AFK·42 min
Chris Rock examines the real-world methodologies, cyber operations, and infrastructure targets involved in modern government disruption.
policythreat-intelgeopolitics+1
4–7 August 2016 · Paris and Bally's Hotels, Las Vegas
DEF CON 24
7 villages · 139 talks
Villages at this event
AFK
13 talks
AFK at DEF CON 24 explores the intersection of hacking, cybersecurity policy, legal rights, digital privacy, and hacker culture away from the keyboard.
Auto Hacking Village
10 talks
Auto Hacking Village at DEF CON 24 explores vehicle security, CAN bus exploitation, heavy truck diagnostics, connected car vulnerabilities, and autonomous systems.
Crypto and Privacy Village
8 talks
Crypto and Privacy Village at DEF CON 24 explores applied cryptography, surveillance resistance, TLS inspection, PKI architecture, legal decryption battles, and usable security.
IoT Village
13 talks
IoT Village at DEF CON 24 explores security research, vulnerability disclosure, and exploitation techniques across embedded devices, wireless protocols, and connected hardware.
Main Stage
74 talks
Main Stage presentations at DEF CON 24 feature the conference's premier security research across hardware exploitation, mobile chipset vulnerabilities, telecom protocols, and offensive tradecraft. Sessions spotlight breakthrough zero-day research, kernel security, critical infrastructure resilience, and automated cyber defense.
Social Engineering Village
11 talks
Social Engineering Village at DEF CON 24 explores the human elements of security, psychological manipulation, pretexting tradecraft, vishing, and interpersonal deception.
Wireless Village
10 talks
Wireless Village at DEF CON 24 explores radio frequency security, software-defined radio, Wi-Fi exploitation, Bluetooth Low Energy hacking, and wireless CTF challenges.
All DC24 talks
1–24 of 138 talks / 139
AFK·44 min
A panel discussion bringing federal agency representatives and the hacker community together to address law enforcement and policy questions.
policylaw-enforcementgovernment+1
AFK·18 min
Internet pioneer Dr. Paul Vixie analyzes DNS privacy, recursive resolution frontrunning, and modern efforts to secure protocol infrastructure.
dnsnetwork-securityprivacy+1
AFK·43 min
Analyzing decades of cybersecurity arrests and indictments to evaluate the accuracy and challenges of cyber attack attribution.
threat-intelattributioninvestigations+1
AFK·44 min
Jason Healey traces the evolution of US government vulnerability equities policy from pre-Heartbleed debates through the Apple-FBI standoff.
policyzero-dayvulnerabilities+1
AFK·52 min
Jennifer Granick evaluates the erosion of open internet ideals, tracing the rise of corporate centralization and government surveillance.
policydigital-rightsprivacy+1
AFK·45 min
Project CITL
Mudge and Sarah Zatko present Project CITL, introducing quantitative software security ratings to evaluate code quality and exploitability.
policyappsecvulnerability-research+1
AFK·26 min
Attorneys and technologists from the Electronic Frontier Foundation answer questions on digital rights, surveillance law, and hacker defense.
effpolicyprivacy+1
AFK·50 min
Richard Thieme reflects on the psychological toll, ethical dilemmas, and existential impacts of holding classified and dark knowledge.
culturepsychologycommunity+1
AFK·41 min
A presentation on cognitive biases, decision-making frameworks, and mental models for navigating complex information security challenges.
communitycultureeducation
AFK·44 min
FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny and Chief Technologist Lorrie Cranor discuss how security researchers can inform consumer protection enforcement.
policyregulationprivacy+1
AFK·40 min
Exploring modern digital propaganda techniques, algorithmic targeting, and how everyday personal devices influence public discourse.
propagandaprivacysurveillance+1
Auto Hacking Village·38 min
Vehicle to Infrastructure V2X
Evaluating vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) communication standards, examining message authentication, wireless protocols, and traffic safety implications.
v2xautomotivewireless+1
Auto Hacking Village·1 hr
Deep Learning on CAN BUS
Applying deep learning algorithms and recurrent neural networks to CAN bus telemetry for automated intrusion detection and anomaly monitoring.
can-busmachine-learningautomotive+1
Auto Hacking Village·1 hr 5 min
Security Flaws in Automotive Immobilizer
A deep dive into cryptographic weaknesses and protocol vulnerabilities discovered in widely deployed automotive immobilizer transponder systems.
automotiverfidcryptography+1
Auto Hacking Village·24 min
Ken Munro explains the exploitation of the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Wi-Fi module, demonstrating remote vehicle control and alarm tampering.
automotivewifiiot+1
Auto Hacking Village·28 min
Understanding Heavy Truck Event Data
Dissecting event data recorders (EDRs) and diagnostic fault logging in commercial heavy trucks from an accident reconstruction perspective.
automotiveforensicsheavy-vehicle+1
Auto Hacking Village·11 min
An exploration of the electronic hardware design, microcontroller architecture, and hacking challenges built into the Car Hacking Village badge.
hardwarebadgeembedded+1
Auto Hacking Village·13 min
Using the Yard Stick One sub-1GHz wireless transceiver to capture, analyze, and replay signals from automotive key fobs.
rfautomotivewireless+1
Auto Hacking Village·23 min
Reverse engineering CAN bus communication protocols and electronic control units to extract proprietary secrets and firmware logic from vehicles.
can-busautomotivehardware+1
Auto Hacking Village·44 min
Investigating the sensor trustworthiness of autonomous vehicles, evaluating acoustic, optical, and radar spoofing attacks against onboard perception systems.
automotivesensorshardware+1
Auto Hacking Village·21 min
Demonstrating low-cost hardware tools and open-source software for analyzing and injecting traffic on J1939 heavy vehicle networks.
automotivej1939hardware+1
Crypto and Privacy Village·44 min
Logs Aren't Enough
Why traditional system and application logs fall short for forensic investigations, and how privacy-preserving telemetry enhances detection.
privacyblue-teamincident-response+1