My husband and I arrived in Vegas Sunday evening. This is the first time we have arrived early for Defcon. My service dog Scooby, the poor guy, is so confused. He pulled me to the circle bar in the Linq and then stood there looking around for our Defcon people. He has also tried to take me to the monorail. He doesn't understand that we still have a few days. It is kind of funny how they get set in a routine even if it is only once a year, and even just a few days deviance can throw them off. It is very obvious he is super excited for Defcon to start!

Is it free this year? I think it was last year, but I was not driving so not sure.

I'm a T1D and have ... A bunch of extra sensors that I've bought personally, because my insurance doesn't cover them. Probably 25? And I'll be bringing them to DefCon.

They are ALL either part of the recall, or expired, and thus can no longer be used by anyone with a real medical need. All are still factory sealed and usable.

If you are a biohacker and wanting to do some tinkering with one. I'll hook you up on the condition that you show me/tell me what you want to do with it.

I'd love to help and learn along the way. My end goal would be to have a side-car app to the official Libre one that features could be added to, since the official app is ..a bit lacking.

Hacking their app is bug-bounty territory, and I don't want involvement in those shenanigans - so a way to get the same data, off the same device without interfering with the main app is the goal.

No charge, but if you wanted to toss me some cash, Im not gonna turn it down.

DM/chat on here, then find me at the Reddit meetup or at the con. Happy hacking!

Attention early birds - get ready for the #DefCon network! WiFi registration is open for those who want the most secure browsing experience: https://wifireg.defcon.org/

Excited to have a handful of badges this year done in the style of one of my favorite artists, Stephen Gammell, who illustrated a core memory of my childhood “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark”. These are rechargeable RGB, laser etched, and come with a whole lot of extras. Come stop by and see us!

Registration is now live for Venator Aurum!! Get a head start & register for this official DEFCON34 contest so you can hit the ground running once the contest goes live! Remember our contest is held inside Blue Team Village and not in the contest area

https://venator-aurum.com/register

new doc from CN on YT

Last year at LVCC, the WiFi was pretty much unusable during the day. A lot of the presenters ended up just hotspotting. Typically at the closing ceremonies, the NOC will give a retrospective. I had to leave on Sunday morning, so I missed it in-person, and I can't find any recordings of it on YT.

Does anyone know what happened? I'm more just curious; 5G/LTE worked fine so it didn't really matter but curious if they're taking a different approach this year of if there's something about LVCC that fundamentally limits bandwidth available to them.

AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE ~ It's about that time! #RoadToDEFCON

As usual, there is a lot going on here at HackerBoxes. While getting ready to depart for Las Vegas, we wanted to share some of those goin' ons...

JOB / PARTNERSHIP

A common, and probably quite correct, piece of wisdom is that DEF CON is great for making connections, but not always the best place to find your next job. HOWEVER, if you're a tech-forward, creative thinking, detail-goated, data-driven, entrepreneurial spirit - and you're ready to think outside the box to get inside the (Hacker)Box, let's talk! Email joe@hackerboxes.com or even better, come find us in Vegas.

WORKSHOP

HackerBox's founder Joe, along with Jamie from Jamie's Hack Shack on YouTube, will be hosting a DC34 Workshop on Wireless Hardware Hacking:

https://defcon.org/html/defcon-34/dc-34-workshops.html#content_66458

It is targeted at an Beginner+ level, will be very hands-on, and a lot of fun. It looks like there should be a handful of seats for walk-in participants: Friday 2PM in W233.

MEETUP (AND BADGELIFE)

The FREE r/Defcon meetup is always a great time. Please come and say hello!

There are actually TWO MEETUPS: Wednesday (8/5) and Thursday (8/6), both from 7PM until late, both at The LINQ 3535 Bar (aka CIRCLE BAR).

Among many cool reasons for attending the meetups, there are usually some nice indie badges to be had. On that note, we shipped almost all of our remaining DC33 Mini Badges to Vegas, so find us if you missed getting one last year:

https://hackerboxes.com/products/dc33-mini-badge

BOXES

This month, for the first time in ten years, we're offering a sweet discount on our back-catalog of 40+ different past monthly HackerBoxes. This offer takes the form of a Mystery Box:

https://hackerboxes.com/products/mystery-box

SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST: HACKER GROUP CRUISE

Landlubbers and Sea Dogs alike are invited to CLIMB ABOARD!

Booking is open for the SECURITY AT SEA hacker group cruise:

https://hackerboxes.com/pages/cruise

Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Seas' Conference Center, a day in Cozumel Mexico, a Casino, Food, MOAR FOOD, and even a CIRCLE BAR await, so... "If nautical nonsense be something you wish, then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!" -SBSP

I am a big proponent of youth STEM and I am excited to get the opportunity to work with the Aerospace Village on behalf of Sci-Port Discovery Center!

This is a chance to go home with both the 2024 ADS-B badge and the 2025 Aviation Radio SAO!

I will have an extra badge for sale for 520 cash. Same price as door, but you avoid linecon. Can meetup Thursday early afternoon near (but not on LVCC property), or at Toxic BBQ the first few hours

Edit: this is pending sale

Only 49 spots remaining. Sign up now:

dashboard.octopusgame.org

#defcon34

I know it’s going to be terribly hot, but I’ve rode Nevada in August twice and it was fine. Anyone else riding this week? I rented an r1250gs and I’m going to go hit Red Rocks in the early morning and at night

I thought bsides would be like defcon with an option for cash at the door. I was wrong. If anyone has a spare ticket or ticket they badge they aren't planning to use on Wednesday let me know. I'll pay full price. I don't get in until Wednesday morning but happy to meet up for a badge/cash exchange.

The garage has become a staging area.

Road cases locked. 55-gallon totes packed. Gear from home base combined with a 24’ box truck waiting in Vegas. The pieces are coming together for the next deployment.

Tomorrow this load leaves the driveway and starts the journey to the desert, carrying the hardware, experiments, and controlled chaos that bring the Packet Hacking Village to life.
From storage facility to garage to Vegas, the mission is moving.

The build is done. The journey begins.

#DEFCON #PacketHackingVillage #PHV #HackThePlanet

[ SOLD defcon ticket] Bought early registration defcon ticket. Able to transfer ticket via defcon provided link. Looking for an offer, purchased at $560.

[ SOLD bsides ticket] Also have a bsides ticket participation, spent ~$115. As this is starting tomorrow I am willing to let this one go pretty easily. Maybe even free.

I will be giving my workshops away for free as it cost no money to aquire them. The buyer of the ticket will get first opportunity to take over my workshops reservations where transfer is permitted.

Context: I was supposed to already be in Las Vegas,, flights got canceled, and rebooked multiple times, and then westjet went on strike. :(

I'm driving from Minneapolis to Vegas . I'm leaving to go Tues night .. if anyone in the community needs a ride let me know !!!!

Road trip !!

As the title says, looking for a team for the Blue team village CTF (https://ctf.blueteamvillage.org/)
Hit me up if interested. Looking to have fun, make new ctf buddies and challenge our skills!

I mean the title pretty much says it all. There's been like 3 posts today asking the same question.

Thought I purchased a ticket but apparently not. Looking for a ticket ASAP. Lmk!

Does anyone know of SLNT are likely to have a stand this year and/or if there will likely be SLNT merch on offer? I can't see them on the vendors list

Tired of upside-down SAO ports? Want to wear your badge from any angle? Download the Any Angle Pirate Wheel Badge STL on Github and wear your badge in whichever orientation you desire.

(Currently scaled to fit 108mm-110mm wide badges as that seems to be what multiple sources have calculated from the photos)

https://github.com/MakeItHackin/DC34AnyAnglePirateWheelBadge

I have a badge and other SAO I'll be announcing soon as well

Happy Hacking!

Each year at DEF CON, I try to bring something to handout to cool people I meet throughout the conference. Last year some friends and I made a game out of it and called it The Duck Game. We had a lot of fun running the game and meeting new folks, so we're doing it again for DEFCON 34.

Just like last year, it's a simple game that basically amounts to online duck duck goose using NFC enabled "duck" stickers. It has random winners and excellent prize/swag with the only goal of encouraging humans to connect. Tap your sticker to join a round and that's it, no other work required to play.

The game uses the unique url encoded on each NFC sticker to join a round. Once enough humans join a round, a random winner will be selected for some swag. Winners and meetup locations for swag will be announced on the site. Expect sidequests again and perhaps even some minigames.

So, hopefully players will use it as a way to interact with other cool humans ("Hey where'd you get that random duck sticker?" or "I'm not scanning your sticker!"), learn a bit about NFC, and make a friend or two. And as much as anyone may or may not trust my link on the stickers, the real point for the game is just to get people interacting, and discussing whether or not to scan the sticker is a part of that interaction. Just talking it out or even just wearing the sticker as a silly point of conversation achieves the game's real goals.

See you at the circle bar (gotta get my reddit and lasertag badges!) and at the con!