New Talk Added:
Toying with Barcodes By Felix "FX" Lindner on Saturday at 17:00 in Track 1. Check it out at: https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html#FX2 ]]> https://www.defcon.org E77E775B-EE97-47C5-AB9B-4785AAAB46D4-1843-00000BE6A1292447-FFA Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:12:15 -0700
This year's event will be hosted by Adam J. O'Donnell, security researcher and provocateur.

The usual M.C. of the TCP/IP drinking game, Dr. Mudge, is spending this year sober for tax purposes...

see you next year with my new bionic liver :)

..mudge

* Anyone asking about Windows 98 TCP/IP UIs will be promptly ejected.

Friday @ 20:00 in Speaking Track 4]]> https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=382 EB5C5F3B-40FA-4975-9851-0A8304EC26AC-900-00001BA58FAE803D-FFA Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:08:57 -0700 The vehicle of choice this year for up to the minute updates of breaking DEFCON news, announcements and so forth will be the DEFCON 16 Twitter feed. Sign up now at http://twitter.com and follow user defcon16 to keep up to date with this year's DEFCON! <br /> <br /> See news breaking? Send events of note at DEFCON 16 to defconupdates {at} gmail ]dot[ com so we can tell the world! http://twitter.com/defcon16 9E34819E-B7DB-4233-BB2C-1C70561D2AA3-26049-0002FE9291DAF7A6-FFA Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:07:52 -0700
DAVIX Visualization Workshop
At this "Bring Your Own Laptop" workshop we will introduce you to DAVIX. The workshop starts with an introduction to the set of available tools, the integrated manual, as well as customizing the CD to your needs. In a second part, you can use DAVIX to analyze a set of provided packet captures. In the end we will show some of the visualizations created by the participants. Be prepared for pretty and meaningful pictures! Get more info at: https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=425

Mobile Hacker Spaces
Interested in visiting a Colorado Hacker Space here at DefCon 16? Check out the first ever Mobile Hacker Space, which will be parked in the outside chill out area during the convention. Try your hand against one of the challenges in the pentest lab, or learn from the web-based tutorials posted on the open network. Participation is encouraged, and presentations will be given every day from 2-4pm, which will provide a more hands-on look at how the Mobile Hacker Space operates and fits within published hacker space design patterns. Make sure you also attend the presentation on the history and design of the Colorado Springs Mobile Hacking Space on Sunday, at 1pm in Track One. Forums link: https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=428

Quantum Spookshow
Quantum mechanics make possible some things that are impossible in the "classical" world of ordinary experience, and which even seem to contradict common sense. Some of these spooky effects are coming into practical use in security applications. The Quantum Spookshow of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) demonstrates quantum cryptography and quantum entanglement on a four-node quantum network, which supports quantum encrypted streaming video and violations of local realism. Participants are encouraged to interact with the light beams that constitute the physical link of this network, and to meet physicists who have designed and built quantum networks. Quantum mechanics provides methods of encryption that are secure from eavesdropping attacks against the quantum channel, but in any actual system there are points of vulnerability, e.g. correlations of classical noise in the operation of quantum elements. Participants will have a chance to discover vulnerabilities by hands-on interaction with our systems.

Hours: 10:00-18:00 on Friday and Saturday with Sunday, closing around 16:00
Location: 114. Directly across from the Contest area.

EFF Fundraiser
This year we decided to replace our beloved Dunk Tank with something NEW!
Hackers and Guns in Las Vegas – Ya gotta love it.

You've seen it played out numerous times in movies and on TV. A flash bang grenade goes off. SWAT kicks in the door and moves quickly to differentiate between the good guys and the bad guys in the same room. How do they train to effectively recognize and take out the bad guys, while not wasting any of the hostages? One of the tools they use is a Firearms training Simulator or FATS system and someone was foolish enough to let us get our hands on one for DEFCON 16.

So… Calling all Shooters, FPS Gamers, Psycho Killers, and 1337 wannabes. Come on by and pop a cap in someone’s VR ass. We will be set up in room 115 across from the contest area and next door to the Quantum Spookshow from 10:00 – 20:00. See if you got the skillz to make it through the challenges unscathed. Then the next time you hear a knock at your door in the middle of the night - you'll be ready. More at: https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=427]]> http://www.defcon.org 5129D1A7-FD68-453C-8236-86295166DBE9-26049-0002FE5D5CE9FDD9-FFA Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:35:25 -0700 A WarBalloon, er... Airborne Surveillance & 802.11 Stumbling Platform, also known as the "Kismet Eye in the Sky" will be flying just outside the DEFCON convention center on FRI and SAT from 11AM - 2 PM. <br /> <br /> DEFCON Attendees:<br /> please note the Balloon & Electronics launch will occur Daily at 11:00 AM & several times during the day as we change antenna's & recon. new targets.<br /><br /> <br /> Read more at: https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9613 https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9613 1DCE94D9-224A-4799-B390-5D97A2C3B05B-20474-0002C233435484FA-FFA Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:17:24 -0700
The DEFCON Shoot is a public event happening just prior to the DEFCON hacker conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Anyone who wants to can show up and for a small fee make use of a private range located about 30 minutes outside of the city. There will be opportunities to see and possibly shoot some of the weapons belonging to your friends and it will also be possible to rent firearms (including Class-III full autos) from the range itself. In addition to having a number of terrific pieces of hardware on-site, the range is directly affiliated with Small Arms Review Magazine and thus has access to their nearly limitless archive of equipment. Anything from a WWII Bren Gun to a Vulcan Cannon-style Minigun is possible.

As of right now, the event's ability to come off is contingent on participation... that means that we need you if we're going to make it happen. I have run the numbers, and I can acquire us private range time at a very sweet facility if we have about a little over two dozen people showing up, provided that about at least ten of them are interested in some full-automatic action. Read on for more details about location, pricing, etc.

You can sign up on the DEFCON Forums at https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9574

You can get all the info at http://deviating.net/firearms/defcon_shoot/]]> http://deviating.net/firearms/decfon_shoot/ 7FCB2EC7-6D7A-431E-9246-9D3F1CD7C882-12905-000077A6201C62A2-FFA Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:14:35 -0700 New DEFCON 16 Events/Contests

There are few new happenings recently added to the mix that you might want to know about, such as the EEE PC Mod workshop, The Leetskills Talent Competition, as well as Buzzword Survivor, where you can win your share of $10k!  Get all the up to the minute info at https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=346!

DEFCON 16 Black & White Ball: Acts Announced

Get ready for some hot DJ action kids! Zziks has posted a tentative lineup for the Black & White Balls and Daytime Chillout Area. Check them out as they evolve on the Forums at https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9533!]]> https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=346 25BFBE7C-8655-4E89-A93D-45218B528298-19286-00009E8D3273DC01-FFA Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:08:02 -0700 There will be one wildcard (walk-on) team allowed this year. Each year I have people asking about the contest after it is too late. This is my means of dealing with those people. Keep in mind that the first year Mystery Challenge ran a walk-on team won the competition.<br /> <br /> Friday morning I will be accepting intentions to compete. THIS MAY CHANGE TO THURSDAY NIGHT. If only one team shows for this position, it is theirs. If multiple teams show, there will be a mini-challenge race to determine who gets the spot.<br /> <br /> Anyone who intends to try for the walk on team should email me their intentions prior to con if possible. (DC16MysteryChallenge [at] MysteryChallenge ]dot[ org. This will help me gauge the magnitude of the mini-challenge race, if necessary (and it just helps me get an idea of the number trying out).<br /> <br /> See you all in a few weeks.<br /> <br /> LosT https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=369 3EF64376-3944-4514-BF04-3584220299F2-14545-00007615CF5BFDA4-FFA Wed, 09 Jul 2008 19:13:43 -0700
Rules: You sit and listen to 36 hours of straight vendor pitches
- No sleeping
- Eat what you want
- Bathroom breaks when you need them
- Stand and stretch when you need to, but you have to stay focused on the presenter.
Prize:
- 10 contestants
- Half the pot gets divided by all remaining contestants at the end.
- Half the pot get divided 60, 30, 10 by 1st, 2nd, 3rd in test scores.

Prizes as of June 1, 2008 (assuming all 10 make it to the end). Pot could rise depending on number of sponsors.
- 1st: $3500
- 2nd: $1500
- 3rd: $750
- All others: $500

To become a contestant email: buzzwordsurvivor@gmail.com]]> https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=352 15513AA2-5311-4457-A135-0CE05FF7E7CE-5498-00002CCDC1121B9E-FFA Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:35:22 -0700 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. https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=369 3276E206-A532-4266-B667-A017A754593B-14419-00007A00969B0AD8-FFA Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:21:33 -0700
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!]]> http://defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-schedule.html A3D619E8-2A7D-4766-9F5B-EFE43CF3F264-8466-000047FBB266E24C-FFA Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:27:50 -0700 Mystery Challenge Registration will close this Sunday (6/29/08) at 11:59:59 PM.<br /> If you intend to register do it now.<br /> There should be sufficient information in the forums and on MysteryChallenge.org at this point.<br /> <br /> 1057 https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=369 6FD877F3-C3C9-4FA8-8253-3A0228A45C08-7104-00003C1641C3CD00-FFA Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:41:58 -0700
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

]]> https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9502 AD7890A2-6B82-41A8-8A63-F03AA48739BE-13235-00007C9F6EBD14B0-FFA Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:28:32 -0700 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]]> https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9497 5EDF2441-4EA5-4800-B2C1-9CC4352286B0-4920-00003473284F7233-FFA Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:58:35 -0700
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]]> https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html 636533AD-7734-4910-AFE4-FC7906ECDAE8-2969-000022EB8848F050-FFA Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:35:39 -0700 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. http://defconbots.org A1B177AC-4B0D-42E0-A3B0-5CF82F48E6E6-2969-0000237C0C4DDDAA-FFA Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:40:31 -0700
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

]]> https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html 84B852C3-C100-4B4D-A79A-9A9127977787-19121-0000BE3D5AA4E439-FFA Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:02:03 -0700 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.<br /> <br /> 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!<br /> <br /> Good luck all! https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-artwork-contest.html 50AE2473-1AD2-4CB8-967E-D70BB504AC7C-15116-00009B0056E95367-FFA Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:13:51 -0700
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]]> https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9474 B3797C5E-A81B-4D0D-8E73-A643563D2355-10124-00005D3784751E54-FFA Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:57:53 -0700 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.<br /> <br /> Find out more at: http://dc949.org/oCTFIV/ http://dc949.org/oCTFIV/ 0BC696ED-F785-4BF2-8F11-B07D86FEB26C-3820-000020F5110FDD08-FFA Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:49:18 -0700 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.<br /> <br /> 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...<br /> http://www.defcon.org EFF326B9-5AD4-464A-8158-2CCB367BA363-3820-00001F8296A9B6F2-FFA Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:24:36 -0700
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
]]> http://www.kenshoto.com DEFCON Announcements 4BCCFC77-0FFC-4985-808D-41F38037FE30-13512-00007BB9307B74BD-FFA Fri, 13 Jun 2008 17:58:19 -0700 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 <a href="https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=369">DC forums</a>.<br> <br> 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.<br /> <br /> https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=369 https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=369 DEFCON Announcements 43433A6E-2E99-4688-AA8E-3459FE868572-3794-0000271692F19F0B-FFA Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:54:30 -0700 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]]> https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=346 443C4ED7-0C1F-4699-A63F-2BCEE3BBE0E0-3794-0000275D40C25FB6-FFA Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:04:30 -0700 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 https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-artwork-contest.html D485C41B-4C41-48D3-9B0C-FFF1D65F12CB-25905-000102BD4C706D5C-FFA Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:41:59 -0700
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]]> https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html EFA3B5E7-99C2-4B2D-898B-5FEFA710F1F9-19394-0000CCA0D2ACE258-FFA Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:51:22 -0700 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!<br /> <br /> Get the full story at: https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9401 https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9401 72B8E038-373C-4506-A0F7-CF70DBA4A978-19394-0000CD6BC5846B46-FFA Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:46:24 -0700 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 http://www.twitter.com/defcon16 6051FB15-E588-40F3-963F-B1105109C528-12998-00007255DB1746C3-FFA Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:47:42 -0700 From Kenshoto.com:<br /> <br /> See the final results at http://www.kenshoto.com/results.txt!<br /> <br /> 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. http://www.kenshoto.com DD5257F6-E5DF-47EE-9C6F-8151AAD7937C-12998-000073AD65C2EA78-FFA Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:48:35 -0700 Do you think you have the wordsmithing skills to come up with he next great DEFCON slogan? The DEFCON 16 Slogan Contest is now up and running, so get on over to http://www.totallybog.us/dc16slogan/dc16slogan.html and submit your literary gems for a chance to be featured in the DEFCON 16 Program! http://www.totallybog.us/dc16slogan/dc16slogan.html 50FD3879-C911-4D45-BAE1-017D0B4394B6-12998-000073BB8AABEEF8-FFA Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:49:34 -0700 Working with Law Enforcement
Don M. Blumenthal

CSRF Bouncing†
Michael Brooks

Hacking Desire
Ian Clark

Compromising Windows Based Internet Kiosks
Paul Craig

Shifting the Focus of WiFi Security: Beyond cracking your neighbor's wep key
Thomas d'Otreppe de Bouvette "Mister_X", Rick Farina "Zero_Chaos"

Snort Plug-in Development: Teaching an Old Pig New Tricks
Ben Feinstein

Playing with Web Application Firewalls
Wendel Guglielmetti Henrique

Advanced Software Armoring and Polymorphic Kung Fu
Nick Harbour

Under the iHood
Cameron Hotchkies

Tuning Your Brain.
Lyn

Forensics is ONLY for Private Investigators
Scott Moulton

Every Breath You Take
Jim O'Leary

Advanced Physical Attacks: Going Beyond Social Engineering and Dumpster Diving, Or, Techniques of Industrial Espionage
Eric Schmiedl

Gaming - The Next Overlooked Security Hole
Ferdinand Schober

Making a Text Adventure Documentary
Jason Scott

StegoFS
James Shewmaker

Let's Sink the Phishermen's Boat!
Teo Sze Siong, Hirosh Joseph

Medical Identity Theft
Eric Smith, Dr. Shana Dardan

Web Privacy and Flash Local Shared Objects
Clinton Wong
]]> http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html 2E594483-BA89-46A7-9623-9E4CB1F588C0-1722-00001DD2C8E10E21-FFA Fri, 30 May 2008 19:33:19 -0700 The BCCC run by Deviant Ollam has popped up on hackaday.com!<br> <br> From the article:<br> <br> Let's face it: no one likes warm beer. In the arid August air of Las Vegas, though, it's difficult to get anything else. To combat this problem, Deviant has hosted a competition the last three years at Defcon called the Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest, or BCCC. We're not talking about something as simple as a Coleman cooler or even a peltier cooler: the devices entered in this contest have to be able to take a beer from hot to cool and your glass within minutes.<br> <br> For info on the contest, go to: <a href="http://www.deviating.net/bccc">http://www.deviating.net/bccc</a> http://www.hackaday.com/2008/05/28/beverage-cooling-contraption-contest/ AF14080A-B59B-4C5E-8364-63BADCF380D0-1722-00000D4315521845-FFA Fri, 30 May 2008 19:27:00 -0700
Autoimmunity disorder in Wireless LAN
Md Sohail Ahmad, JVR Murthy, Amit Vartak

The Anatomy of a Subway Hack: Breaking Crypto RFID's and Magstripes of Ticketing Systems
Zack Anderson, RJ Ryan, Alessandro Chiesa

Predictable RNG in the vulnerable Debian OpenSSL package, the What and the How
Luciano Bello, Maximiliano Betacchini

Buying Time- What is your Data Worth? (A generalized Solution to distributed Brute Force attacks)
Adam Bregenzer

ModScan: A SCADA MODBUS Network Scanner
Mark Bristow

Deciphering Captcha
Michael Brooks

Hacking Data Retention: Small Sister your digital privacy self defense 
Brenno De Winter

Markets for Malware: A structural Economic Approach
Brian K. Edwards, Silvio J. Flaim

Identification Card Security: Past, Present, Future
Doug Farre

VLANs Layer 2 Attacks: Their Relevance and their Kryptonite
Kevin Figueroa, Marco Figueroa, Anthony L. Williams

Journey to the center of the HP28
Travis Goodspeed

Nail the Coffin Shut, NTLM is Dead
Kurt Grutzmacher

Race-2-Zero Unpacked
Simon Howard

Triad-Based Music Steganography
Adrian Johnson

Panel: Black vs. White: The complete life cycle of a real world breach
David Kennedy, Ken Stasiak, Scott White, John Melvin, Andrew Weidenhamer

Demonstration of Hardware Trojans
Fouad Kiamilev, Ryan Hoover

WhiteSpace: A Different Approach to JavaScript Obfuscation
Kolisar

Flux on: EAS (Emergency Alert System)
Matt "DCFLuX" Krick

Taking Back your Cellphone
Alexander Lash

Feed my Sat Monkey
Major Malfunction

Sniffing Cable Modems
Guy Martin

The World of Pager Sniffing/Interception: More Activity than one may suspect
NYCMIKE

New Tool for SQL Injection with DNS Exfiltration
Robert Ricks

Free Anonymous Internet Using Modified Cable Modems
Blake Self, Durandal

Evade IDS/IPS Systems using Geospatial Threat Detection
Ryan Trost

The Death Envelope: A Medieval Solution to a 21st Century Problem
Matt Yoder
]]> http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html 73FB0F15-2BD7-4ED4-A630-EDFCE9E20A9A-17383-0000917640EBDA2D-FFA Fri, 30 May 2008 15:19:15 -0700
Here are the titles and speakers for the talks so far, alpha by speaker:

Time-Based Blind SQL Injection using heavy queries: A practical approach for MS SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle and MySQL databases and Marathon Tool
Chema Alonso, José Parada

VulnCatcher: Fun with Vtrace and Programmatic Debugging
atlas

Owning the Users with Agent in the Middle
Jay Beale

The emergence (and use) of Open Source Warfare
Peter Berghammer

What To Do When Your Data Winds Up Where It Shouldn't
Don Blumenthal

Generic, Decentralized, Unstoppable Anonymity: The Phantom Protocol
Magnus Bråding

Bypassing pre-boot authentication passwords by instrumenting the BIOS keyboard buffer (practical low level attacks against x86 pre-boot authentication software)
Jonanthan Brossard

Building a Real Session Layer
D.J. Capelis

Hacking E.S.P.
Joe Cicero, Michael Vieau

Climbing Everest: An Insider's Look at one state's Voting Systems
Sandy Clark "Mouse"

Could Googling Take Down a President, a Prime Minister, or an Average Citizen?
Greg Conti

Next Generation Collaborative Reversing with Ida Pro and CollabREate
Chris Eagle, Tim Vidas

Ask EFF: The Year in Digital Civil Liberties Panel
Kevin Bankston, Eva Galperin, Jennifer Granick, Marcia Hofmann, Corynne McSherry, Kurt Opsahl

Panel: Hacking in the Name of Science
Tadayoshi Kohno, Jon Callas, Alexei Czeskis, Dan Halperin, Karl Koscher

de-Tor-iorate Anonymity
Nathan Evans, Christian Grothoff

Nmap: Scanning the Internet
Fyodor

BSODomizer
Joe "Kingpin" Grand, Zoz

Satan is on my Friends list: Attacking Social Networks
Nathan Hamiel, Shawn Moyer

A Hacker Looks at 50
G. Mark Hardy

War Ballooning-Kismet Wireless "Eye in the Sky"
Rick Hill

The Death of Cash: The loss of anonymity and other dangers of the cash free society
Tony Howlett

Intercepting Mobile Phone/GSM Traffic
David Hulton, "Skyper"

Ham For Hackers - Take Back the Airwaves
JonM

Career Mythbusters: Separating Fact from Fiction in your Information Security Career
Lee Kushner, Mike Murray

Developments in Cisco IOS Forensics
"FX" Felix Lindner

Good Viruses. Evaluating the Risks
Dr. Igor Muttik

Brain Games: Make your own Biofeedback Video Game
Ne0nRain
Joe "Kingpin" Grand

VoIPER: Smashing the VoIP stack while you sleep
N.N.P.

Hacking OpenVMS
Christer Öberg, Claes Nyberg, James Tusini

365-Day: Active Https Cookie Hijacking
Mike Perry

Malware Detection through Network Flow Analysis
Bruce Potter

The true story of the Radioactive Boyscout: The first nuclear hacker and how his work relates to Homeland Security's model of the dirty bomb
Paul F. Renda

CAPTCHAs: Are they really hopeless? (Yes)
Mike Spindel, Scott Torborg

Living in the RIA World
Alex Stamos, David Thiel, Justine Osborne

Xploiting Google Gadgets: Gmalware and Beyond
Tom "strace" Stracener, Robert "Rsnake" Hansen

TBA
Marc Weber Tobias

How to make Friends & Influence Lock Manufacturers
Schuyler Towne, Jon King

Compliance: The Enterprise Vulnerability Roadmap
Weasel

Mobile Hacker Space
Thomas Wilhelm


To read more about these talks, go to the speaker page at http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html!

]]> https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html A44E64D9-F6F3-40A8-BACF-60367FDD95C4-10419-000055A1BBF7FD59-FFA Fri, 23 May 2008 20:10:51 -0700 You can check out the first few submissions to the Artwork Contest on pics.defcon.org at this URL:<br /> <br /> https://pics.defcon.org/showgallery.php?cat=532 https://pics.defcon.org/showgallery.php?cat=532 65B347FB-0322-4550-A9DA-51DD9F3545A7-4464-0000260BE26BD499-FFA Tue, 20 May 2008 15:29:33 -0700 The time has come to close the DEFCON 16 CFP. Speaker Selection is now underway, and updates to the Speaker list will be frequent as they are chosen. Keep your eyes on the speaker page, the schedule page, and subscribe to the RSS Feed to stay apprised of speaker announcements as they occur!<br /> <br /> Speaker Page: https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html<br />Schedule Page: https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-schedule.html<br /> RSS Feed: https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-speakers.html E0F04C7B-838D-420C-BCCF-FE2F292C0E06-4464-000025CB855AAAF9-FFA Tue, 20 May 2008 15:23:51 -0700 For all you last minute stragglers and super busy folks, we are keeping the Call for Papers open through Monday the 19th. Get on it and send that submission to talks at defcon dot org!<br /> <br /> https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-cfp-form.html https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-cfp-form.html 0D199C52-CAC9-4F44-895B-4C6AD1EAAB13-28988-0001169EAAD8D755-FFA Fri, 16 May 2008 19:07:23 -0700
What is the Mystery Challenge you may ask...?

From mysterychallenge.org

The mystery challenge is just that- a mystery. Details of the contest are not given until the contest starts.
So take the dare, and enter a contest where you are flying blind.

So you heard about the challenge, and think you can compete?
Search for hints and clues carefully, even prior to Defcon.

Suggested Skillset for success:
-Physical security (Lockpicking, literal hacking, etc)
-Electronics (reading schematics, breadboard prototyping, etc)
-Puzzle and Riddle Skills
-Coding, networking, hacking...
-???
]]> https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9357 5355A089-27B1-4E7A-82F5-80CCFEE526FB-28988-00011670812C1088-FFA Fri, 16 May 2008 19:05:00 -0700 You've only got a few days left to submit your groundbreaking research to the DEFCON Call for Papers. Go to https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-cfp-form.html and get your submission in for the chance to give a talk at DEFCON 16! https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-cfp-form.html D08B1A8F-7C35-49D7-A266-AAFEF5390CA8-18701-0000A4F813F3E635-FFA Mon, 12 May 2008 15:24:18 -0700 Kenshoto will be back this year bringing all out cyber-warfare to DEFCON 16. The qualification round for this year's Capture the Flag contest has been officially announced.<br /> <br /> From the DEFCON Forums:<br /> Deputy Director of Homeland Security, Dr. Kenneth Shoto today announces a call to cyber-ninjas everywhere to sign up for his annual fight-to-the-death qualifying competition for the Defcon Capture the Flag (CtF) contest. The qualifying competition will start at 10PM on Friday, May 30th and end at 10PM on Sunday, June 1st.<br /><br /> Find out more at https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9352 or http://kenshoto.allyourboxarebelongto.us:1337/ https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9352 41A26832-8788-4AB9-B06F-EBBCEF9A852A-17268-000098E655F813D1-FFA Mon, 12 May 2008 12:47:25 -0700 The buzz concerning the new unofficial Race to Zero Contest at DEFCON 16 just keeps on building. Dan Kaminsky provides his thoughts on the mounting controversy in an interview with Search Engine, a Canadian public radio program.<br /> <br /> Check it out here:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/searchengine_20080508_5692.mp3 https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9347 5979D441-5F42-4CB1-B1EC-F5433353451F-10974-0000629CD187BCF0-FFA Thu, 08 May 2008 15:07:23 -0700 After a hiatus due to an XSS vulnerablity, The DEFCON pics site is back up and running! Don't hesitate to head on over and upload your favorite photos and videos from past DEFCON conventions! http://pics.defcon.org 8F3A2E8D-A992-4EBA-9173-0840C1386E64-11187-000064682841E2AC-FFA Thu, 08 May 2008 15:42:46 -0700
AV vendors have made their discomfort with the idea clear, with various spokesmen for the industry voicing concern about the creation of new threats to existing AV products. Contest organizers have countered that the contest is categorically not about creating new virii, rather it is about demonstrating the speed with which currently blocked virii can be modified to defeat current virus-blocking software.

While it's important to note that while the contest will be happening at this year's DEFCON, it is not an official DEFCON contest. To learn about the contest from its creators and organizers, please check their website at www.racetozero.net.

Links:

http://www.racetozero.net/
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/hacker-challenge.html
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/28/Security-vendors-slam-Defcon-virus-contest_1.html

Go to https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=419 to chime in on the controversy]]> http://www.racetozero.net 0322DB67-E3A7-4820-BCCA-C79C5EB1FCEB-12130-0000716A527921A3-FFA Fri, 02 May 2008 17:22:23 -0700 Whip out your favorite medium and get to creating, because the official DEFCON 16 Art Contest is now underway! This year’s contest is a bit different from previous years, and will run now to June 15, 2008. <br /> <br /> Go to http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-artwork-contest.html http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-artwork-contest.html CDC42725-5EDE-4100-94B9-637A5CA91D31-12130-00006B5E52D62ECB-FFA Fri, 02 May 2008 16:10:26 -0700 Check out this new contest brewing for DEFCON 16!<br /> <br /> From the DEFCON Forums:<br /> The Race to Zero involves contestants being given a sample set of viruses and malcode to modify and upload through the contest portal. The portal passes the modified samples through a number of antivirus engines and determines if the sample is a known threat. The first team or individual to pass their sample past all antivirus engines undetected wins that round. Each round increases in complexity as the contest progresses.<br /> <br /> Further details are available here: http://www.racetozero.net/ https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9256 904E8EA2-9EE0-4471-8784-6B998D998840-8218-000146846AD3A6E4-FFA Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:40:33 -0700
This year the ballroom will lead a double life .

By day: the room will be a chillout/break out room complete with wifi
By night: the room will transform into the black and white ball complete with dance floor, lights,headlining acts and a bar.

This said we are currently taking all submissions for DJ/acts for the chillout/breakout . and have a few slots for black and white ball .

some of the styles we are looking for are :
drum n bass
trance
breaks
electro
industrial

If you are interested in performing please contact :
blackandwhitedjs@gmail.com]]> https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9266 EA5B061C-F430-41AC-96D9-AE4872DAB025-29932-0000FFE5FC0DBB52-FFA Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:44:50 -0700 That's right! It's time again to submit your hacktastic discoveries to be considered as a DEFCON 16 talk! New and interesting research is always welcomed in the realm of security, hardware hacking, social engineering, lockpicking, and anything else you can modify, bypass or reverse engineer. Out of the box thinking is what we're after... Go to the <a href="https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-cfp-form.html">CFP form</a> and submit!. http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-cfp-form.html D76C1477-EB2C-4E85-897B-1536CB1E05C9-1239-000008B6BDA1190C-FFA Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:04:57 -0800 The Defcon 15 Video Podcast is now online. If you didn't make it, or missed the speaker you wanted to see here is your chance to download and watch the presentations any time.<br /> http://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-15-video.rss<br /> <br /> Supporting Materials will be online at:<br /> https://www.defcon.org/html/links/defcon-media-archives.html#dc_15<br /> http://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-15-video.rss feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON Announcements EF9EA885-B1BE-4323-8779-4193B60D5DEF-7618-000047CDB5F1372A-FFA Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:43:04 -0800 The Defcon 15 Audio Podcast is now online. If you didn't make it, or missed the speaker you wanted to see here is your chance to download and hear the presentations when you want.<br /> http://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-15-audio.rss<br /> <br /> Supporting Materials will be online at:<br /> https://www.defcon.org/html/links/defcon-media-archives.html#dc_15 http://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-15-audio.rss feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON Announcements 9FAA7BAF-9AC2-445F-A99C-52EAFD63D3F0-4270-00002930828E8272-FFA Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:34:49 -0800 Tiger Team is a new series on TruTV (formerly CourtTV) featuring a familiar face from DEFCON, Luke McOmie aka pyr0.<br /> <br /> From wikipedia:<br /> The show follows a "tiger team" of Chris Nickerson, Luke McOmie, and Ryan Jones, which is hired to infiltrate organizations with the objective of testing their weaknesses to electronic, psychological, tactical, and physical threats. Attacks executed on organizations in this television show include social engineering, wired and wireless hacking, and physically breaking into buildings.<br /> <br /> The television show's first two episodes aired Tuesday, December 25, 2007 at 11:00 pm ET and 11:30 pm ET. The first episode is available on TruTV's website in streaming flash format.<br /> <br /> TruTV Feedback: http://www.trutv.com/contact/feedbackform.asp?subject_id=148&start=true https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8995&page=3 feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) Defcon in the News 4DDA7A28-3398-4FD4-B409-4441908D0629-1493-000015A35CE99693-FFA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:31:08 -0800 Join the DEFCON LinkedIn Group! <br /> We have created a DEF CON group on LinkedIN, if you already have an account at LinkedIN please join us.<br /> <br /> We don't collect email addresses so there is no easy way to pre-approve people, just use the following link to request membership.<br /> <br /> http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/47798/109B061719DC http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/47798/109B061719DC feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) Defcon Announcements 642D20AB-7790-49DC-B930-E6FFF44CF41E-1493-000014D588629836-FFA Thu, 10 Jan 2008 12:20:34 -0800 <br /> It's beginning already... Check out the Pre-DEFCON 16 Discussions in the DEFCON Forums. If you want to get involved, start here! https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=398 98832022-A673-4C77-A87D-927A26030288-27764-0000ED503C1A2DD6-FFA Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:27:13 -0800 The media storm that followed the NBC producer fleeing DEFCON included a lot of opinions, but none of them came from the DEFCON staff itself. <br /> <br /> DT recently contributed a piece to the Thinkernet blog at InternetEvolution.com. It's an interesting piece about the significance of the event and some of the lessons that the media can take from all the hoopla. http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=554&doc_id=139509 210F76D1-4730-4ADB-98B1-1138C08E95CF-27764-0000ED00E69167A1-FFA Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:26:10 -0800 blog http://www.vbulletin.com/features_blog.php, tool, and anyone with a
forum account can now create a blog. We'll be doing more with this in the
future, but for now we are encouraging people to create accounts and play
with it. If it works we'll keep it, if not we'll look for other software to
try.


We've also licensed Project Tools (http://www.vbulletin.com/features_project.php) that
everyone can use to plan DC Groups projects, events at the con, or their
latest hacking project.

If you're a forum member, we hope you'll take a little time to try out the new features. If you're not, here's hoping this helps you decide to join us.]]> https://forum.defcon.org D8444FBE-B287-44CC-894A-9D39BCD10D51-27764-0000ECC34F46F80C-FFA Tue, 08 Jan 2008 00:20:29 -0800 The Defcon 15 badge is a finalist in the Freescale Semiconductor Black<br /> Widow $10,000 Design Challenge. Freescale selected the ten finalists<br /> from a field of more than 775 participants. Each submission was judged<br /> on creativity, design efficiency, technical complexity, number of<br /> Freescale devices used, and overall application innovation and usefulness. http://media.freescale.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=196520&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=987601&highlight= 0099C17C-E90C-433B-B102-9354119C1265-13291-00007B88870B0551-FFA Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:41:13 -0700 Check out these photos of the badge hacking and final hacks at DEFCON<br /> 15. For badge source code, video of the hacks, and source of selected<br /> hacks, check out Joe Grand's badge page at:<br /><br /> http://www.grandideastudio.com/portfolio/index.php?id=1&prod=54 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joesmooth/sets/72157601302838516/ 5440CE46-7777-4812-B203-A5DD25F852B4-13291-00007B7CE3FFF655-FFA Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:40:40 -0700 It's a little late, but it's never to early to start planning for next year. If you must get online at DEFCON, here's a little guide to help keep you from getting completely owned.<br /> <br /><br /> >From The Register:<br /> "..Defcon, the most bacchanal of security conferences and perhaps the single largest gathering of technically adept pranksters. Now is the perfect time to map out a strategy for keeping emails private and making sure your system doesn't get ransacked by the scowling kid with the nose ring and jet-black hair." http://www.theregister.com/2007/08/01/defcon_survival_guide/ 0EE5EEE0-B76E-4ABA-8B66-BE8781F0DBA5-6532-0000383089124978-FFA Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:00:19 -0700 >From tgdaily.com:
A New Jersey network engineer is on a mission to send some love and care – of the digital kind – to Americans stationed overseas. Going by his hacker handle ‘Deviant Ollam’, he’s been sending out hard drives filled with popular movies, television shows and music for over a year. Dubbed the Traveling Terabyte Project (TTB), the drives have seen action in war-torn countries and one set is now making a small contingent of Marines very happy in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan.

Photos at:

http://www.tgdaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=18&Itemid=41&slideshow=20070920]]> http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/33977/135/ 537F1BEE-0ADF-4C46-BE3D-1286D0B9AC5E-6532-0000380DA11BFE9B-FFA Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:02:43 -0700 This little slice of gangsta was part of the winning Badge Hacking Contest submission by Team Osogato. This rap song was created by The Brothers Grimm and based on Kingpin's "Ode to the DEFCON 15 Badge" poem printed in the conference program. Played at the DEFCON 15 Awards Ceremony on Sunday afternoon. <br /> <br /> Thanks to Kingpin for posting this on the media server at pics.defcon.org. If you've got any pictures or media from DEFCON, please consider sharing it with the DC family at pics.defcon.org. https://pics.defcon.org/showphoto.php?photo=502 AEAFFF05-6150-4563-A755-F04B5BC3E125-400-00000AFF874DA3FB-FFA Fri, 14 Sep 2007 15:16:29 -0700 Ever wonder what it takes to compete in the DEFCONbot shootout? Check out some fascinating behind-the-scenes video from a team that had a sentry gun in this year's competition at the Burnt Popcorn blog. For more information about DC 15's DEFCONbots winners or data on past competitions, be sure to visit defconbots.org. http://www.burntpopcorn.net/defcon_bot/ E0E5BD27-97FE-4605-96FA-A46353A1D03E-21222-00002F5E59F1237F-FFA Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:26:49 -0700 If you have pictures of this DEFCON 15 (or any previous DEFCON) you'd<br /> like to share, please upload them to https://pics.defcon.org<br /> We're trying to create a visual record of all<br /> the shows and your help is appreciated. Just create an account and start<br /> uploading pictures and videos! https://pics.defcon.org 31FD683F-8DAA-422D-9119-1FE6172946B3-2593-000017552A060D79-FFA Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:45:07 -0700 The DEFCON media archives have been updated with slides, white papers and extras for DEFCON 15 presentations. Come check them out, and stay tuned - we'll be adding audio and video from DEFCON 15 as soon as it's ready. https://www.defcon.org/html/links/defcon-media-archives.html 5B175FE1-E1CA-4B89-8245-E3C9E0BADF36-6781-000050DC9994EEA4-FFA Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:07:11 -0700
http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2007/08/medeco
Medeco Readies Assembly-Line Fix for DefCon Lock Hack

http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do
command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9029080
$10 hack can unlock nearly any office door

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/i-married-a-fed.html
I Married a Fed at DefCon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCvmkxO5hoQ Michelle Madigan Video: Dateline Reporter Uncovered At DEFCON 2007.
http://weblog.infoworld.com/zeroday/archives/2007/08/defcon_diary_th.html
Defcon diary: The real story

]]> https://www.defcon.org/ feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON In The News 4CC91DEA-7926-463C-9547-62FDC815293C Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:07:16 -0700 Joe Decided to drop us a line and clue send us some info on whats going on with the badges AFTER the con. We loved the badges this year and apparently we arent the only ones who found them awesome.

>From Joe Grand

"You've probably noticed that people are still going *nuts* over the badges. That's a really awesome feeling and hopefully there will be some of the 40 people who took components and development kits coming back next year with some radical hacks.

Here are some pictures I took of the Black Hat and DEFCON conferences (and badge hacking):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joesmooth/sets/72157601295119952/

and here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joesmooth/sets/72157601302838516/

The badges have been selling like hot cakes on eBay:
http://search.ebay.com/defcon-15
Take a look at the completed listings, too, to see the high bidders!

Also, there were TONS of blog and news reports about the badge. You've probably read most of them, but here are the ones I liked the best:

* Hack-a-Day, August 2, 2007, http://www.hackaday.com/2007/08/02/the-defcon-badge

* The Register, The romance and mystery of a good hack, August 6, 2007, http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/06/defcon_final/

* The Inquirer, Defcon ID badge comes with its own technical manual, August 3, 2007 http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41436

* boingboing, Defcon's hackable badges, August 3, 2007, http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/03/defcons_hackable_bad.html

* Wired, Threat Level, Badge Hack at DefCon, August 3, 2007 http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/08/badge-hack-at-d.html

* Makezine.com: Defcon 15 round up, August 5, 2007, http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/defcon_15_round_up.html

* Makezine.com: Hackers on a Plane - Defcon, August 7, 2007, Http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2007/08/hackers_on_a_plane_defcon_1.html

* Gizmodo, DefCon Badge Hacked in 10 Minutes, August 3, 2007, http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/defcon/defcon-badge-hacked-in-10-minutes-285998.php


I'll be putting up a webpage with complete badge development info, badge hacking contest results/hacks/source, etc. in the next week or so. It will be directly accessible from the main www.grandideastudio.com site for a while.

Details on the winning badge hacking contest entry from Team Osogato can
be found here: http://www.osogato.com/hacks This was the only entry out
of seven that combined hardware and firmware modifications - they hacked
the badge into a line-level meter for under $10 that used the LED matrix
to display the peak audio levels of an audio signal fed into one channel
of the A/D. The two capacitive touch buttons are used to adjust the
input levels of the signal and there are even three shades of
"greyscale" for a fading effect on the LEDs. For the icing on the cake,
the team worked with The Brothers Grimm from Michigan
(http://www.myspace.com/CompleteError) to create a rap song based on my
poem that I wrote for the DC15 program (on page 3). What an honor! The
song is freely available at the Team Osogato link above and step-by-step
hack details are forthcoming.

Hope you guys are recovering!

Joe" ]]> http://www.flickr.com/photos/joesmooth/sets/72157601302838516/ feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement 95D18C14-62B6-4255-991E-3D6B8FE05F07 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:52:18 -0700 For the past 17 years, EFF has been proud to take on the hard cases to ensure that your liberty is not sacrificed unnecessarily. They are responsible for loads of support for Tor, stopping RIAA lawsuits, Privacy Issues, etc.


You don't have to wait till the next Dunk tank@ DEFCON 16 to support them! Join EFF today!
They work all year round so support them by donating to EFF at http://secure.eff.org/. Spread the word to your friends and family.

Short goal list of current EFF Projects :
Pull Congress Back Into the Wiretapping Fight!
Repeal the REAL ID Act!
Reform the PATRIOT Act!
Support the FAIR USE Act!
Fight the Justice Department's Copycrime
Stop the SPY Act!
Stop the Broadcasting Treaty Flip-Flop!
CA Alert - Keep RFIDs out of State IDs!
Don't Let Congress Shackle Digital Music!
Tell Congress to Support E-Voting Reform! make sure every counts!
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]]> http://www.eff.org/ feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement 210B814E-6CB3-451E-BC3C-C35A8371398E Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:04:16 -0700 Want to help support the EFF and Hacker Foundation? Would you like to meet with authors of those security books you have been reading all year long? Craving some live nerdcore? Kill three birds with one stone! <br /> Thursday August 2, 2007 @ 9:00PM Vegas 2.0 presents "theSummit" a fund raiser with a twist! Meet with computer security guru, listen to some great live music AND support two great causes at the same time! Meet up with us in the Riv Skyboxes this Thursday, tickets are $35 at the door. Need more details? Visit http://www.vegassummit.org http://www.vegassummit.org feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement 58F157B1-35FE-41EE-8092-5E86091D86B0 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 11:07:09 -0700 We are proud to present the FINAL schedule of speakers and events for DEFCON 15!<br /> <br /> This year DEFCON has grown, and is offering the largest line of up speakers ever - thanks to all the new space available at our new venue, the Riviera Hotel. Because of this there are also more contests. There is an overwhelming amount of things to participate in.<br /><br /> <br /> Pending Natural Disasters, Emergency, Missing, kidnapped or Canceled speakers this is our final schedule...well that's the intention anyway! <br /> <br /> If you are speaking or involved in the content side of things and you see a problem or something missing please let us know!<br /> See you at the show! https://www.defcon.org/html/DEFCON-15/dc-15-schedule.html feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement 2D4F37B9-50FF-4DC7-ADEE-E1343D7DB791 Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:59:57 -0700
There may be some minor tweaks, but all the video that is available has been encoded to iPod Video specs, H.264 and 320x240. Audio is in .mp3 192k format.

We are trying to identify the artists in each hour, so if you know who they are please let us know and we'll update the file names so everyone gets proper credit.

The following links will have to get you by until the complete RSS feed with iTunes and MRSS tags is complete:

http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-Carthsis-320-517kbps.mp4
http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-Regenerator-320-517kbps.mp4
http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-Jackalope-320-517kbps.mp4
http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-Mind-Pop-320-517kbps.mp4
http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-Minibosses-320-517kbps.mp4
http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-hour-2-320-517kbps.mp4
http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-hour-3-320-517kbps.mp4
http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-hour-4-320-517kbps.mp4
http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-hour-5-320-517kbps.mp4
http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-hour-6-320-517kbps.mp4
http://media.defcon.org/dc-14/music/dc-14-BandW-Ball-hour-7-320-517kbps.mp4
]]> https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8530 feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement FBEDAF82-396C-4153-90E2-16834CD882BE Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:01:11 -0700
Friday Night Black Ball
Industrial/ ebm / Noize Dress: your best blacks: Bondage Rubber and Fetish Encouraged

Featuring :
Regenerator http://www.regenerator.net/

DJs Patrice
Wintamute
SailorGloom
Great Scott!
Catharsis
Kriz Klink And more ...

Saturday Night: White ball
==Geekdom Release party==
Dress: Your finest stormtrooper suit, togas, bedsheets and the likes.

Featuring : Miss DJ Jackalope // Jungle Chaos http://www.dj-jackalope.com/
DualCore // Live Nerdcore Set http://dualcoremusic.com;
*Minibosses // NES classics http://www.minibosses.com/

DJs
Rustcycle / Electronic live mix http://www.rustcycle.com
Crashish // DNB
Casey // psytrance
Mitch Mitchem // breakbeat/electroclash

* scheduling tentative
All acts subject to change. please see a complete listing posted throughout DEFCON venues ]]> https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=280 feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement 782FBB92-80A4-4F30-AC13-E8E86D51B3D3 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:08:42 -0700 For all you radio geeks!<br /> <br /> 146.58 (FM Simplex) will be the unofficial Defcon 15 frequency for Amateur Radio enthusiasts. https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8635 feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement 994F764D-3F5E-4932-9579-D422612A0C37 Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:17:08 -0700 Wednesday, August 1st at the Sushi Factory on Tropicana will be the location for ShshiCon 4.0 right before DEFCON.<br /> <br /> Love sushi? Want to meet new people and hang out in a sake fueled pre-con ritual? Then ShshiCon is for you!<br /> <br /> Organized byGonMinusOne, check out the forums for the latest details.<br /> https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8578 https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8578 feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement D13BA4D3-9F4B-48F3-933B-9C4DFEA807A9 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:50:27 -0700 This year's DEFCON Movie Night will feature the new and highly buzz-worthy film "Infest Wisely." The film is centered around the increasingly less science-fictional world of commercial nanotechnology and it's been described this way:<br /> <br /> "Infest Wisely asks what would happen if Critical Mass teamed up with the geeks from DEFCON to stop commercialized nanotech from taking over our bodies and the world." <br /> <br /> It's a feature length movie in seven episodes, each with different directors but all written by novelist Jim Munroe, who will be our special guest for the screening. As always, there's no charge - come join us and support cinema licensed under the Creative Commons. For more information about the film, you can check out it's website. http://www.infestwisely.com/ http://www.infestwisely.com/ feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement 98EED205-48A3-4227-BEF1-F7A62EF67AB5 Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:24:45 -0700 We are proud to present the schedule of speakers and events for DEFCON 15!<br />DEFCON <br /> This year DEF CON has grown, and is offering the largest line of up speakers ever - thanks to all the new space available at our new venue, the Riviera Hotel. Because of this there are also more contests. There is an overwhelming amount of things to participate in.<br /> <br /> Please note that this is the first schedule version and is not final. As speakers and contests finalize their information the schedule will be updated up to the last minute.<br /> <br /> If you re speaking or involved in the content side of things and you see a problem or something missing please let us know!<br /> https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-schedule.html feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement 4AAD32D6-4704-4863-94E8-449F9E1751BE Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:19:41 -0700
"There are two contests/events that I'll be running at this year's ToxicBBQ, both of which involve the "Exotic Meat" theme that I tend to focus upon year after year.

I have a web page up online with full details, rules, info, etc...
http://deviating.net/toxicbbq"

-=[ Titanium Chef ]=-

Cost to Participate: $40 per team
Prizes for Winners: OiNK invite for each team member, secret grand prize, refund of entry fee, extreme bragging rights and Free giveaways of fun stuff to all participants
DefCon Forums Sign-up Thread: https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8367

Teams of up to three individuals will put their heads together and engage in heated battle to concoct a delicious dining experience focused around a secret theme ingredient. These hacker chefs will have both their culinary skills and their organizational abilities put to the test in this challenging event. All participants will gather together a few hours before the Toxic BBQ in order to witness the revealing of the event's secret ingredient, then they will disperse in order to gather supplies, reach Sunset Park, and prepare their food for the judges.

Whose cuisine will reign supreme? Will opponents' grill-fu be stronger than you? Participate and find out!

-=[ Guess The Flesh ]=-

Cost to Participate: $10 per person
Prizes for Winners: OiNK invite for first three people to correctly identify all meats. Free giveaways of fun stuff to all participants

DefCon Forums Sign-up Thread : https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8365

Have you ever thought to yourself, "Gee, i wish i could dine on the meat of nearly every kind of beast to walk the earth... but I don't own many high-powered firearms, i don't have the money to travel the world, and no government in their right mind would issue me a hunting license?"

Well, now your dreams can become a reality. For less than the cost of what passes for a movie and popcorn nowadays, you can have a sample platter featuring eight meats that you aren't likely to see at the supermarket. However, instead of just cooking and randomly giving out samples willy-nilly, this year i have something new planned. I intend to prepare morsels of these meats and plate them in a way that they are not immediately identifiable or distinguishable from one another. Those who are eager to try some new flavors -- and those who think their pallets are up to the challenge -- can take a whack at identifying these various animals by taste and texture alone. ]]> http://deviating.net/toxicbbq/ feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement E1EB27E8-8DFF-40F2-A954-AFDF2E61C4B1 Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:08:52 -0700 The be prepared section of the DEFCON 15 site has been updated!<br /> <br /> Check it out. https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-beprepared.html feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement FD07CD5B-28C1-4F7A-883B-CA4E3C39A85F Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:49:50 -0700
Las Vegas concerts for Black Hat & DEFCON time frame
Some out of town folks hit me up asking about concerts around town during this year's Black Hat andDEFCON. I took a quick look on http://pollstar.com/ and http://www.jambase.com/ for what might be interesting. YMMV, though I thought sharing is caring.

Fri 07/27/07 Violent Femmes Hard Rock Hotel and Casino
Fri 07/27/07 Jonny Lang House Of Blues
Sat 07/28/07 Tesla House Of Blues
Sat 07/28/07 Rush MGM Grand Garden Arena
Wed 08/01/07 John Lee Hooker Jr. Santa Fe Station Hotel & Casino
Thu 08/02/07 John Lee Hooker Jr. Boulder Station Hotel & Casino
Fri 08/03/07 Godsmack The Pearl Concert Theater At Palms
Sat 08/04/07 Buckcherry, Hinder, Papa Roach The Pearl Concert Theater At Palms
Sun 08/05/07 Against All Authority, Reel Big Fish / Less Than Jake, Streetlight Manifesto House Of Blues
Mon 08/06/07 "Sounds Of The Underground": Amon Amarth, Chimaira, Every Time I Die, GWAR, Heavy Heavy Low Low, Job For A Cowboy, Necro, Shadows Fall , The Devil Wears Prada, The Number Twelve Looks Like You - House Of Blues
Sat 08/11/07 The Fixx The Club @ Cannery Casino

As for venues, the Hard rock sucks. House of Blues is one of the best in town. MGM Grand is ok, but the sound quality in the arena can be shitty in spots. The Pearl is the brand new venue in town, good luck getting tickets. The Station casinos are not bad venues, and I think those are free shows. The Cannery Casino I have never been to, so I can not say - and there is no review posted on www.yelp.com yet for me to reference.

HTH! ]]> https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8590 feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement 6C168881-FD73-466B-894B-87B20808928F Thu, 5 Jul 2007 17:12:23 -0700 Here's a quick list of things you will need to be fully geared up, if competing. I kinda wish we had something like this three years ago!

1.) Money - we spent ~$500 each year, though some good social engineering could very well fix this
2.) Digital Camera - Judges won't know what you did, without proof!
3.) Video Camera - Sometimes a photo DOESN'T say a thousand words, but motion video does!
4.) Transportation - Sometimes you have to go on recon, we always paid extra to have a car in front of valet for those quick runs
5.) Room at Hotel - Need somewhere to build a 30ft straw or host a geek girl strip off, your best bet is in a local room
6.) Printer - Don't ask me how many points we never got for lack of a stupid printer!
7.) Beer - It's easy to bribe goons and judges with this stuff, if you can find it.
8.) Start Early - Some items and tasks we could only do on Friday, remember things close on Saturday and Sunday, so be wise!
9.) Memorize the phrase "It's for the Scavenger Hunt" - nuff said

I'm sure I'm missing something else in there, please add to my list!

-Vegas 2.0
Defcon 14 Scav Hunt Winners ]]> https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8541 feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement A047DAB4-7EEC-4638-897E-91844336DBBC Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:41:32 -0700
We are in the process of making our final selections and will start to fill in the online schedule soon! We will notify you of the status of your submission by July 1st.
If you have not heard from us by then please email talks[at]defcon[dot]org.
If you were not accepted don't be discouraged, we have recieved many many quality submissions this year but we can't accept them all. As you know we are in the process of expanding to accept more and more talks each year.

There is still plenty you can do to get involved, join the forums, read up on our contests, even just take some cool pictures!
pics.defcon.org is now live for use.The pics software is integrated with the defcon forums, so if you already have an account there you automatically have an account on https://pics.defcon.org/

Do your Photoshop skilz 0wnzor?!
DEFCON Art Contest is currently open! Submit your art by June 25, to be used online and to be included in the DEFCON 15 program. We are looking for a Web Banner, Key Card, T-Shirt, Wallpaper! If you win you could win free admission and cash to be used at the DEFCON Swag booth!
https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-forms/DC15-Artwork-Contest-Guidelines.pdf ]]> http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-speakers.html feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement 628A124C-2892-44F7-9FA8-3025989D35C2 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:27:23 -0700
DEFCON is a great place to learn all sorts of new skills - the skill of lockpicking is no exception. This year's Con will again have a "Lockpicking Village" - a fantastic event with all kinds of presentations, practice locks, sample tools and general education. We want everyone who's interested to check it out, but we want you to be careful and safe as well.

Be sure to consult your state and local laws about possession of locksmith's tools. Staying in compliance with the applicable laws is, of course, your responsibility. When traveling, it's not a good idea to put tools of this nature in your carryon. While they're unlikely to cause any problems in checked baggage, those pointy little devils are very likely to be a problem in the security line.

It probably ought to go without saying, but if you're making an international trip to DefCon, the scrutiny is much higher and you owe it to yourself to be thoroughly familiar with the rules and err on the side of caution. You don't need that kind of hassle. There's plenty of lockpicking knowledge and fun to be had even without your k-rad tools, so don't put yourself in a position to miss your flight.

It's also an option to mail them to yourself in care of your hotel. Some hotels charge for this service, so be aware of the policies wherever you're staying.

If the world of locksport is brand new to you and you're looking to get a little knowledge before the Con, you can check out Marc Weber Tobias' contributions to techblog Engadget (called The Lockdown.) More info is also available from Locksport International (lsi.com) or The Open Organization of Lockpickers ( toool.us or toool.nl for Dutch speakers)

Link: https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-beprepared.html ]]> https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-beprepared.html feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement C5FE2190-2FAA-42B8-9986-427312783283 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:53:02 -0700 If you haven't seen it yet check out Hackers on a Plane!

2007 is a very special year for the global hacker community. Thanks to cooperation between the organizers of DefCon XV and the Chaos Communications Camp 2007, the two largest gatherings of hackers from around the world happen only a few days apart!

This is where "Hackers on a Plane" comes in: The Hacker Foundation has put together a complete travel package to help bring together hackers from around the world for ten days of fun, culture and community. We see it as the first step to building a truly global hacker community.

$1,337.00 (for those travelling roundtrip from the US & Canada)
Û1,337.00 (for those travelling roundtrip from Europe)
Gets you:

* Admission to DefCon in Las Vegas, NV, USA
* Flight from Las Vegas to Frankfurt
* Flight on the "Hackers on a Plane" charter flight from Frankfurt to Finow Airport
* Admission to all days of CCCamp2007
* Accommodation at Camp Anaconda (no need to bring a tent!)
* Return flight to select destinations in the USA (or flight to Las Vegas for DefCon for EU citizens.)

More info at Hackers on a Plane!
Link: http://hackersonaplane.info/info.html ]]> http://hackersonaplane.info/info.html feedback@defcon.org (DEFCON Announcements) DEFCON 15 Announcement B4622F79-ECF3-4691-B236-626DDA3BB96C Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:50:51 -0700 Official registration is open.
To Register Teams must send an email to:
Defcon15MysteryChallenge ]at[ mysterychallenge [dot] org

-Teams are limited to 5 official members
-You must receive a confirmation that your team is registered or you are NOT
-You must submit a team name and list team members
-Teams successful in completing the challenge last year are guaranteed a spot if registered by June 17.
-New teams are encouraged to enter, however only those serious about completing the challenge
-The challenge will take longer to complete this year

Questions? Post here. Comments? Post here. New teams trying to decide if you have what it takes to compete? Post here (I encourage those who competed last year to answer these types of questions...)

Link: https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8509 ]]> https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=8509 DEFCON 15 Announcement E458277B-C5AC-46D5-98B9-1EB6DC1168CE Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:46:06 -0700
Are you a defensive ninja? Are your services unbreakable, your builds airtight? Do your countermeasures have countermeasures for counter-countermeasures?

So prove it, bucko... Bet your box on it, on the most hostile network in the world.

Bring your laptop/server/desktop, hardened to the nines, running exactly two (2) visible services, to our specs, and we'll offer you up for the slaughter.

The first person to compromise you walks away with your gear. When you're 0wned, you're owned. It's that simple. The last box(en) standing, unowned, wins, and the winner(s) can take his/her precious back home, safe in the knowledge that if it survived at DC, it can survive anywhere.

For the other side of the fence, the reward is clear... Pick your target, 0wn the box, and own the box. A shopping spree for the elite.

Link: https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=337
Contest Site: http://ownthebox.cipherpunx.org/


Be sure to check the forums often it looks like they have already started to collect an interesting list of hardware up for the slaughter! Mwahahaha!
]]> https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=337 DEFCON 15 Announcement 596B918C-5F1F-4ADE-A89B-107AE0941EFA Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:43:41 -0700 (queue Thus Spake Zathrustra)

Are you a freq-geek? Think your WiFiFu is hot? Get high from sniffing packets on the ether? Think you're a great lover? We can't help you with the last one, but get ready because here's your chance to prove the rest of those outlandish claims to the world.

Compete in the Wireless Contest, and we can validate you self esteem, at least in the geeky stuff.

The Wireless Contest, following the format for the past few years, will be a series of "Mini-Contests". You can compete in only a single mini-contest or all of them. We recommend that teams be formed to fill in different skill areas.

We are allowing a unlimited number of Teams -subject to resources- limited to 3 people each.

First Place winners of individual mini-contests events get prizes and with a top prize will be awarded for the best overall of the contests.

A common problem with the Wireless Contest in the last few years, is that some potential competitors felt that they didn't have the skills to even try. As a result, fewer competitors kept signing up. To elevate this, the Wireless contest this year is tied in heavily with the Wireless Village. If you want to compete in the contest, but feel you don't have a needed skill, you can come to the Wireless Village before a mini-contest and learn the needed skill at the one of the Wireless Village's world-famous Breakout Sessions. You walk in having no skills but a willingness to learn, learn a skill in an exciting breakout session taught by an expert, then go out and compete and the beat the pants at those loudmouth teams who said they'd pwn you.

Learn + Touch = DO!

link:
https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=309 ]]> https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=309 DEFCON 15 Announcement 7816653C-E49E-4EA2-8C48-C33B172260AD Fri, 15 Jun 2007 20:42:10 -0700 From invisigoth:<br /> The qualification round for this years CTF is complete. More than 150 teams were actually submitting answers which means that participation for this year was more than double the previous high water mark (as far as we're aware). Results may be found at http://www.kenshoto.com/ as always.<br /> <br /> This years challenges came in a wide range of technologies and difficulties. No single team actually solved them all... Additionally, this years level of international participation was staggering... <br /> <br /> The MUD for this year will remain up for teams to ask questions and hopefully collaborate with each other about how they came to solutions for some of the harder challenges. Additionally, we will be putting most if not all of the challenges back online for a while so everybody can sharpen up... Stay tuned... http://www.kenshoto.com/ DEFCON 15 Announcement 8C7B06B6-574E-45A6-88DB-6AA127FCFC89 Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:05:30 -0700
"DefCon presents a really unique opportunity. You know how hostile the environment is. Have you ever wondered what that traffic looks like? All you need do is ask. For years we've provided people the ability to plug in a capture/sniffer box and capture public con traffic to take back to your Evil Laboratory(tm) for analysis after con (you know, once you've sobered up & stuff). If you want in on the action, email us so we can RSVP a spot for you on our Table-of-Doom in the NOC."
TWO SLOTS LEFT!

To get an Idea check out last years network:
Here are the PPT slides from DC14 Closing Ceremonies with all the net stats: DC14network.ppt
http://www.defconnetworking.org/dc14network.ppt
Remember, if you're planning anything "special", have specific needs for your talk, for your demo, for your break-out session, let us know EARLY so we can plan for it.

About Defcon Networking:
We're the group of volunteers who run the network at DEFCON. It's our job to design, plan, architect, implement, and secure the show network. We arrange bandwidth, we handle wireless, we provide secure connections for show staff, speakers, and press. Finally, we provide an environment where DefCon Attendees can share and be creative. ]]> http://www.defconnetworking.org/ DEFCON 15 Announcement DFB30A9B-76EC-47DA-9B17-37501E765909 Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:57:39 -0700 Check out their abstracts and bios online now. The Schedule is not yet finished and we still have room for a few more talks! So don't get discouraged, submit your rootfu now!
Speaker page: http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-speakers.html
New Speakers selected:
Squidly1, aka Theresa Verity, Thinking Outside the Console (box)
Brendan O'Connor, Greater than 1:Defeating "strong" Authentication in Web Applications.
Kenneth Geers, Greetz from Room 101
Peter Berghammer (pf0t0n), A Journalist's Perspective on Security Research.
Schuyler Towne, Locksport: An Emerging Subculture

Many more are online, check back often, the DEFCON 15 Schedule will be online shortly!]]> http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-speakers.html DEFCON 15 Announcement 14A141CC-181D-46FA-A6BA-5CA1AA5178E2 Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:54:55 -0700 The DEFCON 15 CFP will be Closing June 15th! <br>Please submit your rootfu to talks@defcon.org. We have been making selections and we are pleased to have accepted some really great speakers. <br> There is still room to squeeze in a few more exceptional talks. Submit now, there will be no extensions possible! <br> <br> Submit: <br> https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-cfp.html <br> New for DEFCON 15:<br> The second year being at the Riviera has allowed us to make some changes to the format from last year.<br> We have more speaking rooms, and because of this I want to announce a call for workshops, demos, and mini trainings. We have additional small rooms that will enable highly focused demonstrations or workshops.<br> If you want to talk about building a passport cloner or a tutorial on developing Metasploit exploits this might be the format for you. You tell us how much time you need, and we try to accommodate you! If you have an IDEA please submit it, talks@defcon.org!<br> https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-15/dc-15-cfp.html DEFCON 15 Announcement 2A65873F-6839-442C-9FE0-A93401BCE4ED Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:52:20 -0700 Registration page:
http://www.dc949.org/aCTFIII/register.php

>From Contest Organizers:
"We'r