DEF CON 21 Archive

Speaker Index

DEF CON 101 (Thursday)

DEF CON 101

Hacking Management, from Operations to Command

The Ninjaneers: Getting Started in Building Your Own Robots for World Domination

Decrypting DEF CON: Foundations Behind Some of the Games Hackers Play

Intro to Web Application Hacking

Oil & Gas Infosec 101

Wireless Penetration Testing 101 & Wireless Contesting

Pentesters Toolkit

Meet Pentoo, the Longest Running Pen-testing Linux Distro

A

Alex Abdo

Bogdan Alecu

Chema Alonso

AlxRogan

Anch

James Arlen

Dan Auerbach

B

Mike Baker

Amber Baldet

Remy Baumgarten

Brent Bandelgar

Beaker

Scott Behrens

Sameer Bhalotra

Joe Bialek

Zak Blacher

Tobias Bluzmanis

Todd Bonnewell

Sam Bowne (1, 2)

Robert Brese

Francis Brown

bughardy

Eileen Burbridge

Daniel Burroughs

Eric Butler

C

Alejandro Caceres (1, 2)

Benjamin Caudill

Daniel Chechik

Ming Chow

Joseph Paul Cohen

Joshua Corman

Michael Costello

Robert Clark

Kade Crockford

Daniel "unicornFurnace" Crowley

Catherine Crump

Dinis Cruz

Ang Cui

D

DaKahuna

Anat (Fox) Davidi

Sherri Davidoff

Andy Davis

James Denaro

Doug DePerry

Ambassador Joseph R. DeTrani

Christie Dudley

Piotr Duszynski

E

Eagle1753

Lt. Gen. Robert Elder (1, 2)

Justin Engler

Melissa Elliott

Amir Etemadieh

Evilrob (Rob Bathurst)

F

Jaime Filson (WiK)

FirmWarez

Flipper (1, 2)

Pau Oliva Fora

Zac Franken

Scott Fretheim

Rob Fuller (Mubix)

Eric Fulton

G

Eva Galperin

Terrence "Tuna" Gareau

Tigran Gevorgyan

Brian Gorenc

Rob Graham

Joe Grand (1, 2)

Dan Griffin

H

David Harrison

Justin Hendricks

CJ Heres

HighWiz

Ricky Hill

Nick Hitchcock

Chris Hoff

Marcia Hofmann

Ryan Holeman

Josh Hoover (wishbone)

I

Alberto Garcia Illera

J

John M. Jack

Mark Jaycox

Deepak Jeevankumar

Robert Johnson

K

Abraham Kang

Tom Keenan

David Kennedy

Karl Koscher

Dan Kottmann

L

Zach Lanier

Adam "Major Malfunction" Laurie

David Lawrence

Kenneth Lee

Wai-leng Lee

Ping Li

James R. Lint

Lockheed (1, 2)

Drea London

LosT (1, 2, 3)

Rachel Lovinger

M

Sean Malone

Todd Manning

Marion Marschalek

Dave Maynor

Bruce McConnnell

Wesley McGrew

Eric Milam

Charlie Miller

Nikhil Mittal

Tony Miu

Rich Mogull

David Mortman

Peiter "Mudge" Zatko

N

Naifx

Hans Nielsen

O

Nicolas Oberli

Matt Ocko

Brendan O'Connor

Kyle O'Meara

Kurt Opsahl

John Ortiz

Fatih Ozavci

Nicole Ozer

P

Franz Payer

Nicholas J. Percoco

Michael Perklin (1, 2)

Larry Pesce

Phorkus (Mark Carey)

Gregory Pickett

Alexandre Pinto

Philip Polstra

Randi Price

Matthew Prince

pukingmonkey

R

RenderMan

Jim Rennie

Chris John Riley

Tom Ritter (1, 2)

RMellendick

Roamer (1, 2)

Eric Robi

Teal Rogers

Alex Rothman

S

Jaime Sanchez

Runa A. Sandvik

Paul Sanderson

Jennifer "savagejen" Savage

Noah Schiffman

Michael Schrenk

Jaeson Schultz

Hunter Scott

Jason Scott

Balint Seeber

Daniel Selifonov

Neil Sikka

SkyDog

Christopher Soghoian (1, 2)

Ryan W. Smith

Mark 'Smitty' Smith

James Snodgrass (PuNk1nPo0p)

soen

Jasiel Spelman

Jason Staggs

Alex Stamos

Tom Steele

Mitch Stoltz

Tim Strazzere

Robert Stucke

Chris Sumner

T

Amr Thabet

Richard Thieme

Josh 'm0nk' Thomas

Jacob Thompson

Marc Weber Tobias

Vaagn Toukharian

V

Eric Van Albert

Javier Vazquez Vidal

Paul Vines

W

Randall Wald

Mark Weatherford (1, 2)

Rebecca Wexler

Tillmann Werner

Brandon Wiley

Y

Josh Yavor

Craig Young

Z

ZeroChaos

Daniel Zolnikov

Zoz

Panels

Ask the EFF

DEF CON Comedy Jam Part VI

The ACLU Presents: NSA Surveillance and More

Hardware Hacking with Microcontrollers: A Panel Discussion

Meet the VCs

The Policy Wonk Lounge

Highlights

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Press Coverage

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General

• 5 Tips for surviving DEF CON 21 - C/NET
• 5 scariest cybersecurity threats at Black Hat, Defcon - CBS
• The five scariest hacks we saw last week - CNN
• Def Con 21: Hacks, Cracks und Edward Snowden - Computer Bild
• Black Hat, DEF CON Put Spotlight on Major Security Issues, Hacks - eWeek
• Hackers take over Las Vegas - FoxNews
• Democratizing the creep factor: Anyone can play NSA, "Ocean's 11″ and cyberstalker - Gigaom
• How to tell DEF CON and Black Hat Apart - Gigaom
• False sense of security: Your TV, car, neighborhood may be hackable - Gizmag
• Don't get pwned at Black Hat, DEF CON - Help Net Security
• DEF CON: Hacking for the Rest of Us - Huffington Post
• Al via Defcon: quando gli hacker esplorano i limiti della sicurezza informatica ("At the start Defcon: when hackers explore the limits of computer security") - Il Sole 24 Or
• Black Hat / Def Con 2013 - Zataz
• A DEF CON postscript: Said the FBI agent to the taxi driver - ZDNet
• DEF CON 21 in Pictures - ZDNet
• DEF CON 21: Best in Show - ZDNet
• Postcards from DEF CON 21 - ZDNet
• Tech Week That Was: Suspicious Searches, Def Con And Moto X - NPR
• What We're Watching As World's Big Hackers Meet In Las Vegas - NPR
• At Def Con, hackers join together to 'hack everything' - NPR/Marketplace
• An Inside Look At The Hacker Conferences - NPR/WGBH
• How Not to Get Hacked at Black Hat and DefCon - PCMagazine
• Surveillance drones and Uncle Sam: Hackers take on all at DefCon 21 - RT
• Slideshow: August 2013 threat stats - SC Magazine
• What Happens At DefCon Stays With Us All - TechCrunch
• Hack the mini bar, spot the feds, DEF CON is back - The Conversation
• Hackers gather—and mourn a big loss - The Economist
• The best of Black Hat and Def Con 2013 - The Verge
• The top 10 new reasons to be afraid of hackers - The Verge
• Tin tặc thế giới hội tụ ở Las Vegas ("Hackers world converged in Las Vegas") - tienphong online
• DEFCON 21: THINGS YOU MAY HAVE MISSED - Tripwire
• Def Con, Day One: Can I Use Your Wi-Fi Please? - Vice
• Def Con, Day Two: Def Con Is for Winners - Vice
• How To Get Hacked At Defcon - Vice

Car Hacking

• Car hacking code released at Defcon - C/NET
• White hat hackers to release software used to crack critical car systems at Def Con - Afterdawn
• Hackers Offer Advice To Automakers On How To Prevent Attacks - AOL
• Hackers break into cars, steer them with old game controllers - Calgary Herald
• Wireless Car Hacking Demonstrated in New Video - Carscoops
• Sleuths To Demo Car Hack Gone Steer-Crazy - CIO Today
• Hackers Control Car's Steering And Brakes - CNN Money
• Hackers hijack software in a CAR and remotely control the steering, brakes and horn using a laptop - Daily Mail UK
• Car Hackers Release Tools - Dark Reading
• Networked Cars Are Coming, But Their Hacks Are Already Here - Discover
• Car Hacking: Here's Code, Have at It - EETimes
• TI Illustrates Car Security Threats - EETimes
• Automotive takeover schemes to be detailed at Defcon hacker conference - Engadget
• Hackers Reveal Nasty New Car Attacks--With Me Behind The Wheel (Video) - Forbes
• Hackers plan to offer blueprint for taking over Prius, Escape - FoxNews
• Cisco's remedy for connected car security: Treat the car like an enterprise - Gigaom
• DEFCON: Hackeando autos y vehículos no tripulados ("DEFCON: Hacking cars and unmanned vehicles") - el semanario
• Researchers reveal methods behind car hack at Defcon - IDG/Techworld
• DEF CON：黑客公布入侵汽车工具 ("DEF CON: Hackers publish invasion Automotive ") - China Byte
• Hacker safety risk for new cars - Motoring
• Tools, code to control Ford and Toyota test cars released - SC Magazine
• DefCon car hacking talk will detail how an outsider can "physically control" the vehicle - SCMagazine
• Defcon 21 : des explications sur le piratage de voitures ("Defcon 21: explanation of piracy Car") - IDG/Lemonde Informatique
• Hackers to detail methods used to overtake Prius, Escape at Def Con - TechSpot
• Duo hacks cars with '80s Nintendo controller - The Vancouver Sun
• Hackers Hijack Prius with Mac Laptop - Tom's Guide
• Defcon hackers release Ford and Toyota car hijack data - v3.co.uk
• How driverless cars will be wide open to hacking - VentureBeat
• How Easily Can a Moving Car Be Hacked? - Vice
• Defcon to deliver auto industry wake-up call - Japan Times/AFP JIJI
• Software experts attack cars, to release code as hackers meet - Reuters
• Hackers 'take control' of Toyota Prius - Telegraph UK
• Here's how hackers could crash your car - The Washington Post

Lock Security/Sport

• 'Do Not Duplicate' Means Nothing to the MIT Students Replicating High-Security Keys with a 3D Printer - BostInno
• No cameras! MIT students 3D print 'high security' keys — all they need is a photo - Boston.Com
• DEF CON Reminds Us of the Importance of Physical Security - eWeek
• US students plan to release program that will copy high-security keys - Metro
• Picking Locks and Hacking Servers at Defcon - The New York Times
• Why Are We Still Using Keys? - Vice
• Millions of Kwikset Smartkey Locks Vulnerable to Hacking, Say Researchers - Wired

Bitcoin

• Raspberry Pi-powered briefcase converts loose change into bitcoin - CoinDesk
• Bitcoin Suitcase Converts Spare Change Into Digital - PSFK
• Bitcoin suitcase eats your pocket change, spits out digital currency - The Verge

Rootz Kidcon

• DEF CON Kids To Get Badges That Hack - Dark Reading
• At Def Con, Kids Can Hack Too - The Wall Street Journal

Legal/Civil Rights

• ACLU at DEF CON 21! - ACLU Blog
• Even with EFF's Congressphone, activism is a hard sell - C/NET
• What Security Researchers Need to Know About the Law - eWeek
• NSA And Aaron Swartz Hot Topics At Hacking Conferences - NPR/WBUR

Feds

• Relatie NSA en 'goede' hackers sterk bekoeld ("Relationship NSA and "good" hackers strongly cooled") - AutomatiseringGids
• At hacker conferences, government surveillance takes center stage - CBS
• Gov't surveillance overshadows hacker conferences - CBS
• Leaker Snowden riles hacker conferences - CNBC
• Defcon founder's message to feds fair to some, hypocritical to others - Computerworld
• FBI turning to private sector to hack phones, exploit unknown security holes - Engadget
• Hackers Just Banned the Feds from Attending DEF CON This Year - Gizmodo India
• Agenten bitte draußen bleiben! ("agents please stay out!") - Golem
• Defcon no dejará entrar a los federales a la conferencia de hackers ("Defcon not the feds will let the hacker conference") - Fayerwayer
• DefCon Hacker Conference to Feds: 'We Need Some Time Apart' - Mashable
• FBI Spies on Suspected Criminals by Hacking Into Computers - Mashable
• NSA at Defcon? More like No Spooks Allowed - NBC
• There May Be Some Feds at Defcon After All - Nextgov (blog)
• Hackere kaster ut FBI ("Hackers throw out FBI") - NRK
• Ex-CIA official to address government-wary hackers - Reuters
• NSA revelations could hurt collaboration with 'betrayed' hackers - Reuters
• Feds asked not to attend Def Con hacker meeting over NSA scandal - RT
• DefCon: Former DHS cyber official to private sector: Gov't can't help you with intelligence - SCMagazine
• At a Hacker Conference, Plenty of Friendly Federal Agents - The New York Times
• Security bods boycott DEF CON over closed door for feds - The Register
• After Snowden leaks, feds lose their hacker cred at Def Con - The Verge
• Def Con founder asks feds to skip hacker conference, citing high tensions after NSA leaks - The Verge
• FBI Taps Hacker Tactics to Spy on Suspects - The Wall Street Journal
• Obama: Technologies Can Block Snooping - The Wall Street Journal
• Where Hackers and Spooks Mingle - The Wall Street Journal
• FBI Tor exploit appears on Metasploit penetration tester forum - v3.co.uk
• The Big Def Con Question: Would You Work for the NSA? - Vice
• The NSA Is Not Spying on You, Claims NSA Official at DefCon - Vice
• Without Def Con, the Feds Have a Hacker Recruitment Problem - Vice
• Правительство США впервые не пригласили на конференцию хакеров DefCon ("The U.S. government is not the first time invited to the DefCon hacker conference") - VZ.ru
• NSA SPY SCANDAL SPARKS HACKER REBELLION - WND
• NSA shows how to really screw up a PR campaign - VentureBeat
• Hacker community Ripped by Surveillance scandal - spyghana.com
• US Government War On Hackers Backfires: Now Top Hackers Won't Work With US Government - Techdirt

Smart Devices and Homes

• Can your "smart TV" watch you? - CBS
• Smart TV camera hack creates a window into your home - CBS
• Samsung's Smart TV can spy on you - Channel 24
• 'Smart homes' are vulnerable, say hackers - CNN
• With the Rise of Malware, Your Dumb Home May Be Safer Than a Smart Home - Gotta Be Mobile
• TVs to toilets: What will hackers target next? - MSN News
• If you think cybercrime is scary now, just wait until hackers can control and monitor every object in your environment - Quartz
• Consumer Device Hacking Concerns Getting Lost In Translation - Slashdot
• How to Spy on Your Neighbors With a USB TV Tuner - Tom's Guide
• Das Internet der gehackten Dinge ("The Internet of things chopped") - Zeit Online

Mobile Security/Malware

• Can you hear me now? Yeah, hacked Verizon device can nab your texts and photos too - Computerworld
• Femtocell hack reveals mobile phones' calls, texts and photos - CNN Money
• Fake charger lets hackers infect iPhones - CBS
• This Fake Charger Will Hide A Trojan In Your iPhone's Facebook App - Forbes
• PIN-punching $200 robot can brute force every Android numeric screen-password in 19 hours - Boingboing
• PIN-Punching Robot Can Crack Your Phone's Security Code In Less Than 24 Hours (Video) - Forbes
• Russia home to text fraud 'cottage industry' - AFP/GloabalTimes
• Russia home to text message fraud "cottage industry" - AFP/Phys . ORG
• Anatomy Of A Russian Cybercrime Ecosystem Targeting Android - Dark Reading
• DIY Total Information Awareness spying for cheap with CreepyDOL - Computerworld
• 'Creepy' spy computer turns your real big brother into the NSA - Digital Trends
• One Hacked Android User Can Lead To An Enterprise Breach - Dark Reading
• Hacker's Tiny Spy Computers Aim To Track Targets Around Entire Neighborhoods And Cities - Forbes
• One third of all mobile malware is produced by just 10 Russian companies - Gigaom
• Android's One-Click Google Auth Is a Buffet for Hackers - Gizmodo
• Disposable Spy Computers Are Disturbingly Easy And Cheap To Make - Gizmodo AU
• Compromising Google Accounts and enterprises via flaw in Android SSO - Help Net Security
• Researchers create DIY IDS for identifying hacked smartphones - Help Net Security
• Android Malware Will Hit One Million Mark in 2013 - IBTimes
• Android one-click Google authentication method puts users, businesses at risk - IDG/Computerworld
• Android One-Click Google Apps Access Cracked - InformationWeek
• Hackers Convert Verizon Device Into Mobile Spy Stations - Mashable
• Operation 'Dragon Lady' Uncovers Huge Russian Android SMS Fraud Network - Mashable
• Malware-as-a-service blossoms in Russia, vendor research finds - Network World
• Def Con conference: Android phone bug allows hackers to read texts and email - New York Daily News
• How hackers tapped into my cellphone for less than $300 - NPR
• Hack this: Researchers turn Verizon device into 'mobile spy station' - RT
• Creativity in the cloud and traps of Russian malware - Russia Beyond the Headlines
• Android hack opens access to users' email - T3
• DEF CON: 30 Percent Of Mobile Malware Made By 10 Russian Firms - Techweek Europe
• 3D-printed 'Robotic Button Basher' cracks phones' PINs using persistence, luck - The Independent
• A Cheap Spying Tool With a High Creepy Factor - The New York Times
• Earn £8,000 a MONTH with bogus apps from Russian malware factories - The Register
• Android mobile frauds: Russian malware leads - The Times of India/AFP
• Inexpensive Cellular IDS Allows for Inspection of Cell Traffic - Threatpost
• Researchers Hack Verizon Device, Turn it Into Mobile Spy Station - Voice of America
• Researchers Develop DIY System to Detect Malware on Mobile Phones - Wired

Badge/Badge Challenge

• Gutting and solving the heart of the cards at Def Con 21 - C/NET
• Hidden Circuits and Handmade Clockwork: The Striking Intricacies of Def Con Badges - Wired

Will Smith

• Will Smith makes unexpected appearance at Defcon hacker conference - IDG/TechHive
• Actor Will Smith Hangs Out With Hackers - Infopackets
• Will Smith hace aparición sorpresa en la conferencia de hackers Defcon - PYSN Noticias
• Will Smith faz aparição inesperada na conferência hacker Defcon - IDG Now

Social Engineering

• Dating guru resurrects Robin Sage by social engineering TS/SCI holders on LinkedIn - CSO
• DEF CON attendees demonstrate social engineering prowess in CTF contest - CSO
• How to avoid a social engineering attack at Black Hat and Def Con - CSO
• Hacking people - ITWeb
• Dating coach 'hacks people' to find sensitive defence secrets - News.com.au
• Dating coach shows how to get classified military intel using social engineering - The Verge

EFF Crypto Shirt

• Decrypting EFF's DEFCON crypto-challenge tee - Boingboing
• Can You Solve the Encryption Puzzle In the EFF's Def Con T-Shirt? (Updated) - Gizmodo
• EFFのDefConシャツ、解読できる人？("DefCon shirt EFF, somebody who can decipher?") - Gizmodo Japan

Documentary

• DEFCON: A Documentary About the World's Largest Hacking Conference - Gizmodo
• DEFCON: The Documentary, a record of the 20th annual conference - Metafilter
• Hacker-Doku online: "Defcon: The Documentary" - Zeit Online
• Watch this: 'Def Con: The Documentary' covers two decades of a giant hacker meetup - The Verge

IPV6

• Researchers release tool to pickup the SLAAC in Man-In-The-Middle attacks using IPv6 - CSO
• Easy-to-use attack exploits IPv6 traffic on IPv4 networks - GCN
• DEFCON: Ataques al protocolo IPv6 ("DEFCON: Attacks to IPv6") - el semanario

Facebook

• What is Facebook doing at a hacker convention in Vegas? - The Verge
• Facebook Makes Friends With Hackers - The Wall Street Journal

Wireless

• Wi-Fi routers: More security risks than ever - C/NET
• WiFi Pineapple Penetration-Testing Tool Sparks Interest at DEF CON - eWeek
• The WiFi Pineapple makes it easy to hack wireless devices - FierceCIO

Misc

• U of C prof heads to hackers' conference in Vegas - Calgary Herald
• 10 Sci-Fi Hacks That Are Now a Reality - Huffington Post
• Researchers demo new IPv6 attack against Windows 8 PCs - ComputerWorldUK/Techworld
• Criminal minds in the channel - CRN
• Def Con 'Crack Me if You Can' Contest Picks Apart Passwords - eWeek
• 5 Top Targets for Today's Hackers - Forbes
• The Type Of People Who Get Suckered By A Twitter Bot - Forbes
• Wall Of Sheep Hacker Group Exposes NFC's Risks At Def Con 2013 - Forbes
• Researcher builds botnet-powered distributed file storage system using JavaScript - IDG/Javaworld
• "安全宝蓝莲花"盛放全球黑客海天盛筵 (" "Safe Treasure Blue Lotus" bloom global hacker Rendez-Vous ") - CCTV
• Le botnet utilisé pour le stockage de fichier ("The botnet used for file storage") - ICT Journal
• Q+A: Ralph 'The Ethical Hacker' Echemendia talks Snowden, Feds and DefCon - Las Vegas Sun
• HOW DOES A VEGAS CASINO STAY SAFE DURING DEF CON? - Las Vegas Weekly
• McAfee CTO Expected to Join Department of Homeland Security - Law.com
• Defcon 21 : l'accès simplifié aux services Google pointé du doigt ("Defcon 21: simplified access to Google services fingered") - Lemonde Informatique
• The 26-Year-Old Montana Legislator Fighting for Your Online Privacy - Mashable
• DEF CON 21大会 那些跌破眼球的创意 ("DEF CON 21 meeting those below the eye of the creative") - Zol . COM . cn
• 图片报道:全球最大黑客大会DEF CON 21 ("Photo Report: the world's largest hacker conference DEF CON 21") - Enet . com . cn
• Forensic Experts Poke Holes in Snapchat and Facebook - Mashable
• Def Con und Black Hat: Hacker und Geheimdienste treffen sich in Las Vegas - Netzpolitik
• DEF CON Hackers Unveil a New Way of Visualizing Web Vulnerabilities - Slashdot
• How should you protect yourself from cyber surveillance? - The Guardian
• How should you protect yourself from cyber surveillance? - Raw Story
• Convenient Google WebLogin Tokens Can Expose User Accounts, Data - Threatpost
• Why making 'consent' the center of privacy law is important - VentureBeat