Hey everyone! The Press Page and the DC 18 Archive Page have been updated with a ton of stories covering DEF CON 18! Not only that, but we have uploaded the first early release video (slides w/ audio) of a few of the talks, including:

DEFCON 18 Hacking Conference Presentation By Joe Grand and Dark Tangent - Welcome And Behind The Scenes Of The DEFCON Badge - Slides.m4v

DEFCON 18 Hacking Conference Presentation By Barnaby Jack - Jackpotting Automated Teller Machines Redux - Slides.m4v

DEFCON 18 Hacking Conference Presentation By David Maynor and Paul Judge - Searching For Malware - Slides.m4v

DEFCON 18 Hacking Conference Presentation By Chris Paget - Practical Cellphone Spying - Slides.m4v

DEFCON 18 Hacking Conference Presentation By Md Sohail Ahmad - WPA Too! - Slides.m4v

Enjoy! The rest of the audio and video will be up in a couple of months, but for now, enjoy these tasty nuggets of DEF CON goodness!

The DEF CON 18 Archive Page is up and running! Currently, we have all of the presentation slides, white papers and extras posted, as well as the DEF CON 18 Program in pdf format! Coming in the next week or so we'll have contest results, press, and even a few early release videos! So check it out and begin reliving the glory that was DEF CON 18!

DEF CON 18 was a resounding success! With more contests, events, attendance and talks, this year's show was a fitting end to our years at the Riviera! We'd like to thank the Riv for working with and hosting us for 5 awesome years! We'd also like to thank all the folks who sacrificed time, effort, and resources to contribute to the hacking community, as well as a huge thank you to all the attendees for showing up and learning, growing and participating in all this con has to offer!

We've all had a chance to wind down decompress from all the excitement of DEF CON 18, and all of the results, press, photos, updated materials and other content is rolling in. Starting in the next couple of days and through the next few weeks, we'll be posting all of this info for everyone to enjoy, reflect upon, and learn from. Keep your eyes on defcon.org, the DEF CON RSS feed, our Twitter and Facebook for all the latest updates from the show!

Craig Heffner discusses hacking millions of routers and his upcoming talk tomorrow in a new Speaker's Corner!

Be The Match offers the unique opportunity for you to give a life-saving marrow transplant to someone in need.  Thousands of patients with leukemia and other life-threatening diseases depend on the Be The Match Registry, the largest and most diverse registry in the worlds, to find a life-saving donor. The more potential donors that step forward, more resources are available to patients and more lives can be saved. 

  Description of the donor recruitment drive:
Be The Match will have a booth at DefCon 18 where individuals can register to be part of the Be The Match Registry.  All they need to be is between the ages of 18 and 60, meet the health guidelines and be willing to donate to ANY patient in need.  At the recruitment drive, you will fill out a consent form with contact information and a short medical evaluation.  You will receive more information about what it means to be a donor and then you will swab the inside of your cheeks.  Your tissue type will be listed in the Be The Match Registry until your 61st Birthday.  If you are a match for someone in need, then you will be contacted for donation.

This year we are offering 802.1x/WPA-encrypted wireless access for Internet access. In order to access the "DefCon-Secure" wireless network, you will need to create login information for yourself. We have setup a self-registration website.

https://wifireg.defcon.org

Go to this site to register a username & password.
You can hit it from your phone, WWAN, or the open DefCon wireless.

We have also included a copy of the SecureTrust CA root certificate in case your device does not have it in its default certificate trust chain (many systems do, some do not).

SSID: DefCon-Secure
or DefCon-SecureA for 5.0GHz devices (iPad, newer Macbooks)

Network Authentication: WPA2
Data encryption: TKIP or AES
Authentication EAP Type: PEAP
Authentication Mechanism: EAP-MSCHAP v2

The Suggmeister provides some insight into the genesis of a talk as a new speaker in this new Speaker's Corner!

Check out the update on social-engineer.org

Matt Ryanczak Talks about IPv6 and the future in this all new Speaker's Corner!

Tips for getting the most out of your DEF CON experience are discussed in this Speaker's Corner by Nicholas Percoco entitled "Packing It All In"!

Lock pick shapes are de-mystified in this part one of a new Speaker's Corner by Schuyler Towne entitled "What's This Lockpick For?"!

There's a ton happening leading up to DEF CON 18 in just twelve more days!

The Mystery Challenge is heating up! Check out the Mystery Challenge forum for the latest hijinks!

We have some bad news, unfortunately the Geo Challenge will not be happening this year. You can read more about this on the Geo Challenge forum. Our sympathy goes out to the organizers for what promised to be a great contest. Definitely look for it next year!

There are some exciting new offerings that have surfaced recently! Among them are:

Dark Tangent is busting out the Tamper Evident Contest, in which you debunk the phrase "Impossible to reseal or re-use", and document how you did it!

The Backdoor Hiding Contest, in which you test your skills at hiding and finding backdoors.

Capture the Packet is a cool new network scavenger hunt. Look for clues, solve puzzles and win prizes!

Crack Me If You Can: 53,000 password hashes, 48 hours, nuff said!

PCB PWNage is a mini contest from the Hardware Hacking Village to find out who can design the coolest PCB!

The Twitter Hunt: Follow @TheSuggmeister and watch for the clues that lead to prizes!

For all the latest info on contests and events at this year's DEF CON, check out the DEF CON Forums!

Congratulations to the Winners of the DEF CON 18 Artwork Contest! We had a bunch of great entries this year, But we could only pick a few!

First Place and People's Choice vote win goes to "18 & Legal" by Mar!

Second place goes to "DEF CON Boy" by oshu!

Third Goes to "Her" by emtag!

Congrats to all the winners and a big thanks to all who entered! To view and download all the wallpapers from this year's contest got to the DEF CON 18 Artwork Contest Public Gallery!

You can now view all the bios and samples from the killer line-up of artists performing at DEF CON this year! Check them out on the Entertainment page.

Do we need to say much more than that? Check out the DEF CON 18 Speaking Schedule.

Here's another twenty-four hot-n-fresh new DEF CON talks. Feast.

Here's a new list of speaker adds. You're probably not even finished absorbing the last one. That's just how we do. Deal with it.

We're working feverishly to get the talks finalized and posted - here's the most recent batch. Keep your eye on this space for piping hot update goodness.

Over the past week or two, we've had a flood of announcements for new contests like Dark Tangent's Tamper Evident Contest, Backdoor Hiding Contest, and KoreLogic's "Crack Me If You Can" Contest! Check them out! (Read More...)

Congratulations to the qualifying teams for DEF CON Capture the Flag 2010! Official Quals info is live on ddtek.biz, so check it out for standings, correct and submitted answers by team and much more! (Read More...)

Check out the new Speaker's Corner by Shawn Moyer entitled "Kill Yr Idols"!

Here's another great batch of talks for DEF CON 18! Stay tuned, we got tons of last minute submissions, so there's a bunch more more coming down the pipe in the next couple of weeks!

Internet Wars Panel
More info to come.

Cyber[Crime|War] Charting Dangerous Waters
Iftach Ian Amit

Seccubus - Analyzing Vulnerability Assessment Data the Easy Way...
Frank Breedijk

Exploiting SCADA Systems
Jeremy Brown

Katana: Portable Multi-Boot Security Suite
JP Dunning

Making the DEF CON 18 Badge.
Joe "Kingpin" Grand

How to Hack Millions of Routers
Craig Heffner

Powershell...omfg
David Kennedy (ReL1K) and Josh Kelley (Winfang)

Like a Boss: Attacking JBoss
Tyler Krpata

Blitzableiter - the Release
Felix "FX" Lindner

Changing Threats To Privacy: From TIA To Google
Moxie Marlinspike

Attacking .NET Programs at Runtime
Jon McCoy

Securing MMOs: A Security Professional's View From the Inside
metr0

Wardriving the Smart Grid: Practical Approaches to Attacking Utility Packet Radios
Shawn Moyer and Nathan Keltner

The Games We Play
Brandon Nesbit

ExploitSpotting: Locating Vulnerabilities Out of Vendor Patches Automatically
Jeongwook Oh

Sniper Forensics - One Shot, One Kill
Christopher E. Pogue A.K.A "Big Poppa ReverShell"

Toolsmithing an IDA Bridge, Case Study For Building a Reverse Engineering Tool
Adam Pridgen

A New Approach to Forensic Methodology - !!BUSTED!! Case Studies
David C. Smith and Samuel Petreski

Web Application Fingerprinting with Static Files
Patrick Thomas

VirGraff101: An Introduction to Virtual Graffiti
Tottenkoph

An Examination of the Adequacy of the Laws Related to Cyber Warfare
Dondi "SpookDoctor06" West

The folks at social-engineer.org have taken the reigns of the DEF CON 18 Social Engineering Contest, and Registration is Open! (Read More...)

Only a few more days to submit your CFP to speak at DEF CON 18! Call for Papers will officially close Tuesday June 1, so get those submissions in to share your cutting edge hacking research with the world!

Check out the official announcement for details, and then fill out the Call for Papers Form.

We've got a couple of new sections on defcon.org, the first of which is the Capture The Flag Archive, a page dedicated to collecting accounts, walk throughs and other resources of Capture the Flag at DEF CON over the years, not only for history's sake but so the uninformed and/or interested can better grasp the epic journey that teams must face on the road to DEF CON CTF victory! We Just collected a bunch of the walkthroughs, video, and write-ups from this past weekend's CTF Quals so check it out!

The second new section of defcon.org is called Speaker's Corner, where we will be posting short stories, talk teasers, technical info and words of wisdom from our DEF CON speakers past & present. The first post is by DEF CON 17 Speaker Jayson E. Street, and is entitled "Trying to Be a Wise Man at DEF CON", and thanks to Jayson for being the first to jump onboard!

We hope you enjoy these new additions to the site and will help them to grow and be useful to all!

For immediate release:

MiniBosses (http://www.minibosses.com/) have signed on as an official act to perform at theSummit on Thursday July 28th during DEF CON . They are the second act to confirm a performance spot at this years Fundraiser. At ShmooCon in February, DualCore announced that they will return again for this years event for the 4th consecutive year and 3rd year as the headlining act.(Read More...)

The vortex is swirling folks. There's sense of urgency in the air, you can't quite put your finger on it, but it's beginning to make you a little nervous and a little excited. Can you feel it nagging the back of your mind? That little voice saying, ever so quietly, "Less than 2 weeks left to submit a talk!", and "CTF Quals reg ends tomorrow!". Or maybe you hear, "write a short story", "Figure out LosT's puzzles" or "enter the Art Contest".

That voice is actually us reminding you that all of these things are coming up or going on within the next two days to three weeks. So if you want to participate, you better get moving! Keep up on current events, as always, on the DEF CON Twitter, DEF CON Facebook, DEF CON RSS Feed and here on defcon.org!

Here's another fresh batch of delicious Speaker goodness for you! Enjoy!

Exploiting Internet Surveillance Systems
Decius

The Search for Perfect Handcuffs... and the Perfect Handcuff Key
Deviant Ollam

Jackpotting Automated Teller Machines Redux
Barnaby Jack

The Power of Chinese Security
Anthony Lai, Jake Appelbaum and Jon Oberheide

Repelling the Wily Insider
Matias Madou and Jacob West

You Spent All That Money And You Still Got Owned...
Joseph McCray

Cyberterrorism and the Security of the National Drinking Water Infrastructure
John McNabb

HD Voice - The Overdue Revolution
Doug Mohney

DEF CON Security Jam III: Now in 3-D?
David Mortman, Rich Mogull, Chris Hoff, Rsnake, Dave Maynor, and Larry Pesce

"This Needs To Be Fixed" and Other Jokes In Commit Statements
Bruce Potter and Logan Lodge

Airport Body Scanners and Possible Countermeasures
Paul F. Renda

Injecting Electromagnetic Pulses Into The Electric Grid
Paul F. Renda

SHODAN for Penetration Testers
Michael "theprez98" Schearer

SMART Project: Applying Reliability Metrics to Security Vulnerabilities
Blake Self, Wayne Zage and Dolores Zage

Hacking Oracle From Web Apps
Sumit "sid" Siddharth

So Many Ways to Slap A Yo-Ho:: Xploiting Yoville and Facebook for Fun and Profit
strace

Attack the Key, Own the Lock
Schuyler Towne and datagram

Balancing the Pwn Trade Deficit
Valsmith, Colin Ames and Anthony Lai

Keep your eyes on the DEF CON 18 Speakers Page and the DEF CON Twitter for new speaker announcements!

Here we go! Here is the first of many batches of DEF CON 18 talks to be posted! Expect more early in the week!

FOCA2: The FOCA strikes back
Chema Alonso and José Palazón "Palako"

Connection String Parameter Attacks
Chema Alonso and José Palazón "Palako"

SCADA and ICS for Security Experts: How to avoid cyberdouchery
James Arlen

Web Services We Just Don't Need
Mike "mckt" Bailey

Our Instrumented Lives: Sensors, Sensors, Everywhere...
Greg Conti

Cloud Computing, a weapon of mass destruction?
David "VideoMan" M. N. Bryan

The keys to running a successful DEF CON Group by DC612
David "VideoMan" M. N. Bryan and Jared Bird

Programmable HID USB Keystroke Dongle: Using the Teensy as a pen testing device
Adrian Crenshaw

Constricting the Web: Offensive Python for Web Hackers
Nathan Hamiel and Marcin Wielgoszewski

Hardware Black Magic: Designing Printed Circuit Boards
Dr. Fouad Kiamilev, Corey 'c0re' Lange and Stephen 'afterburn' Janansky

DCFluX in: Moon-bouncer
Matt "DCFluX" Krick

Air Traffic Control Insecurity 2.0
Righter Kunkel

"This is not the droid you're looking for..."
Nicholas J. Percoco and Christian Papathanasiou

Malware Freak Show 2: The Client-Side Boogaloo
Nicholas J. Percoco and Jibran Ilyas

Build a Lie Detector/Beat a Lie Detector
Rain and j03b34r

Keep your eyes on the DEF CON 18 Speakers Page and the DEF CON Twitter for new speaker announcements!

Check out the new site for DEF CON 18! It's got the most basic info for now, so keep your eyes peeled as all of the great talks, contests and events solidify!

You can expect the first round of accepted speakers to be posted very soon! We're also working on a page to guide those new to DEF CON where to look for pertinent information. You will be able find all of the scheduling and entertainment info here as well as it becomes available, so be sure to follow us on the Twitter or Facebook feeds to stay up to the minute as we post new data!

Wander around, get familiar, and be sure to check back for frequent updates to the madness that is DEF CON 18!

This contest is new this year and we are hoping it goes over well. Lots of you out there are avid writers and some just have an incredible imagination that when put to paper it blows your mind. Speaking from several years of reviewing white papers and slide decks, you guys are hilarious. We'd like to see your flair for creative writing put to another use and reward you for a (*cough*troll*Cough*) job well done. Good Luck! Check out all the details on the Short Story Contest Forum!

Do your hear it? The whir of the gears of DEF CON planning reaching operating speed? All around us events are springing into action!

HighWiz has stated intention to bring back DC101, a primer for those new to attending DEF CON. Not many details yet, but you can stay tuned to DC101 on the DEF CON Forums to stay up to date with details as they become available!

We've also noticed that The Summit will be back this year, hosted by Vegas 2.0 to benefit the EFF! You can find details on the Summit Facebook page!

We also can't fail to mention recent activity on LosT's Mystery Challenge. He says it's going to be the last year, so you better pay attention if you want to participate! You can follow the Mystery Challenge Forum and the Official Mystery Challenge Site at ten-five-seven.org.

There is also a new forums based contest, called "What's in Neil's Pants", wherein Nikita asks a trivia question every week for the chance to win fabulous prizes from the things Neil leaves in his many pockets when he throws his pants in the hamper.

You can also look for the DEF CON 18 Website to launch by the end of the month with an announcement for the DEF CON 18 Artwork Contest to be released in early May!

As always, keep your eyes trained on the DEF CON Twitter for Updates as they occur!

From EFF.org:

As the winter snows begin to melt, revealing a landscape full of promise and hope, a hacker’s thoughts turn to flights of fancy: specifically, the thought of being in Las Vegas during the last weekend in July.

If you’re one of those hackers and you love digital freedom, EFF would like your help spreading the word about our efforts to protect and defend coders’ rights by encouraging your friends and neighbors to join you in supporting us. In return, EFF wants to help the best EFFvangelists enjoy Defcon 18 in style! Read more...

Contest and event planning is starting to heat up! A few more have surfaced (marked in white) and some others have begun conversation! Check out your favorite DEF CON Contest or Event link below for more info!

10,000¢ Hacker Pyramid: Call for Help
Artwork Contest: Coming in May
Badge Hacking Contest: Forum Active
Be The Match Foundation - Bone Marrow Drive: NEW! Forum Active
Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest: Forum Active
Cannonball Run: Forum Active
Capture the Flag: Quals Announced
DEF CON Shoot: Forum Active
Geo Challenge: Forum Active
Social Engineering Contest: No Posts
Goon Band — Recognize: Forum Active
Forum Meet: Forum Active
Hacker Jeopardy: Forum Active
Hacker Karaoke: Forum Active
Hardware Hacking Village: Forum Active
Lockpicking Contests: Forum Active
Mystery Challenge: Forum Active
Official DEF CON DJs, Music, and Events: Call for DJS, Forum Active
Open CTF: New Organizers, Forum Active
QueerCon: No Posts
Scavenger Hunt: Forum Active
Spot the Fed:Forum Active

Keep your eyes on the DEF CON Twitter, DEF CON Facebook, DEF CON RSS Feed and defcon.org for updates!

Defense Diutinus Technologies Corp (ddtek) is pleased to announce the round of qualification for DEF CON 18 CTF.

Stock up on Red Bull, put the pizza delivery on speed dial, polish up your fancy shellcodes, and replenish the duct tape supply. The competition for these coveted spots will be held over 55 non-stop hours 21-24 May. When the dust clears only the 10 best will be invited to join us this summer in sin city for the annual DEF CON deathmatch. Read More...

DC949, the creators of the Open CTF Contest (formerly Amateur CTF), after five long years have decided to step down as organizers. DEF CON would like to thank them for all of their hard work over the last five years in making a contest that was not only fun, but also open to all who'd like to test the waters of Capture the Flag type competition.

They have passed the torch to a team that has competed in their contest many times, TubeWarriors. Welcome TubeWarriors, we wish you luck!

You can read more in the Open CTF thread on the DEF CON Forums, as well as DC949's Farewell Thread.

With the electronic DEFCON badge now in its fifth incarnation, we've decided to try something different. We're opening our kimono (just slightly) for DEFCON attendees, groups, villages, or contest organizers who want to integrate some piece of information or hide some piece of data in the badge to help further their cause during the con. For example, maybe your contest wants to hide a clue on the badge and then contestants have to find it in the code or press a certain button to reveal it... Read more on the DEF CON Forums. Submissions are due by April 1, 2010.

As some of you may know, One of our speakers Thomas Wilhelm was recently a bone marrow donor from the Be the Match program. He contacted us about setting up a registry drive at Defcon 18. We like that Idea and are going to do what we can to make sure they have the space they need in order to grow their donor registry. You can Read More on the DEF CON Forums, and keep your eye on that forum for further details as they develop.

The Artist Bookings for DEF CON 18 Bands and DJs are currently open! If you are a DJ or a Band that would like to play at the Black and White Balls, by the Pool, in the Chill Out area, or various other DEF CON events, now is the time to submit your application! DJ Great Scott will be accepting submissions up until May 3rd, 11:59pm (23:59) CST (US CENTRAL). You can find his post announcing this on the DEF CON Forums and fill out the application form. Good Luck!

Head on over to the Official DEF CON Facebook Fan Page and if you're not already, become a fan! We've uploaded pictures taken by the official DEF CON 17 photographer, ETA. Also some pics from Nikita, Dark Tangent, and other Goons who sent them to us.

While you're there, start a discussion or leave us a comment, and Let us know where your DEF CON pics are!

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More exciting than the latest 0-day in Acrobat or Internet Exploder, it is time for the DEF CON CFP to open! Check out the DEF CON 18 CFP Announcement for all the details!

Contest & Events for DEF CON 18!

Posted 2.12.10 by DEF CON

The following Contests and Events have announced their intention to return for DEF CON 18! The ones that already have post activity are marked below. If you have an idea for a new contest or event, you can check out the New Ideas forum and see what kind of response you get!

10,000¢ Hacker Pyramid: No Posts
Artwork Contest: No Posts
Badge Hacking Contest: No Posts
Beverage Cooling Contraption Contest: Forum Active
Cannonball Run: No Posts
Capture the Flag: No Posts
DEF CON Shoot: Forum Active
Geo Challenge: No Posts
Social Engineering Contest: No Posts
Hacker Jeopardy: Forum Active
Hacker Karaoke: No Posts
Hardware Hacking Village: Forum Active
Lockpicking Contests: Forum Active
Mystery Challenge: No Posts
Official DEF CON DJs, Music, and Events: Call for DJS, Forum Active
QueerCon: No Posts
Scavenger Hunt: No Posts
Spot the Fed:Forum Active

We'll post updates as they happen on the DEF CON Twitter, DEF CON RSS Feed and here on the site!

DEF CON Archives on iTunes

Posted 2.9.10 by DEF CON

You can now find all of the DEF CON 1 through 17 presentations through iTunes as audio and video podcasts. download them straight to your iPod, iPhone and soon, iPad for convenient viewing on the go! Link to iTunes store.

DEF CON Archives Complete!

Posted 2.5.10 by DEF CON

DEF CON 9-11 music is now live, with RSS feeds for each. This completes the conversion of the DEF CON Archives for your enjoyment!

You can find the RSS feeds at:

DEF CON 10
https://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-9-music.rss
https://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-10-music.rss
https://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-11-music.rss

DEF CON Archives Nearing Completion!

Posted 1.22.10 by DEF CON

DEF CON 10 and 11 presentation audio and video are now converted and live on their respective archives pages, and we have also posted RSS feeds for each. This makes the presentation archives complete! All that remains is to finish the DEF CON 9-11 Music RSS feeds, and the archives will be whole and up to date!

You can find the RSS feeds at:

DEF CON 10
https://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-10-audio.rss
https://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-10-video.rss

DEF CON 11
https://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-11-audio.rss
https://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-11-video.rss

Or check out the DEF CON Media Archives Page! Updates will be posted here on defcon.org, media.defcon.org, and the DEF CON Twitter, so keep watch!

Pricing for DEF CON 18

Posted 1.12.10 by DEF CON

As the CPU cycles of DEF CON 18 Planning begin to rise toward 100%, we wanted to inform you that the price of admission will be rising slightly for DEF CON 18 to $140 USD due to price increases in the cost of doing business in Las Vegas and Washington State. The economy is in a slump, but don't tell the tax crazy cities that!

I can't afford that, you say? You could offset this modest bump in price if you were to save an extra 10¢ per day from now until con. That's what, one can of Jolt Cola per week? For almost four days of some of the most groundbreaking talks, contests, events and hacker social funtime around? Check the newspaper coin returns, look under your couch cushions, keep your eyes on the ground for change! You'll find that extra $20, and it'll be worth it!

We are planning to make DEF CON bigger and better than previous years, with a new "No Drama Badge™" to keep you out of lines and in action. So keep watch on defcon.org and the DEF CON Twitter for news of the surprises we have in store!

Happy New Year from DEF CON!

Posted 1.1.10 by Dark Tangent

As 2009 fades away into the memory back ups, we'd like to wish you all happy hacking in 2010! At DEF CON World Domination HQ, we are wrapping up the last of the archiving and moving to get into DEF CON 18. We have some new surprises in development to make this year's show even better. So stay tuned to the DEF CON RSS Feed and the DEF CON Twitter for the latest updates as we release past content and announce new events and contests!

We'll be opening the DC 18 Call for Papers some time in February, and now is a great time to start thinking about new ideas you may have for DEF CON 18. You can follow and participate in the Planning and New Ideas sections of the DEF CON Forums.

Happy New year to all from the DEF CON Team!

DEF CON Archives Pages Up and Running!

Posted 12.28.09 by Neil

Gone are the days of the 10 mile deep DEF CON archives page! The new and improved archives pages for DEF CON 1-10 are now all up and running to match the 11-17 archives posted earlier this year. There is still a bit of audio left to transcode, and a few more RSS feeds coming, so keep your eyes on the archives and our twitter feed for those developments as they occur. You can also check out media.defcon.org for the list of of the most current updates to the media from past shows.

DEF CON HQ Update

Posted 12.9.09 by Neil

Hey Hackers, we just wanted to let you know what's going on here at DEF CON World Domination HQ! DT, Nikita and myself are grinding away at the DEF CON Archives working on the bestest New Year's gift ever, filling in the gaps and re-encoding all of the content from all of the past cons! We're also making audio and video RSS feeds for years that don't have them, and trying to pull some SEO magic to make everything ultimately more findable. SO, keep your eyes on the DEF CON Archives for all of the great stuff from the past 17 years that you forgot you wanted to know. If you don't already follow, the DEF CON Twitter feed is a great place to get the freshest announcements on what we are doing!

By the way, the buzz for DEF CON 18 is already humming on the DEF CON Forums, and a few of the contests have planning threads and announcements open. Now is a great time to start thinking about new ideas that you might want to propose for this year's DEF CON, so post them there if you've got a great new idea!

Early Christmas! DEF CON 17 Video and Audio Now Online!

Posted 11.13.2009 by DEF CON

That's right kids! Whether you've been naughty or nice, all of the audio and video from DEF CON 17 is now available for download! You can get it by heading to the DEF CON 17 Archive Page, and check out all of the awesome talks you want. You can also get them straight from the iTunes store or from the following RSS Feeds:

• Speaker & Slides contains video of the speaker and their slides.
• Slides contains video of the slides with speaker audio.
• Audio for those you just want to listen to.

We're also considering posting them soon for one massive download over torrent and peer to peer, so stay tuned, and enjoy!!

Re-encoded Past DEF CON Content!

Posted 10.15.2009 by DEF CON

Dark Tangent has been busy this past weekend, re-encoding the Audio from DEF CON 1 through 6 into iPod friendly m4b format! While he was at it, he decided to also re-encode the Hacker Documentaries in the archives to m4v format for your viewing pleasure! The audio from 1-6 can also be downloaded straight from iTunes! Also check out media.defcon.org for peer-to-peer links and links to all of the past media we're working on!

DEF CON 1 Audio Links | DEF CON 1 Audio RSS
DEF CON 2 Audio Links | DEF CON 2 Audio RSS
DEF CON 3 Audio Links | DEF CON 3 Audio RSS
DEF CON 4 Audio Links | DEF CON 4 Audio RSS
DEF CON 5 Audio Links | DEF CON 5 Audio RSS
DEF CON 6 Audio Links | DEF CON 6 Audio RSS

Re-encoded Hacker Documentaries
Hacker Documentary - 1994 - Unauthorized Access by Annaliza Savage
Hacker Documentary - 1995 - Hackers 95 by Phon-E and R.F. Burns
Hacker Documentary - 1997 - Hacks by Christine Bader
Hacker Documentary - 2000 - Commodore 64 Cracks by Iron Feather

DJ Event Videos from DEF CON 17!

Posted 09.14.2009 by DEF CON

For your visual and auditory pleasure, check out the following videos of the fantastic sets recorded from some of the DJ Events at DEF CON 17! Special thanks to Liquid8or for recording and providing these videos! Download and enjoy!

Corrupt Data
DJ Njntrubl - End of BW Ball
DJ Felix 1 - Pool Party
DJ Felix 2 - Pool Party
DJ Felix Mix
DJ Great Scott 1 - BW Ball
DJ Great Scott 2 - BW Ball
DJ Great Scott 3 - BW Ball
DJ Great Scott 4 - BW Ball
DJ Great Scott and Sailor Gloom - BW Ball
DJ Jackalope - BW Ball
DJ Jackalope - End of BW Ball
DJ Kricz Klink - BW Ball
DJ Pepse - Pool Party
DJ Pepse and Felix - Pool Party
DJ Reeves - NSB
DJ Sailorgloom and Kricz Klink - BW Ball
DJ Simo Sleevin - NSB
DJ Simo Sleevin and Scritch - NSB
DJ Undecided 1 - BW Ball
DJ Undecided 2 - BW Ball
DJ Undecided 1 - NSB
DJ Undecided 2 - NSB
DJ Undecided and Jackalope - BW Ball
Video from NSB 1
Kricz Klink and Njntrubl - BW Ball
DJ Jackalope Mix Clip

Early Release Videos from DEF CON 17!

Posted 09.08.2009 by DEF CON

Check out some of the hot presentations from DEF CON 17! We'll be releasing all of the videos for free a few months out, but for now we've chosen a few we think you might enjoy! If you'd like to purchase the entire DVD collection of the DEF CON 17 presentations, you can do so at The Source of Knowledge website.

Failure
Adam Savage
Video | Audio

"Smart" Parking Meter Implementations, Globalism, and You
Joe Grand, Jake Appelbaum, and Chris Tarnovsky
Video and Slides | Slides | Audio

More Tricks for Defeating SSL
Moxie Marlinspike
Video and Slides | Slides | Audio

The Day of the Updates
Itzik Kotler and Tomer Bitton
Slides | Audio

Advancing Video Application Attacks with Video Interception, Recording, and Replay
Jason Ostrom and Arjun Sambamoorthy
Slides | Audio

DEF CON 17 CTF Packet Captures & Binaries Available!

Posted by DEF CON

Fresh from DDTek: The DEF CON 17 CTF packet captures and binaries are now available via bittorrent.

UPDATE!
More DC17 specific goodness posted, including game binaries and a mars crafted exploit for one particularly nasty service. See the dc17 page of ddtek.biz. You can also download the packet Captures and binaries in a .rar archive from the DEF CON Media Server. Enjoy!

DEF CON 17 Press Page Updated!

Posted by DEF CON

Head on over to the DEF CON Press Page and check out the news from this year's show! You can also find the press listed on the DEF CON 17 Archives Page! If you've come across a good article on DEF CON 17 that you think should be up there, don't hesitate to send it to neil {at} defcon }dot{ org for posting!

DEF CON 17 Archives Page is Live!

Posted by DEF CON

You can now peruse the DEF CON 17 Archives Page, which contains links to all of the presentation materials and code available, including all updated materials we have recieved! We'll have the printed program and press links up soon, and down the road you will be able to download all of the audio and video of the the talks for free! We're working on getting a few early release videos up next week to tide you over!

Upload all of your DEF CON 17 Photos to pics.defcon.org

Posted by DEF CON

Help to preserve and share those DEF CON 17 memories on pics.defcon.org! If you have a DEF CON Forums account, you already have a pics account, just use the same login information. While you're at it, submit your galleries to defconpics.org as well!

Follow the Post-Con discussion on the DEF CON Forums

Posted by DEF CON

Get over to the DEF CON Forums to join in on the post-con buzz from DEF CON 17! You can find out what people thought, content links, and it's never to early weigh in on next year's show. Remember, DEF CON is your con, and the best way to get involved is to get in on the discussions posted at forum.defcon.org. Have an idea for a new contest or event? It's the best place to start!

DEF CON 16 Badge Web Server!

Posted by DEF CON

Check out this cool hack on the DEF CON 17 badge! http://hackedthebadge.org/

Autographed, White "I Hack Charities" Shirts Listed on Ebay

Posted by DEF CON

Up for Auction: THREE "I hack charities" White Signed T-ShirtS. All of the proceeds from these auctions except the ebay auction cost will be donated to "Hackers for charities" http://johnny.ihackstuff.com/

These Shirts were Signed by Most of the Big names at Defcon 17. Anyone that Attended may have seen these shirts displayed at the "Hackers for Charities" booth on sunday. Everyone online and at defcon has seen the Black "I hack charities" T-shirts. But not many have seen the white ones. Well that is because there were only 4 white shirts printed!! Johnny Long has 1 and the other 3 were all signed by the people below for these auctions. Each shirt is unique with the location of the signatures and the quotes written by the signers.

These shirts were signed by:
• Johnny Long
• Dan Kaminsky
• Jeff "The Dark Tangent" Moss
• Kevin Mitnick
• Joe "$Kingpin$" Grand
• Bruce Potter
• Nikita
• Priest
• The Entire 2009 CTF winning team
• and many others.

Listing URLs:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120458285523

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120458285993

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=120458286499

Let the Updates Begin!

Posted by DEF CON

Keep your eyes on the site over the next week or two as we begin to post presentations, press, a few early release videos, and other archive material from the show! The DEF CON 17 Contest Results page is now live, so go check out who won!

DEF CON 17 Receipt Posted, Aaaand We're Spent...

Posted by DEF CON

We'll we've made it back to our respective homes, with another awesome DEF CON on the books! We are now in recovery mode, and normal updating will resume next week! The DEF CON 17 Receipt of Admission is now posted! Thanks to all for making this a fantastic DEF CON!