DEF CON Hacking Conference

Posted 7.18.24

Just a friendly DEF CON reminder for all our last minute folks - online registration for DEF CON 32 ends August 1. Cash at the door still works, though. Linecon abides.

Posted 7.2.24

New DEF CON 32 parrrty just dropped! Join us Saturday August 10 for ‘Yo Ho Ho, a Pirate’s NIght for Me! There’ll be a best-dressed pirate contest with a 460 dollar prize and entertainment from O’Craven (Insta: OCRAVEN), NorCal’s most swashbuckling Celtic Pirate Rock Band.

For details and updates keep an eye on the DEF CON Music Page. We’ll see you there!

Posted 7.1.24

The wait is over- DEF CON 32’s Workshop roster is LIVE! We’re quite proud of the lineup! Registration opens at precisely noon Pacific on July 7.

Workshops historically fill up quite quickly so we recommend having a few choices and doing some stretches for maximum click-finger agility.

Good luck to everyone. Just over a month till DC32! Let’s GO.

Posted 6.14.24

The good folks at @defcon_music have blessed us with some big party info for #defcon32.

"This year’s theme for our Friday Night party is “Retro Sci-Fi“

Be sure to bring your ray guns, Thought immobilizers, Robot sidekicks and of course your best spacesuit!

Sci-Fi costume contest at Midnight!

Winner gets $460 cash!

(Costumes encouraged but not required.)

For more keep an eye on defconmusic.org.

Posted 6.12.24

We are enterning the home stretch, citizens of DEF CON! Just under two months until the curtains open - have you prepared yourselves?

The full roster of parties, meetups and events is live on defcon.org to assist in all your various pre-function planning.

Prior Planning Prevents Poor Partying, so get yourself familiarized. While you’re there, please make sure to check out the fantastic contest lineup DC32 has ready for you!

It’s within sight - just over the horizon. Feel free to get psyched.

See you soon!

Posted 5.22.24

DEF CON 32 #protip: On the desert planet of Las Vegas, door to door AC is worth its weight in water.

When choosing a hotel, don’t overlook our deeply discounted room block in the Rio. All our reserved Rio rooms are fully remodeled suites, and there’s a FREE shuttle right to DEF CON’s main entrance. No wasting your precious moisture on the burning sidewalks.

Also, we have it on good authority the the shuttle moves without rhythm so as not to attract the worm.

Check out the Rio room link now!

Posted 5.7.24

Thanks to the fine folks at Nautilus Institute the DEF CON 32 CTF quals are in the books - you can read all about it at https://quals.2024.nautilus.institute/. There's also a veritable feast of JSON dumps for the curious. Congrats to the winners, thank you to everyone who suited up and we'll see you in Las Vegas!

Posted 4.29.24

Attention packet wizards - the DEF CON 32 CTF Quals Begin May 3!

Our friends at the Nautilus Institute have created a fiendish test of skills that lasts a whole weekend, and the winner gets to compete for everlasting glory in the main event at DEF CON 32.

Will your team rise to the challenge?

You can get your hat in the ring by registering at https://quals.2024.nautilus.institute/

Godspeed to every mad genius who answers the call.

Posted 4.22.24

We’ve secured a block of deeply discounted rooms at the fabulous Rio, with FREE shuttle service to and from the West Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center! In addition to the door-to-door shuttle service, they’re giving us a big break on the room rate AND the Resort Fee. Rio also offers additional discounts for government employees

We love the Rio - it was home base for DEF CONs 19-22 - and you should see it now. It’s had a massive multi-year renovation and it’s new all over. New all-suites accomodations, new restaurants, new food hall, even a redesigned 5-acre pool complex. It’s a whole new experience at a steal of a price.

We expect these to fill quickly, so you should act accordingly and book now!

Posted 4.6.24

Spring has sprung. That means laughter in the air, flowers everywhere, and DEF CON right around the corner. In the spirit of new growth we’ve got another discounted room block for DEF CON 32 attendees - this time it’s at Resorts World. You can check the selection and book at this link.

Resorts World is the very large, very new hotel-casino complex that sits on the lot once occupied by The Stardust. It sports a location convenient to the LVCC, the very latest in accommodations and (so far as we can tell) no relation to Michael Crichton’s WestWorld and FutureWorld.

It’s all happening, people. Just a few more months till the big event. Prepare accordingly.