Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein

The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported ...
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Hacking conference evacuated after reports of a ‘suspicious package’

A ‘suspicious package’ was reported at the hacking conference Def Con at Caesars Forum Saturday night, according to a post from conference. The conference was evacuated around 10 p.m., and the ...
Dark Reading

Internet Of Things Hacking Village Debuts At DEF CON

Some of the hottest attractions at the DEF CON hacker conference every year are the themed hacking villages, which are basically hands-on hacking labs, workshops, contests, and conferences within the ...
TechRepublic

DEF CON Generative AI Hacking Challenge Explored Cutting Edge of Security Vulnerabilities

DEF CON Generative AI Hacking Challenge Explored Cutting Edge of Security Vulnerabilities Your email has been sent OpenAI, Google, Meta and more companies put their large language models to the test ...
Capital Public Radio

Def Con Hacking Conference Puts Feds In 'Time-Out'

As one of the world's largest gatherings of hackers, the Def Con conference has long welcomed experts from the security industry and the U.S. government, along with academics and hackers. But this ...
Dark Reading

The Race to Hack a Satellite at DEF CON

At DEF CON 27 there was a tantalizing promise: A space-based capture-the-flag competition at DEF CON 28, featuring actual satellites to be controlled. Then came 2020. Hack-a-Sat, as it came to be ...
Business Wire

Carnegie Mellon’s Hacking Team Wins Third Straight, Record Eighth Overall DEF CON Capture-the-Flag Title

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its third consecutive title, ...