest.html. Current submissions are on https://pics.defcon.org/showgallery.php?cat=532&ppuser=16770
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Another Round of DEFCON 16 Speakers are Live!
We've got more talks up on the speaker page, listed below, alpha by speaker
BackTrack Foo - From bug to 0day
Mati Aharoni
They're Hacking Our Clients! Introducing Free Client-side Intrusion Prevention
Jay Beale
Arbitrary code injecting MITM attack vectors
Joachim De Zutter "byterage"
Wide World WAF's
Ben Feinstein
Virtually Hacking
John Fitzpatrick
Malware RCE: Debuggers and Decryptor Development
Michael Ligh
Fear, Uncertainty and the Digital Armageddon
Morgan Marquise-Boire
Toasterkit, a Modular NetBSD Rootkit
Anthony Martinez, Thomas Bowen
Bringing Sexy Back: Breaking in with Style
David Maynor, Robert Graham
Panel: All Your Sploits (and Servers) Are Belong To Us: Vulnerabilities Don't Matter (And Neither Does Your Security)
David Mortman, Rich Mogull, Chris Hoff, Robert "RSnake" Hansen, Robert Graham, David Maynor
Solid Stated Drives Destroy Forensic & Data Recovery Jobs: Animated!
Scott Moulton
Urban Exploration - A Hacker's View
Phreakmonkey
Beholder: New wifi monitor tool
Nelson Murilo, Luiz 'effffn' Eduardo
Keeping Secret Secrets Secret and Sharing Secret Secrets Secretly
Vic Vandal
RE:Trace: The Reverse Engineer's Unexpected Swiss Army Knife
David Weston, Tiller Beauchamp
https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html
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Gringo Warrior at DEFCON 16 NEW!
Participants in Gringo Warrior will have five minutes to free themselves from handcuffs, escape from their "cell", get past a guard, retrieve their passport from a locked filing cabinet, leave through another locked door, and make their escape to freedom. The course will offer a variety of locks representing a range of difficulty, allowing participation by people of all skill levels. Points will be awarded based on the time of completion as well as the difficulty of locks attempted. The best warrior of all wins the grand prize!
Get the full story at: https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9401
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DEFCON 16 now has a Twitter Feed!
DEFCON 16 Now has a Twitter Feed for all you Tweeters out there! Frequent updates will be forthcoming up to and during the con to keep you in the loop for news, contest updates and events. http://www.twitter.com/defcon16
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DEFCON 16 CTF Quals Complete
From Kenshoto.com:
See the final results at http://www.kenshoto.com/results.txt!
The first 7 teams on the list have qualified. If any are unable to attend, invitations will be extended to the alternates in scoring order.
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