DEF CON 16 Archive

Speakers

A


• Sudhir Aggarwal
• Mati Aharoni
• Md Sohail Ahmad
• Chema Alonso
• Colin Ames
• Zack Anderson
• Ian Angell
• Michael Assante
• atlas


B


• Taylor Banks
• Kevin Bankston
• Jay Beale (1,2)
• Tiller Beauchamp
• Luciano Bello
• John Benson "jur1st"
• Peter Berghammer
• Maximiliano Bertacchini
• Don Blumenthal (1,2)
• Thomas Bowen
• Magnus Bråding
• Adam Bregenzer
• Mark Bristow
• Michael Brooks (1,2)
• Jonathan Brossard
• David Byrne


C


• Jon Callas
• D.J. Capelis
• Carric
• Alessandro Chiesa
• Jim Christy
• Joe Cicero
• Ian Clarke
• Sandy Clark "Mouse"
• Greg Conti
• Mike Convertino
• Paul Craig
• Cynthia Cuddihy
• Alexei Czeskis


D


• Dr. Shana Dardan
• Thomas d'Otreppe
• Brenno De Winter
• Roger Dingledine
• Jerry Dixon
• Thomas Duebendorfer
• Eric Duprey
• DevDelay
• Randy Duvay


E


• Chris Eagle
• Luiz 'effffn' Eduardo
• Brian K. Edwards
• Nathan Evans
• Gadi Evron (1,2)


F


• Rick Farina
• Doug Farre
• Ben Feinstein (1,2)
• Matt Fiddler
• Kevin Figueroa
• Marco Figueroa
• James Finch
• John Fitzpatrick
• Silvio J. Flaim
• Zac Franken
• Stefan Frei
• Fyodor


G


• Eva Galperin
• Travis Goodspeed
• Robert Graham (1,2)
• Joe "Kingpin" Grand (1,2,3)
• Jennifer Granick
• Christian Grothoff
• Barry Grundy
• Kurt Grutzmacher


H


• Dan Halperin
• Nathan Hamiel
• Robert Hansen (1,2)
• Nick Harbour
• G. Mark Hardy
• David Helfen
• Wendel G. Henrique
• Rick Hill
• Chris Hoff
• Marcia A. Hofmann
• Ryan Hoover
• Bob Hopper
• Cameron Hotchkies
• Simon Howard
• Tony Howlett


J


• JonM
• Hirosh Joseph


K


• Dan Kaminsky
• Anton Kapela
• Tom Kellermann
• David Kennedy
• Ray Kessenich
• Fouad Kiamilev
• Jon King
• Tadayoshi Kohno
• Kolisar
• Karl Koscher
• Tim Kosiba
• Matt "DCFLuX" Krick
• Lee Kushner
• Mischel Kwon


L


• Alexander Lash
• lclee_vx
• Michael Ligh
• Felix "FX" Lindner (1,2, 3)
• lychan25
• Lyn


M


• Major Malfunction
• Martin May
• Morgan Marquis-Boire
• Rich Marshall
• Guy Martin
• Anthony Martinez
• David Maynor (1,2)
• Corynne McSherry
• John Melvin
• Rich Mogull
• Marc Moreau
• David Mortman
• Scott Moulton (1,2)
• Shawn Moyer
• Nelson Murilo
• Mike Murray
• JVR Murthy
• mutantMandias
• Dr. Igor Muttik


N


• Ne0nRa1n
• Jan Newger
• N.N.P.
• Claes Nyberg
• NYCMIKE


0


• Christer Öberg
• Jim O'Leary
• Gunter Ollmann
• Justine Osborne
• Kurt Opsahl


P


• José Parada
• Mike Perry
• Phreakmonkey
• Michael Piatek
• Alex Pilosov
• Bruce Potter
• Tom Pownall
• Ken Privette


R


• Paul F. Renda
• Renderman (1,2)
• Mike Renlund
• Rev
• Robert Ricks
• RJ Ryan


S


• Marcus Sachs
• Eric Schmiedl
• Ferdinand Schober
• Jason Scott
• Blake Self
• James Shewmaker
• Greg Sinclair
• Teo Sze Siong
• Eric Smith
• Mike Spindel
• Alex Stamos
• Ken Stasiak
• Tom Stracener


T


• Christopher Tarnovsky
• David Thiel
• Marc Weber Tobias
• Scott Torborg
• Tottenkoph
• Schuyler Towne
• Ryan Trost
• James Tusini


V


• Valsmith
• Vic Vandal
• Amit Vartak
• Tim Vidas
• Michael Vieau


W


• Weasel
• Andrew Weidenhamer
• Matt Weir
• Lin Wells
• David Weston
• Scott White
• Thomas Wilhelm
• Anthony L. Williams
• Clinton Wong


Y


• Fabian "fabs" Yamaguchi
• Matt Yoder


Z


• Zoz


Workshops


• DAVIX Visualization Workshop

Highlights

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DefCon 16 Program

Contest Results

Audio/Video RSS Feeds

DEF CON 16 CD

DEF CON 16 Website

Press Coverage

Badges

• Defcon badges kill TVs - The Inquirer
• Exclusive Defcon 16 Badge Sneak Peek - Wired Threat Level Blog

BGP Exploit

• Hackers hacked at infamous DefCon gathering - Yahoo News
• Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole - Wired Threat Level Blog
• More on BGP Attacks -- Updated - Wired Threat Level Blog
• Researchers exploit web protocol to hijack traffic - ZDNet.co.uk

Captcha

• Captchas are easily hackable - The Inquirer

Crackpots

• Dozier Internet Law: Hackers Hack Away at DefCon Annual Convention - John W. Dozier Jr. Blog - Another take on DEF CON

CTF

• Naval Postgraduate School Wins Hacking Contest - Dark Reading
• 3@stplace?!? - atlas wandering blog
• DefCon CTF 2008 - Nice walkthrough of CTF Event

Encryption

• Encrypting Your Hard Disk is Not Safe Anymore: New Vulnerability Affects Microsoft, Intel, HP and Others - Market Watch

UAT

• UAT Delivers at DEF CON - Market Watch

iPhone

• Defcon 16 -- iPhone Used to Hack Wireless Systems - TechTree India

Lock Picking

• Researchers Crack Medeco High-Security Locks With Plastic Keys - Wired Threat Level Blog
• Shrinky Dinks As a Threat To National Security - Slashdot
• Cracking high-security locks is child's play: experts - AFP
• DEF CON 16: Plastic Keys; and JennaLynn Does it Again! - inSecurity.org - Marc Weber Tobias

MBTA vs. MIT

• Agency sues to stop Defcon speakers from revealing gaping holes - The Register
• Mass. transit authority flaw disclosure: A student speaks up - Computer World
• MIT Students: 'T' Card System Easily Hacked - The Boston Channel
• Federal judge halts Defcon talk on subway card hacking - The Register
• Judge orders halt to Defcon speech on subway card hacking - Cnet News
• Federal Judge in DefCon Case Equates Speech with Hacking - Wired Threat Level Blog
• Judge orders halt to Defcon speech on subway card hacking - Cnet News
• Students blocked from presenting paper on security flaws in subway fare cards - USA Today Blog
• MIT Coders' Free Speech At Stake - EFF.org
• MBTA Makes A Mistake, Details On MIT Hack Released To Public - Chattahbox
• Computer Scientists Ask Court to Reconsider Gag Order in DefCon Case - Wired Threat Level Blog
• Boston Subway Hack Debate Intensifies - PC World
• Judge lifts gag order on subway security hack - OUT-LAW News
• Gag order lifted for students who hacked subway card - The Register
• Judge Lifts MIT Subway Hack Gag Order - PC Magazine
• Judge lifts fare card hack gag order, punts on 1st Amendment - Ars Technica
• Exclusive Interview with MIT Subway Hacker Zack Anderson - Popular Mechanics
• 3 takeaways from security-flaw legal flap between MBTA, MIT students - Computer World

Mystery Challenge

• The DefCon 16 Mystery Challenge - Wired Threat Level Blog
• Mystery Box Challenge - Day One - Security Ripcord

NOC

• A First Ever Look Inside The Defcon Network Operations Center - Wired Threat Level Blog

Overview

• DEF CON Conference - Best of the Web Buzz Blog
• Defcon opens with a bang, contests, and intrigue - Cnet News
• Defcon ends with researchers muzzled, viruses written - Cnet News
• DEF CON 16: List of tools and stuff released - ZDNet Zero Day Blog
• Attack of the Show - Def Con Convention - G4 TV
• Cookie-jacking: Potential security risk largely ignored by public - The Tech Herald

Social Networks

• Facebook's (futile) malware exorcism - can social networks fight back? - ZDNet Blogs
• LinkedIn Hack Demonstrates Ease of Impersonation - Dark reading
• The ugly truth: Satan, social networks and security - ZDNet Blogs

SSL Cookie Hijiacking

• Fighting fire with fire - IT News AU
• A Good Reason To Go Full-Time SSL For Gmail - Slashdot
• Security Researcher Defends Plan To Release Gmail Hacking Tool - Information Week

Wall of Sheep

• Busted by Defcon's Wall of Sheep - The Norman Transcript

Warballooning

• Covert operation floats network-sniffing balloon - Network World