DEF CON 18

will happen July 29th - August 1, 2010 at the Riviera Hotel & Casino! Admission is $140 USD at the door (no pre-registration available).

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DEF CON Archives Complete!

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!

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

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!

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!

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

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!

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:

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!

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!

DEFCON 15 Mystery box

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!

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.

Adam Savage at DEFCON 17 Failure
Adam Savage
Video | Audio

Smart Parking Presentation at DEFCON 17 "Smart" Parking Meter Implementations, Globalism, and You
Joe Grand, Jake Appelbaum, and Chris Tarnovsky
Video and Slides | Slides | Audio

Moxie Marlinspike at DEFCON 17More Tricks for Defeating SSL
Moxie Marlinspike
Video and Slides | Slides | Audio

Day of Updates presentation at DEFCON 17 The Day of the Updates
Itzik Kotler and Tomer Bitton
Slides | Audio

Video attacks presentation at DEFCON 17 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!

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!

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!

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

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

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!

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

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

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!

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...

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!