Defcon Media Coverage

This is a comprehensive list of all articles known to have been written about DEF CON. Many publications are no longer in existence, and much of this history is lost. If you know of any articles or write-ups not on this list, or have copies of articles whose links are now broken, please mail us!
A note to journalists: Please stop writing clever articles entitled 'Fear and Hacking in Las Vegas', as it becomes difficult to tell them apart.

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Badges

• Defcon badges kill TVs - The Inquirer
• Exclusive Defcon 16 Badge Sneak Peek - Wired Threat Level Blog

BGP Exploit

• Hackers hacked at infamous DefCon gathering - Yahoo News
• Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole - Wired Threat Level Blog
• More on BGP Attacks -- Updated - Wired Threat Level Blog
• Researchers exploit web protocol to hijack traffic - ZDNet.co.uk

Captcha

• Captchas are easily hackable - The Inquirer

Crackpots

• Dozier Internet Law: Hackers Hack Away at DefCon Annual Convention - John W. Dozier Jr. Blog - Another take on DEFCON

CTF

• Naval Postgraduate School Wins Hacking Contest - Dark Reading
• 3@stplace?!? - atlas wandering blog
• DefCon CTF 2008 - Nice walkthrough of CTF Event

Encryption

• Encrypting Your Hard Disk is Not Safe Anymore: New Vulnerability Affects Microsoft, Intel, HP and Others - Market Watch

UAT

• UAT Delivers at DEFCON - Market Watch

iPhone

• Defcon 16 -- iPhone Used to Hack Wireless Systems - TechTree India

Lock Picking

• Researchers Crack Medeco High-Security Locks With Plastic Keys - Wired Threat Level Blog
• Shrinky Dinks As a Threat To National Security - Slashdot
• Cracking high-security locks is child's play: experts - AFP
• DEFCON 16: Plastic Keys; and JennaLynn Does it Again! - inSecurity.org - Marc Weber Tobias

MBTA vs. MIT

• Agency sues to stop Defcon speakers from revealing gaping holes - The Register
• Mass. transit authority flaw disclosure: A student speaks up - Computer World
• MIT Students: 'T' Card System Easily Hacked - The Boston Channel
• Federal judge halts Defcon talk on subway card hacking - The Register
• Judge orders halt to Defcon speech on subway card hacking - Cnet News
• Federal Judge in DefCon Case Equates Speech with Hacking - Wired Threat Level Blog
• Judge orders halt to Defcon speech on subway card hacking - Cnet News
• Students blocked from presenting paper on security flaws in subway fare cards - USA Today Blog
• MIT Coders' Free Speech At Stake - EFF.org
• MBTA Makes A Mistake, Details On MIT Hack Released To Public - Chattahbox
• Computer Scientists Ask Court to Reconsider Gag Order in DefCon Case - Wired Threat Level Blog
• Boston Subway Hack Debate Intensifies - PC World
• Judge lifts gag order on subway security hack - OUT-LAW News
• Gag order lifted for students who hacked subway card - The Register
• Judge Lifts MIT Subway Hack Gag Order - PC Magazine
• Judge lifts fare card hack gag order, punts on 1st Amendment - Ars Technica
• Exclusive Interview with MIT Subway Hacker Zack Anderson - Popular Mechanics
• 3 takeaways from security-flaw legal flap between MBTA, MIT students - Computer World

Mystery Challenge

• The DefCon 16 Mystery Challenge - Wired Threat Level Blog
• Mystery Box Challenge - Day One - Security Ripcord

NOC

• A First Ever Look Inside The Defcon Network Operations Center - Wired Threat Level Blog

Overview

• DEFCON Conference - Best of the Web Buzz Blog
• Defcon opens with a bang, contests, and intrigue - Cnet News
• Defcon ends with researchers muzzled, viruses written - Cnet News
• DEFCON 16: List of tools and stuff released - ZDNet Zero Day Blog
• Attack of the Show - Def Con Convention - G4 TV
• Cookie-jacking: Potential security risk largely ignored by public - The Tech Herald

Social Networks

• Facebook’s (futile) malware exorcism - can social networks fight back? - ZDNet Blogs
• LinkedIn Hack Demonstrates Ease of Impersonation - Dark reading
• The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and security - ZDNet Blogs

SSL Cookie Hijiacking

• Fighting fire with fire - IT News AU
• A Good Reason To Go Full-Time SSL For Gmail - Slashdot
• Security Researcher Defends Plan To Release Gmail Hacking Tool - Information Week

Wall of Sheep

• Busted by Defcon's Wall of Sheep - The Norman Transcript

Warballooning

• Covert operation floats network-sniffing balloon - Network World

Badges

• Badge Hack at DefCon - Wired News

Banks

• Security Bites Podcast: Defeating online banking security - Cnet News
• How phishers defeat online banking controls - Cnet News
• New Bank Practices Make Hacking Easier - Dark Reading

CTF

• Capture the Experience - Dark Reading

Cyber War

• Flash mob in Estonia - Cnet News

Disclosure

• The Vulnerability Disclosure Game: Are We More Secure? - CSO Magazine
• Hackers Welcome - Forbes

E-voting

• E-Voting Certification Gets Security Completely Backward - Wired News

Feds

• hackers:new allies in war on terror - The Times of India
• Hackers sought as allies in war on terrorism and cyber crim - AFP
• Defense Cyber Crime Center profiled - Federal Computer Week
• I Married a Fed at DefCon - Wired News

General

• Defcon 2007 – Mayhem, mystery and marriage - TG Daily
• In defense of Black Hat and Defcon - Cnet News
• Black Hat 'supersizes' in Las Vegas - Cnet News
• Letter From Hackerdom: Not the Same Old DEF CON, Black Hat - Washington Post Blog
• Hackers, researchers gather for Black Hat, Defcon conventions - Mercury News
• Basics: Black Hat Briefings and Defcon 15 - Mercury News
• Takahashi: Foes mingle at Las Vegas hacking conferences - Mercury News
• Takahashi: Good hackers and bad (53%) - Mercury News
• The romance and mystery of a good hack - The Register
• Hacking for hijinks - The Register
• A Defcon survival guide - The Register
• Forbes Offers a Sympathetic Portrayal of Hackers - Slashdot
• The past is prologue at Black Hat Briefings - Government Computer News
• L0pht in Transition - CSO Magazine
• DefCon Recap - Dark Reading
• How to Land the Best Security Job - Dark Reading
• Overheard at DefCon - Security Focus
• Black Hat wrap-up: Less hackers, but plenty of flaws - SC Magazine
• Educating hackers and defenders Hindu - Business Line
• Podcast: News to know midday: Fake Steve; New iMac; DEFCON flap revisited - ZD Net
• Top 10 geek vacations, Part II - InfoWorld

Germany

• Hacker space movement sought for U.S. - Wired Blog
• Germany enact 'anti-hacker' law - Channel Register
• Germany enacts 'anti-hacker' law - The Register

Honeypots

• Websense to Unveil Web 2.0 Threat Detection at Defcon - PC Magazine
• Websence Protects Web 2.0 - ABC News
• Websense to Unveil Web 2.0 Threat Detection at Defcon - Eweek
• DEFCON - Websense lures Web 2.0 attackers with HoneyJax - Network World

iPhone

• Iphone partially unlocked - TG Daily
• Will the iPhone be iPwned? - Security Focus

Lock Picking

• Picking locks the old-school way - Wired News
• Medeco Readies Assembly-Line Fix for DefCon Lock Hack - Wired News
• Ultra-High Security Locks Used by White House Easily Opened by 12-Year Old Girl - InfoWorld
• Lockpicking for Geekkids - Wired Blog
• White House High-Security Locks Broken: Bumped and Picked at DefCon - Wired News
• Hackers click locks open at conference in US - AFP
• The Study of Physical Hacks at DefCo - Slashdot
• Anti-theft technology - Government Computer News
• Simple Hack Can Unlock Most Any Office Door - CSO Magazine

Malware

• Polymorphic Malware: A Threat That Changes on the Fly - CSO Magazine

Media Players

• Researcher: Media players have critical flaws - MSNBC
• Researcher: media players invite malware - ABC News

NBC Undercover

• How an undercover NBC reporter was outed by hackers - Salon.com
• Defcon: Hacks, Lies, and Videotape - Cio-Today
• Dateline Mole Allegedly at DefCon with Hidden Camera -- Updated: Mole Caught on Tape - Wired News
• Defcon drama: Undercover reporter bolts after outing - Cnet News
• Middle America, Meet The Hacker - Forbes
• Exposed undercover reporter flees hackers conference - AFP
• Undercover 'Dateline' Reporter Outed, Flees from Defcon - PC Magazine
• Undercover TV Producer Bootd from DefCon - ABC News
• NBC muckraker gets hacked at Defcon - The Register
• Dateline NBC Mole Outed At Defcon - Slashdot
• DefCon: Hacking meetup infiltrated by Dateline 'media mole' - CIO Magazine
• Undercover NBC Dateline reporter bolts from DEFCON 2007 - ZD Net
• DefCon's Moss: Undercover Reporter Damages 'Neutral Zone' - Information Week
• NBC Dateline's "Catch a Predator" Series Pays Cops and Undercover "Victims" -- UPDATED - Wired News

Rootkits

• The Great Rootkit Debate - Dark Reading

SCADA

• Hacker shows flaw in software that controls key infrastructure - Computer Crime Research Center
• America's Hackable Backbone - Forbes
• Researcher: Flaw Exposes Hack Threat - Fox
• Researcher worries about cyber-hijackers - MSNBC
• Hacker shows flaw in software that controls key infrastructure - Mercury News

Social Networks

FaceBook

• FaceBook code leaked on Site - ABC News

MySpace

• Hackers: Networking Sites Flawed - The St. Petersburg Times
• By and thanks for the MySpace 'cookies' - The Brunei Times
• - Hackers: Social Networking Sites Flawed Fox
• Hackers: Social networks vulnerable - USA Today
• MySpace weakness patched, hacker's profile deleted - AFP
• Myspace Hacker's Profile Deleted - ABC News
• Morning Buzz: Aug. 6, 2007 - U.S. News and World Report
• 'myspace, others vulnerable to hackers" - Time

Speakers

Sam Bowne

• Teaching hacking helps students, professors say - Security Focus
• Teaching hacking helps students, professors say - Dark Reading

Zac Franken

• 2 Screws, 1 Plastic Cover, How Many Airports Infiltrated? - Eweek
• Open Sesame: Access Control Hack Unlocks Doors - Wired News
• Access Card Systems -- Trivially Vulnerable - Washington Post Blog

Lukas Grunwald

• Buffer Overflow Found in RFID Passport Readers - Slashdot
• Arphid Watch: A Passport Crashing Technique - Wired Blog
• Scan this guy's e-passport and watch your system crash - ABC News

Thomas Holt

• An Inside Look at Internet Attackers' Black Marke - PCWorld
• Online Crooks Fine-tune Selling of Malware - CIO India
• Malware: Serious Business - Forbes
• An Inside Look at Internet Attackers' Black Marke - ABC News
• Black market for malware a thriving place - The Register
• Malware: Serious Business - Dark Reading

Mikko Hyyponen

• There's hope for stopping mobile malware - InfoWorld

Charlie Miller

• An interview with hacker Charlie Miller on dealing with Apple, hacking the iPhone, the vulnerabilities of Leopard, and responsible disclosure - Mercury News

HD Moore

• Hacking Without Exploits - Dark Reading

Scott Moulton

• A Visit to the Drive Doctor - Dark Reading

Vendors

AirDefense

• New Wireless Security Threats Revealed at Defcon 15 - Government Technology
• AirDefense Makes New Detection And Protection Methods Available to Customers - Networkcomputing

AirTight

• AirTight Revealed Potent Variant of Evil Twin at DEFCON 15 - Web Services Journal NJ

AMD

• Is AMD’s 65nm SOI process broken? - ZD Net

Finjan

• Finjan Identifies Important Vulnerability in Windows Vista's Contact Gadget, Leading to a Security Update Issued by Microsoft - ITNews Italy

Immunity

• Exploits in the Fast Lane - Dark Reading
• Security firm makes it easy to come up with attack code - ComputerWorld UK
• Defcon: Security firm automates generation of attack code - ComputerWorld
• Immunity releases new exploit-writing tool - ComputerWeeklyUK
• Security firm makes it easy to come up with attack code - Tech World
• Security firm makes it easy to come up with attack cod - ComputerWorld UK
• Defcon: Security firm automates generation of attack code - ComputerWorld
• Immunity releases new exploit-writing tool - ComputerWeeklyUK
• Immunity releases new exploit-writing tool - Search Security
• Immunity says debugger tool will cut zero-day attacks - ComputerWeeklyUK
• Immunity Unleashes Automatic Exploit Tool - PC Magazine
• Securty Firm Autmates Attack Code Generation - ABC News
• Defcon: Security firm automates generation of attack code - CIO Magazine

ISEC

• How to break forensics software - The Inquirer
• Researcher Finds Media Player Flaws - Fox
• Researcher: media players invite malware - USA Today

Microsoft

• Attackers target two Microsoft security flaws - Search Security
• Microsoft to update critical Windows, Office, flaws. - Search Security

Mozilla

• Mozilla: 10-Day Patch Guarantee 'Not our Policy' - IDG News Service

Wall of Sheep

• net.wars: Wall of sheep - Newswireless.com

Web Hacking

• Browsing the Intranet Problem - Dark Reading
• Internet Explorer and Your Web Site's Privac - Washington Post Blog
• Hackers bite into "cookies" to plunder user data from websites - AFP

Wi-Fi

• Wi-Fi hot spots are easy prey for hackers - Detroit Free Press
• Your Wi-Fi can tell people a lot about you - Cnet News
• Public Wi-Fi use raises hacking risk - USA Today
• Flash: Public Wi-Fi even more insecure than previously thought - The Register
• DEFCON to Demo New Wi-Fi Hacks - Security News Portal

Xerobank

• XeroBank Launches Anonymizing Tool Suite - Dark Reading

Badges

• Defcon aims to thwart counterfeit badges - ABC News
• Defcon Badges go high tech - The Inquirer

Blackberry

• BlackBerry a Juicy Hacker Target - Wired News
• BlackBerry flaw highlights growing mobile device risks - Search Security
• D'Aguanno demonstrates Blackberry attack - The Inquirer
• Is Your Blackberry a Hacker's Back Door? - CFO
• Security Researcher To Release Code That Could Help Exploit BlackBerry Security Flaw - Information Week
• The Week Ahead, Aug. 14-18, 2005 - Forbes
• Trojan malware takes a bite out of BlackBerry - Computer World
• BlackBerry hacking peril exposed - The Register

Blue Pill

• Introducing Blue Pill - The Invisible Things

Bots

• Defcon Speakers Team Up to Fight 'Queen Bots' - Washington Post

Conference Overview

• Defcon 14 report: DAY TWO Zone-H
• Piratas informáticos a todo vapor - BBC Mundo
• Black Hat and Defcon 2006: SecurityFest - PC World
• Defcon 14 report: DAY ONE - Zone-H
• Defcon 14 Wrapup, at Long Last - Washington Post
• DefCon Delays Can't Stop the Madness - Washington Post
• Defcon gets off to a late start - CNET News
• Defcon growing pains - Rush of people delay opening - TG Daily
• Hacker Pranks at Defcon and Black Hat in Las Vegas Emphasize Computer Security - MIT Tech Review
• Hackers and G-men to descend on Las Vegas - MSNBC.com
• Hackers and trackers mixing and mingling - International Herald Tribune
• Hackers gather at confab to penetrate computers, pick locks, spray pellets - Washington Post
• Hackers meet to exploit computer flaws - Fox News
• Las Vegas braces for computer security gurus - TG Daily
• Las Vegas hosts computer security events - SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
• Reunión mundial de piratas informáticos en Las Vegas - El Pais
• Suits and punks convene in Las Vegas for hacker conferences - USA Today
• Talking with the Dark Tangent - Washington Post
• Two Former Federal Agents Talk About Computer Forensics, Network Security and Computer Crime. - CyberSpeak

Contests

• IT Security through contests, sponsored by Pepsi - The Inquirer
• Hackers meet to exploit computer flaws - Fox News

CTF

• Elite programmers compete in CTF at DEFCON - ZD Net
• UF security professionals win world’s largest “hacking” competition - University of Florida News

Device Driver

• Even offline computers can be hacked, researchers say - USA Today
• Experts Discuss Wireless Vulnerability - MS Money
• Researchers show 'systemic' wireless vulnerability - International Herald Tribune

DNS

• DNS amplification attacks explained - The Inquirer

Feds

• Defcon 2006: Hackers can work for the Feds - no degree required - TG Daily
• FBI: Cybercriminals Taking Cues From Mafia - PC World
• Feds court infosec pros in fight against cybercrime - Search Security
• Meeting the Feds at the Def Con Hacker Fair - NPR Radio
• When Online Crooks Advertise - Washington Post

Google

• Johnny Long interview - CyberSpeak

Hardware

• Defcon 14 Full of Amazing Hardware Hacks - Slashdot

IBM

• - Legacy protocol puts IBM mainframes at risk Search Security

IPv6

• The state of IPv6 has to be seen to be believed - The Inquirer

Jackpotters

• Defcon 2006: Casinos could be losing millions to slot machine hackers - TG Daily

Malware

• Cult Of The Dead Cow Puts Malware Samples Online - Windows IT Pro

Microsoft

• Microsoft Challenges Hackers On Vista - CBS News

Offensive Computing

• Cult Of The Dead Cow Puts Malware Samples Online - Windows IT Pro

Oracle

• Defcon 2006: Oracle not so "unbreakable" - TG Daily

Passport

• Is RFID tracking you? - CNN
• Researchers: E-passports pose security risk - CNET
• Biometric passports cracked - Computing
• British biometric passport hacked - The Inquirer
• E-Passport ally responds to cloning claims - Security Focus
• Hacker Cracks, Clones RFID Passport - Tech News World
• Researchers expose e-passport vulnerability - Search Security
• Researchers: E-passports pose security risk - ZD Net Asia
• Security fears threaten RFID adoption - ITWeek

Traveling Terabyte

• Traveling Terabyte Project helps soldiers keep in touch with Defcon - TG Daily

VOIP

• VoIP Abuse at BlackHat, Zimmermann to kick off DEFCON - VON Magazine
• E-mail security hero takes on VoIP - CNET News
• Zfone for VoIP ready for testing - The Inquirer
• Zimmermann: Borderware Licenses Zfone Technology - VON Magazine

Wall of Sheep

• Wall of Sheep at DEFCON illustrates what not to do - ZD Net

War Driving/Wi-Fi

• War driving by rocket at 6,800 feet - Security Focus
• A wireless hacking computer that can't be hacked - TG Daily
• The Black Hat Wi-Fi exploit coverup - NewsForge

Worms

• Researchers warn over Web worms - Security Focus

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Print Articles

• Red Herring (Feb 2005): DT comments on Antivirus Guarantee.
• Wired Magazine (Dec 2004): Bluesnarfing and other DC12 coverage in the article "When Cell Phone Hackers Attack".
• FHM Magazine (Dec 2004): DEFCON was featured in the December 2004 issue of FHM.
• Wired Magazine (Nov 2004): Blurb on the DC 12 Wi Fi Shootout.

General/Misc

• Slashdot - Defcon 12 Running Man Contest - Local Copy
• Slashdot - Slashdot | Blackhat/Defcon Report - Local Copy
• Slashdot - DEFCON 12 - After the Hangover - Local Copy
• Slashdot - Combining Port Knocking With OS Fingerprinting - Local Copy
• The Register - Rampant capitalism upsets delicate Reg reader - Local Copy
• The Register - Vegas braces for DEFCON | The Register - Local Copy
• The Register - VoIP hackers gut Caller ID - Local Copy
• PC World - PDA Viruses Could Get Nasty - Local Copy
• PC World - PCWorld.com - School for Hackers - Local Copy
• Blogs.PC World - Today @ PC World - New MyDoom Strikes Search Engines - Local Copy
• The Inquirer - Hackers and establishment to mingle at DEFCON - Local Copy
• The Inquirer - DEFCON 12: Feds Yes, Anarchy No. - Local Copy
• TomsHardware - Hackers descend on Las Vegas - Local Copy
• TomsHardware - Defcon 12's Fear and Hacking in Vegas - Local Copy
• Las Vegas Sun - Las Vegas SUN: Hackers gather in Vegas for annual digital huddles - Local Copy
• MarketPlace Public Radio - Marketplace Morning Report for August 2, 2004 - Local Copy
• Las Vegas City Life - Hacking the planet - Local Copy
• Searchsecurity - REPORTER'S NOTEBOOK: Impressions of DefCon 12 - Local Copy
• Searchsecurity - Capture the Flag competitions can net far more than fun - Local Copy
• PCWorld - Feds Seek a Few Good Hackers - Local Copy
• ZDNet - Hackers plan global game of 'capture the flag' - Local Copy
• Geek.Com - Global Capture the Flag game for hackers - Local Copy
• ZDNet - Why you should Google yourself--and often - Local Copy
• NewsForge - Google hacks are for real - Local Copy
• NewsForge - Blackhat/Defcon: The final report - Local Copy
• NewsForge - DEFCON 12: Opening Day - Local Copy
• ComputerWeekly - Hackers conference shown how to bypass Active Directory controls - Local Copy
• eBCVG - Training Ethical Hackers: Training the Enemy? - Local Copy
• Forbes Technology Playing Role in GOP Protests - Local Copy

EFF & DVR

• Wired - Group Warns DVRs Endangered - Local Copy
• Telecom Web - EFF's Digital Television Liberation Project Starts Its Engines - Local Copy

Wireless & Wifi Shootout

• Slashdot - DefCon WiFi Distance Competition Calls For Entrants - Local Copy
• Slashdot - DEFCON WiFi Shootout Winners Set A Land Record - Local Copy
• Slashdot - The Dark Side Of DefCon's Wireless Network - Local Copy
• Slashdot - Ready, Aim, HACK! - Local Copy
• Wi-Fi Planet - High Noon for High Range Wireless - Local Copy
• USA Today - Teens' wireless feat could be world record - Local Copy
• LocalTechWire - AirDefense Says Hackers Growing More Sophisticated - Local Copy
• TechWeb - Techweb > News > WLAN security > Wireless Hacks Growing Threat > August 3, 2004 - Local Copy
• Wired - Wired News: Wi-Fi Shootout in the Desert - Local Copy
• TomsHardware - Wireless Wizardy and chaos during at talk at Defcon - Local Copy
• ComputerWire - WiFi and Bluetooth Distance Records Smashed - No Local Copy - pay site
• TheRegister - Wi-Fi 'sniper rifle' debuts at DEFCON | The Register - Local Copy
• P2PNet - Wi-Fi ground distance record - Local Copy
• P2PNet - Bringing goatse - Local Copy
• InternetWeek - WLAN Attacks Getting More Sophisticated, Vendor Says - Local Copy

Bluetooth

• Slashdot - Bluesniper Creator Interviewed on Gizmodo - Local Copy
• Gizmodo - IMterview With Bluetooth Hacking Flexilis's John Hering - Local Copy
• PCWorld - PCWorld.com - Bluetooth Phones Could Leak Data - Local Copy
• P2PNet - Bluetooth mobile snipers - Local Copy
• Wired - Wired News: Security Cavities Ail Bluetooth - Local Copy
• Esato - Bluetooth-cracking gun - Local Copy
• SearchNetWorking - Bluetooth: Security's 'silent killer' - Local Copy

Evoting

• NYTimes - The New York Times > Opinion > Editorial Observer: Rolling Down the Highway, Looking Out for Flawed Elections - Local Copy
• IHT (same as NYTIMEs story) - Meanwhile: Chasing down flaws in electronic voting - Local Copy
• Slashdot - Hackers, Public Differ Greatly On E-voting - Local Copy
• News.com - Poll: E-voters not so afraid of election-day hacks | CNET News.com - Local Copy
• GCN - Government Computer News (GCN) daily news -- Public and experts split over e-voting security - Local Copy
• ZDNet - Poll: E-voters not so afraid of election-day hacks - News - ZDNet - Local Copy
• ComputerWorld - Can you hack the vote? - Local Copy
• ComputerWorld - Public, security experts' e-voting views differ sharply - Local Copy
• GCN - Government Computer News (GCN) daily news; Public and experts split over e-voting security - Local Copy

DNS

• News.com - Internet's 'white pages' allow data attacks - Local Copy
• Slashdot - Network Attacks Via DNS - Local Copy
• Silicon.Com - DNS hack leaves corporate networks wide open - silicon.com - Local Copy
• CBROnline - Researcher says DNS can stream voice, control Trojans - Computer Business Review - Local Copy

Anonymity

• Slashdot - Tor: A JAP Replacement - Local Copy
• Wired - Wired News: Onion Routing Averts Prying Eyes - Local Copy
• CBROnline - Tor offers onion routing for anonymity - Local Copy
• CBROnline - Freenet project struggles with overload - Local Copy

Press Releases

• Net Security - Syngress Publishing Announces the Release of "Zero Day Exploit ... - Local Copy
• Itseccity - DEFCON : One-Hundred Leading Hackers to Present New Material to ... - Local Copy
• Biz.Yahoo - Wireless LAN Attacks are Moving from Discovery Mode to Manipulation - Local Copy
• BusinessWire - LinuxWorld Conference & Expo Exhibitor Profiles - Local Copy
• MarketWire - Immunix Introduces YaST GUI to Help Users of Novell's SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server Simplify Application Security Management - Local Copy
• LockerGnome - No Starch Press Authors To Make Appearance At DEFCON 12 - Local Copy

Blogs/Small Articles

• FSecure - Mikko's blogging on DC12 - Local Copy
• Engadget - Live from DefCon: The Sniper Yagi - Engadget - www.engadget.com - Local Copy
• Engadget - Who you gonna call? The BlueSniper - Engadget - www.engadget.com - Local Copy
• Engadget - Live from DefCon: WiFi bouncing - Local Copy
• BoingBoing - Replace every image on a WiFi network with goatse.cx - Local Copy
• BoingBoing - Defcon Wi-Fi shootout results - Local Copy
• BoingBoing - Sniper rifle modded to be WiFi antenna - Local Copy
• BoingBoing - Defcon Wifi Shootout Contest - Local Copy
• BoingBoing - WiFi shootout in Vegas - Local Copy
• DC404 - Defcon Atlanta Group Write-up - Local Copy

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• The Trade Show Floor: Def Con 0xB - Darth Elmo, Linux Journal - Local Copy
• Security pros talk, but can they walk? - CNET news.com - Local Copy
• Waiting for the worm to turn up - CNET news.com - Local Copy
• Robot 'guard dog' protects Wi-Fi setups - CNET news.com - Local Copy
• Hacking contest promotes security - CNET news.com - Local Copy
• DEFCON '03: Myth, Reality and Pictures - the inquirer - Local Copy
• COMPUTER SECURITY: Searching for the full truth - Las Vegas Review Journal - Local Copy
• Vegas' Hackers' Meeting Stresses e-danger - Las Vegas Sun - Local Copy
• Wireless network worries? Get a dog! - geek.com - Local Copy
• Internet threat looms as thousands of hackers meet - Forbes.com - Local Copy
• Hand-Held Devices Easy to Hack, Security Experts Say - Washington Post - No Local Copy (please provide!)
• Hackers get lesson in the law - CNET news.com - Local Copy
• Has 'haven' for questionable sites sunk? - CNET news.com - Local Copy
• Mitnick unveiled in more crazy DEFCON 03 photos, Root-Fu ceremony captured - the inquirer - Local Copy
• Programmer shows why he's got game - In Business Las Vegas - No Local Copy (please provide!)
• HavenCo's Gilbert & Sullivan Journey - the inquirer - Local Copy

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• Vegas Braces for Hackers - Wired
• Defcon: Va-Va-Va Voom, Las Vegas - Wired
• Defcon: A Veritable Hack Fest - Wired
• Patrick's Def Con X Report: Day One
• How to Win Def Con's Capture the Flag Contest
• Putting fun back into hacking - ZDNet
• Shock! Maturity rules at hack fest - SMH 
• Hackers Called Truthseekers, Problem-Solvers
• Reality Douses DefCon Camaraderie - PCWorld

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• Patrick Brauch of C'T talks about Defcon (auf Deutsch) - Local Copy
• Planet eBook - Kurt Foss - Local Copy
• Defcon 9 Review - En Espanol! - Local Copy
• CNET - Defcon Grows Up - Robert Lemos - Local Copy
• CNET - Hacking for Human Rights - Robert Lemos - Local Copy
• IDG - CdC Redefines Hacktivism - Sam Costello
• The Guardian - Hats off to the Hackers - Simon Edwards - Local Copy
• DFWCUG - What I did on my summer vacation - Opcom - Local Copy
• BBC News - FBI Arrests alleged copyright hacker - Mark Ward - Local Copy
• ZDNet - Are 'White Hat' hackers unfairly under seige? - Robert Vamosi - Local Copy
• The Register - Hackers run amok during Defcon - John Leyden - Local Copy
• IDG - A Virus to fight viruses[sic] - Sam Costello - Local Copy
• Jon Sullivan's Blog on DC9, Part 1 - Local Copy
• Jon Sullivan's Blog on DC9, Part 2 - Local Copy

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• ABC News has an intersting but shallow slide show overview of DEF CON 8.
• TechTV.com's cybercrime had extensive coverage of the convention. This is the main page.
• Hackers aren't criminals - they're the best kind of security - Laird Brown
• Black Hat/Def Con: The Magic is in the Mix. - Richard Thieme
• VarBusiness messes up an article and mis quotes Russ. - Carol Ellison - Local Copy
• Specter Of Network Attacks Looms Anew, - Max Smetannikov, Inter@ctive Week - Local Copy
• Hackers won't give Pentagon a break - Jim Wolf, Reuters - Local Copy
• Specter Of Network Attacks Looms Anew: Computer Snatchers Invade - Local Copy
• Is DEF CON turning legit? - Robert Lemos, ZDNet - Local Copy
• Hackers: Uncle Sam wants you! - Robert Lemos, ZDNet - Local Copy
• Do security holes demand full disclosure? - Weld Pond, @Stake - Local Copy
• Why DEF CON beats H2K. - Drew Ulricksen, ZDNet News
• Why it's a 'Summer of Hacking'. - Joel Deane, ZDNet News - Local Copy
• Jason Scott has a DEF CON Diary located at cow.net - Local Copy

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• Boardwatch Magazine - Doug Mohney - THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS - DEF CON 7 - September Issue, 1999
• Wired News - Two pretty good articles from
  • Wired News - Polly Sprenger - Fear and Hacking in Las Vegas - July 10, 1999 - Local Copy
  • Wired News - Polly Sprenger - Def Con: Brin in Da Noise - July 8, 1999 - Local Copy
• The Arizona Republic - Bruce Meyerson - Tools of the trade - July 9, 1999
• CBS.com - Hacker Eline Meet In Vegas - July 10, 1999
• ABC NEWS.com - Michael J. Martines - Hackers Having a Blast - July 9, 1999
• ZD TV has a section in the CyberCrime area for DEF CON with these different articles
  • ZDTV - Alex Wellen - Def Con Writ Large - July 13, 1999
  • ZDTV - Alex Wellen - Closing in on Def Con - July, 1999
    Remembering the First Def Con. (Note: Contains some factual errors, but still good) - Local Copy
  • ZDNet - Inter@ctive Week Online - Doug Mohney - Hacker Fest: Serious Party - July 28, 1999
• Kevin Poulson had a few pieces about DEF CON
  • My First Def Con - On finding decadence and dialogue in the desert - July 14, 1999
  • He had this to say about InfoWar, in a question that was brought up to him at DEF CON 7.0.
• MSNBC had a couple of articles
  • XDNNs Robert Lemos had an article about the media causing hacking.
  • MSNBC - Should you care about DEF CON? - July 12, 1999
  • MSNBC - Bob Sullivan - Hackers descend on Las Vegas - July 9, 1999.
• CNET News.com - Tim Clark - Hackers attack their own kind - July 9, 1999 Local Copy
• CNN had several articles:
  • CNN - DefCon '99 draws security experts from both sides - July 12, 1999 - Local Copy
  • CNN - DefCon 99: Games hackers play - July 13, 1999 - Local Copy
  • CNN - Convicted hacker gives advice at DefCon - July 13, 1999 - Local Copy
  • CNN - DefCon demos the latest chaos - July 14, 1999 - Local Copy
  • CNN - Back Orifice 2000 under control - July 15, 1999 - Local Copy
  • CNN - Bad rap for Back Orifice 2000? - July 21, 1999 - Local Copy
• USA Today newspaper wrote Hacking into a new age.
• Infoworld had a couple pieces about Black Hat and DEF CON.
  • this nice piece about Black Hat and DEF CON. - Local Copy
  • Infoworld - Matthew Nelson - 2,500 hackers gather in Las Vegas for DefCon - July 11, 1999
• Computerworld had this short piece: Latest hacker tool will target NT desktops.
• PCWorld News - Andrew Brandt - Hacker Games: From Trivia to Wrestling July 10, 1999 - Local Copy
  PCWorld News - Hackers Gather in Vegas.
  PCWorld News - Andrew Brandt - Hack-a-thon Demos the Latest Chaos - July 12, 1999 - Local Copy
  Parse has several Real Media interviews of stuff around DEF CON.. check it out in thesection.
  Psuedo has some Video of DC7

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• NYTimes - Hacker Convention Takes On a Corporate Tone by By MATT RICHTEL - Local Copy
• NYTimes - The Hacker Myth Crumbles at Convention - Local Copy
• CNN - Hackers: the good, the bad, the ugly - Local Copy - Wav File from CNN Story
• CNN - Hackers claim to find security holes in Microsoft's Windows - Local Copy
• Infoworld - Attendees beware: A Black Hat in the sun can scorch your brain - Local Copy
• Infoworld - Black Hat: We have seen the enemy and they are ... being interviewed on CNN - Local Copy
• ZDNet - DEF CON: Fear and fascination in Las Vegas - Local Copy

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• ABC News with a picture of AJ and Deth Veggie. By Angie Bluethman.
• Hackers turn up heat at DEF CON V, from the Secure Computing Security Newsletter. By Holly Knox, Internet Security Editor 
• ZDNet's Hackers invade Vegas. By Robert Lemos.
• Netly News If you build it, they will Con. By Declan McCullagh - Local Copy
• The Site's Fear and Hacking in Las Vegas by Joel Deane.
• Crooks Hook Clueless Hackers by Joel Deane.
• Special to the Mercury News West magazine It takes a hacker to catch a hacker Four parts, by Jonathan Littman.
• Here are the pictures from the article thanks to Lockheed for scanning them.
• Computer World's Fear and Hacking in Las Vegas (Common article title, eh?) by Michael Schrenk. - Local Copy
• The Vominator's heart wrenching experiences at DEF CON V.
• Krusty's TDYC review of DEF CON V.
• Soul to Squeeze writes about the con.
• Lockheed's account of what the hell happened.
• Thanks to Ophie for sending this Comic from Computer World.
• TekLord and Plucky's review page for DEF CON 5. - Local Copy(scroll to near end of document)
• What Plucky, TekLord and Zytek did.
• DefCon V Adventure: System Failure Debut, by pinguino.
• This piece, called Hackers Do Vegas ran in The Australian on August 2.
• Hacker Lessons learned by Matt Willis and told at DEF CON 5, written by Sharon Machlis for Computerworld 07/21/97.
• Ira Winkler Spy Catcher talks about what he had to say at DEF CON 5, written by Steve Ulfelder for Computerworld, 08/11/97.
• Hackers swap secrets on cracking computers By Angie Bluethman of the Associated Press.
• Count the Cliches in a recent story published by the Associated Press.

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• DEF CON Hackers television transcript from The Discovery Channel "Cyber Life."
• FBI lectures hackers at convention By Adam Steinhauer, Sunday, July 28, 1996 in the Las Vegas Review-Journal and Las Vegas Sun
• The Orange County Register and this short piece about the FBI at DEF CON IV.

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• The review from SunWorld Online News.
• The archive of stories about the hack of MGM's Hackers movie home page (Which happened right before the con.

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• Business Week had a pretty cool write up on the whole matter.
• John Markhoff from the NY Times was there, this is what he had to say.
• Cyber Christ(Who was seen at several cons that year) showed up.
• Theora had a review
• The Financial Times write up was very poor attempt by the author to evaluate a convention he never attended, with an anti virus spin job.
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
• A super short blurb about the con in the Iron Feather Journal.
• John C. Dvorak wrote a bit about it in PC Magazine.
• Robert X. Cringley from Infoworld was there also.

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• What Robert X. Cringely had to say about DEF CON I in Info World.
• Robert X. Cringley previews the convention in Infoworld (Unformatted)

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