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The enshittification of the internet follows a predictable trajectory: first, platforms are good to their users; then they abuse their ... Post 9/11, the phrase “If you see something, say something” became ubiquitous. If you saw something of concern, better to report ... Logs are a vital component for maintaining application reliability, performance, and security. They serve as a source of information ... For the last 6 years my colleagues and I have been tracking the activities of the cyber-mercenaries we call Dark Caracal. In this ... The federal criminal case of United States v. Joseph Sullivan, NDCA 3-20-CR-337 WHO, has been covered and debated quite ... Firmware and software binaries are littered with private keys, legitimate CA-blessed certificates, and encryption keys—but hardly ...

In 2018, a secure communications app called Anom started to gain popularity among organized criminals. Soon, top tier drug ... On May 4th, the White House announced the AI Village at This talk includes a series of favorite hacking stories. From hacking into a prison system to having the ability to publish “fake news” ... Just like there's more than one way to peel a banana, there's more than one way to protect a computer network from being pwned. Breaking into secure facilities used to be possible by inserting a listening device (such as an ESPKey) behind an RFID card ...

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DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification  - Cory Doctorow
DEF CON 31 War Stories - The Risks of Pointing Out the Emperor is Buck Naked -  Renderman,  Tom Dang
DEF CON 31 - Weaponizing Plain Text  ANSI Escape Sequences as a Forensic Nightmare - STÖK
DEF CON 31 War Stories - Tracking the Worlds Dumbest Cyber Mercenaries - Cooper Quintin
DEF CON 31 War Stories - A Different Uber Post Mortem - Joe Sullivan
DEF CON 31 - Private Keys in Public Places - Tom Pohl
DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification - Cory Doctorow
DEF CON 32 - Inside the FBI’s Secret Encrypted Phone Company ‘Anom’ - Joseph Cox
Top Tips for New DEF CON-ers | DEF CON 31
DEF CON 31 - Hack the Future - Why Congress & White House Support AI Red Teaming  - Austin Carson
DEF CON 31 War Stories - A Series of Unfortunate Events - Ben Sadeghipour, Corben Leo
DEF CON 31 - All information looks like noise until you break the code - Pekoske, Lyngaas, Easterly
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DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification  - Cory Doctorow

DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow

The enshittification of the internet follows a predictable trajectory: first, platforms are good to their users; then they abuse their ...

DEF CON 31 War Stories - The Risks of Pointing Out the Emperor is Buck Naked -  Renderman,  Tom Dang

DEF CON 31 War Stories - The Risks of Pointing Out the Emperor is Buck Naked - Renderman, Tom Dang

Post 9/11, the phrase “If you see something, say something” became ubiquitous. If you saw something of concern, better to report ...

DEF CON 31 - Weaponizing Plain Text  ANSI Escape Sequences as a Forensic Nightmare - STÖK

DEF CON 31 - Weaponizing Plain Text ANSI Escape Sequences as a Forensic Nightmare - STÖK

Logs are a vital component for maintaining application reliability, performance, and security. They serve as a source of information ...

DEF CON 31 War Stories - Tracking the Worlds Dumbest Cyber Mercenaries - Cooper Quintin

DEF CON 31 War Stories - Tracking the Worlds Dumbest Cyber Mercenaries - Cooper Quintin

For the last 6 years my colleagues and I have been tracking the activities of the cyber-mercenaries we call Dark Caracal. In this ...

DEF CON 31 War Stories - A Different Uber Post Mortem - Joe Sullivan

DEF CON 31 War Stories - A Different Uber Post Mortem - Joe Sullivan

The federal criminal case of United States v. Joseph Sullivan, NDCA 3-20-CR-337 WHO, has been covered and debated quite ...

DEF CON 31 - Private Keys in Public Places - Tom Pohl

DEF CON 31 - Private Keys in Public Places - Tom Pohl

Firmware and software binaries are littered with private keys, legitimate CA-blessed certificates, and encryption keys—but hardly ...

DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification - Cory Doctorow

DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Enshittification - Cory Doctorow

The enshittification of the internet follows a predictable trajectory: first, platforms are good to their users; then they abuse their ...

DEF CON 32 - Inside the FBI’s Secret Encrypted Phone Company ‘Anom’ - Joseph Cox

DEF CON 32 - Inside the FBI’s Secret Encrypted Phone Company ‘Anom’ - Joseph Cox

In 2018, a secure communications app called Anom started to gain popularity among organized criminals. Soon, top tier drug ...

Top Tips for New DEF CON-ers | DEF CON 31

Top Tips for New DEF CON-ers | DEF CON 31

Need advice for your first

DEF CON 31 - Hack the Future - Why Congress & White House Support AI Red Teaming  - Austin Carson

DEF CON 31 - Hack the Future - Why Congress & White House Support AI Red Teaming - Austin Carson

On May 4th, the White House announced the AI Village at

DEF CON 31 War Stories - A Series of Unfortunate Events - Ben Sadeghipour, Corben Leo

DEF CON 31 War Stories - A Series of Unfortunate Events - Ben Sadeghipour, Corben Leo

This talk includes a series of favorite hacking stories. From hacking into a prison system to having the ability to publish “fake news” ...

DEF CON 31 - All information looks like noise until you break the code - Pekoske, Lyngaas, Easterly

DEF CON 31 - All information looks like noise until you break the code - Pekoske, Lyngaas, Easterly

Just like there's more than one way to peel a banana, there's more than one way to protect a computer network from being pwned.

DEF CON 31 - Badge of Shame  Breaking into Secure Facilities with OSDP -Dan Petro, David Vargas

DEF CON 31 - Badge of Shame Breaking into Secure Facilities with OSDP -Dan Petro, David Vargas

Breaking into secure facilities used to be possible by inserting a listening device (such as an ESPKey) behind an RFID card ...