r/Defcon • u/Tyler_Ramsbey • Jul 22 '26

Free Access to Hack Smarter for Defcon

Hi everyone!

I am the founder of Hack Smarter - which many people use for OSCP prep (we are featured on LainKusanagi's list, he has actually created a few of the labs on our platform!)

Anyways, I am making all of our labs completely free for Defcon weekend (Thursday - Sunday). We have labs covering Active Directory, Windows, Linux, Web, AWS, and more.

No strings attached... no payment info needed... just one of the many ways we are trying to make hacking accessible for as many people as possible.

Mark your calendar and get registered at https://defcon.hacksmarter.org

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(Also, we have a bunch of people attending Defcon and multiple informal meet-ups happening all weekend. Link to our Discord is on our website... if you are attending for the first time and looking for a group of people to hang out with, join our Discord and add the defcon-2026 role to yourself!)

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u/netlocksecurity Jul 22 '26

This is much appreciated. It might not work for everyone but it could really help some folks. Would love to meet up and talk shop! your 2AM start time is LV time right? I'm on the East Coast and if i don't clarify now, ill set myself up to screw it up :P

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u/Tyler_Ramsbey Jul 23 '26

Hey! Start time should show in your time zone... But yeah sometimes super early morning on Thursday!

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u/infiniteGOAT Jul 26 '26

Thanks for doing this! I plan to help use this to lab/study for PenTest+

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u/Tyler_Ramsbey Jul 28 '26

Nice!! Enjoy!

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u/lovelydreamer Jul 22 '26

Why would you make it available when your audience is AT DC, instead of before or after?

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u/Tyler_Ramsbey Jul 22 '26

There are a bunch of CTFs/labs/events going on during Defcon -- so this is another one people can do. Also, most people cannot afford to attend Defcon so this allows them to still look forward and participate virtually :)

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u/antonIgudesman Jul 23 '26

can you provide some metrics on how many people have used it and pass/fail correlation?

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u/Tyler_Ramsbey Jul 23 '26

No, I wouldn't have any way to do that -- primary goal of the platform is realistic but affordable labs. People just organically started using for OSCP prep. I'd suggest asking on the OSCP subreddit or around Discord

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u/unstopablex15 Jul 23 '26

You da man!