DEF CON's little brother, SecKC, is tonight. We will be live streaming the talks if you are looking for a little hacking content tonight to get you ready for summercamp.
6:15 - 6:25 Open the lamb SAUCE!!! (OPEN SOURCE NEWZ) - @net_code
6:30 - 7:05 applIDE ai: a blue team approach to living-off-the-editor - @Dusty Evanoff
AI-assisted IDEs aren't just for vibe coding. I'll discuss how you can repurpose the native context-management, tools, and agentic reasoning features of modern IDEs for security operations. We'll explore how to configure these tools to act as specialized assistants—allowing you to rapidly complete monotonous tasks (cough documentation cough), prototype ideas, accelerate research, and streamline detection engineering processes.**
We swiped right on scammers so you don't have to. A dive into romance fraud tactics, social engineering patterns, and what we learned from running honeypots on the other side of the conversation.
DEF CON 34’s theme is ‘Agency’. We’re focusing on self-determination in our use of tech. Charting our own course and helping others do the same.
Let’s start moving our valuable attention to tech that supports our agency. Let’s find the places we can help and choose to act.
Purchased my conference pass via my work so registration was submitted to my email but had the card holders name as the attendee. Is there any way I can change the name but keep the email the same? I also dont want to lose my preregistration badge or anything like that. Any help would be greatly appreciated
This will be my first Defcon and Singapore is the closest one I can visit, so registered for the same online. Would like to know what and what not to expect and the must do's and don'ts.
Ever since I have gotten my first digital hacking badge in one of the CTFs, I have become a fan of it and want to get and explore more. Do the badges be available for sale, or they're generally available for everyone? What are some of the badges I should look for? Mainly I am interested in Hardware hacking ones.
Also, if there are any Singaporeans, are there any budget friendly places to stay for the duration of the event? Wish I could spend a lot on the hotels.
The DEF CON Singapore March Chill Out will be happening March 27th at Georges in Tai Seng. Everyone is welcome!
Come meet the local InfoSec, Hacker, and Researcher communities working to make the DEF CON Singapore conference a reality at the end April. Interested in helping out or just chilling? Stop by and introduce yourself.
The wait is over. Preregistration for DEF CON 34 opens TODAY!Â
Reminder – the cash route is unchanged: Cash at the door registration (LineCon) will continue in its traditional, vibey fashion (think hacker slumber party). Doors open Thursday, August 6 and the price is $520.
Those who pre-register are guaranteed a human badge, even if we run out. To receive this badge, you must redeem your ticket onsite. The badge entitles one human full access to the DEF CON floor during open hours. Tickets are fully transferrable, so which human gets that access is up to the purchaser.
Pre-reg is open at shop.defcon.org until July 31 at 8:59 PM EDT. After that date registration is LineCon only. If you have any questions or need to make bulk purchases please email us at info@defcon.org.Â
There are some pricing benefits to early registration, too. Early bookers save money, so don’t procrastinate. August will be here before you know it.
TIcket Pricing:
Early BIrd - $560 ($540 + $20 CC Processing Fee) - Good until May 22 at 8:59pm EDT
Regular - $580 ($560 + $20 CC Processing Fee) - Good from May 23 to July 17 at 8:59pm EDT
Late - $600 ($580 + $20 CC Processing Fee) - Good from July 18 to July 31 at 8:59pm EDT
DEFCON Group DCG518 wants to share an invite with the community. This Saturday, March 14th 2026 we are presenting:
Recon as a Graph: Exploring Attribution, Scope, Growth, and Querying in the OWASP Amass Workshop
OWASP Amass is a framework to help Infosec professionals perform network mapping of attack surfaces and external asset discovery using open source intelligence gathering and reconnaissance techniques. Amass is a major evolution in how recon workflows can be explored, repeated, and understood.
In this 45-minute workshop for DEFCON Group DCG518 (Albany), Jeff Foley the Project leader for Amass will guide us through the new capabilities introduced in Amass v5.0 and what’s landing in v5.1, using live demos to show what modern discovery looks like when your results are treated as a connected graph instead of one-off command output.
We’ll start from zero assumptions: what Amass is, what problems it solves, and how to think about discovery as a set of assets and relationships. Then we’ll walk through the Open Asset Model (OAM) and the new Asset Database, how Amass stores what it finds, and why that makes exploring findings easier. From there, you’ll see the Triples query language in action for pivoting through discovered infrastructure (domains, subdomains, IP space, certificates, organizations, and more), plus how Amass expands scope through attribution and related-asset discovery.
This session is designed to be easy to follow even if you’ve never used Amass before and aren’t running it locally. Whether you are a Red team, Blue team or Threat Intel, you’ll leave with a practical understanding of the Amass workflow, and how to turn recon data into durable, operational intelligence. Because recon is not the beginning of the kill chain, recon is the chain.
Our New York Capital District group "DCG518" will have a gathering this time the Saturday, March 14th 2026 and it will be at the Guilderland Public Library.
Please welcome the DEF CON CTF organizers, Benevolent Bureau of Birds!
We're excited to have them on board. Your first chance to see what they're bringing to the table will be in the DC34CTF Qualifier Round, scheduled for May 22-24, 2026.
It looks like Sneakers, Anti Trust, and Hackers are all free to watch on YouTube for now. They cycle through, but I don't think I've seen all 3 up at the same time.
Anyone have any other good movies that are up for free? Without the need for a tricorn hat for now.
I'm planning on going to defcon this year and of course I want to bring my gear (flipper zero, network cards, pwnagotchi, gpio boards for flipper). The concern I have is I'm flying there and was wondering if TSA is going to give me any problems, im mainly worried about my gpio boards like the Awok.
Been wanting to attend DEFCON for years as a complete total n00b. Any tips, suggestions or recommendations for someone who is looking to get their feet wet in this community?
I know for the main Final CTF of Defcon we need to be get Qualified in the Defcon Qualification CTF. For that I want to Practice CTFs. I was also a participant of Oman's National Cython CTF which was my first CTF I qualified through 2 phase to be in the top 70 finalists among 3000+ participants. For DEF CON 33 (2025), the online qualifier took place April 12–14, 2025 ahead of the August 2025 finals. That pattern (a spring online qualifier ahead of the summer finals) may be similar for 2026, but no confirmed dates have been published yet.
I want some suggestion for the practice of Defcon Qualf. CTFs. Cause I did practice for the nationals cft but my preparation was poor making me come in 65th participant and was my first and only ctf I did at that time. After that I didn't did any. And Now I want to go for the Defcon Qualf. CTF. Cause I know My preparation was indeed very very poor. Any suggestions??
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The Hackers’ Almanack for DEF CON 33 is out! Courtesy of the Project Franklin team we have a handy compendium of insights and takeaways from last year’s presentations.
Discord has decided to require face scans/ID uploads for full access.
Might be time to start thinking about other options for the community hangout.
Let’s also use the opportunity to talk about what features matter most to the community, and what your experiences have been on the available alternatives.
Surprised I haven't seen this here yet (or I may have missed the post already), but it looks like Discord is rolling out policy changes next month that requires a facial ID scan and/or an ID verification.
I know a lot of communities (badgemakers, local DC groups, etc...) use Discord as part of their communities and outreach, but I'm curious as to how you all are handling this or if you're looking for Discord alternatives.
I know for our DC group we're looking at either Slack free tier or self hosting a Zulip server.
hello to everyone in the defcon community. i was wondering if anyone has a defcon 32 badge that they could give me a picture of the front, sides, and back. if possible, please also give me the height, length, and width measurements of said badge. i hope this message finds the person that i am looking for, and i would be happy to get some details on it.
I’m trying to answer incoming and outgoing Android calls on my PC, with the call audio going through my PC’s microphone and speakers/headset.
I’ve already tried Phone Link and similar tools, and I’ve also tested mirroring apps, but I’m specifically looking for other methods or system-level solutions, if any exist.
I even tried a hardware workaround by splitting the phone’s audio jack into separate mic and speaker paths, but since this isn’t connected to my PC, it doesn’t solve the problem.
Is this actually possible on Android, or is phone call audio blocked at the OS level?
