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3-6 August 2017 · Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas

DEF CON 25

19 villages · 252 talks

Villages at this event

AFK

6 talks

AFK at DEF CON 25 is an assorted collection of 6 talks from various villages and tracks covering diverse security topics including reconnaissance, cryptography, healthcare security, program analysis, AI, and privacy.

AFK2

9 talks

AFK2 at DEF CON 25 is a second collection of 9 talks covering panel discussions, biotechnology security, surveillance, regulatory policy, wireless hacking, and critical infrastructure protection.

Biohacking Village

23 talks

Biohacking Village showcases emerging biotechnology research, security implications of medical devices and healthcare systems, and the DIY biology movement. The 25 talks cover medical device vulnerabilities, genetic engineering, sensory augmentation, biohacking ethics, and the future of personalized medicine and biology as a technology platform.

Car Hacking Village

11 talks

Car Hacking Village at DEF CON 25 explores automotive security vulnerabilities, wireless attacks, and vehicle network exploitation. The 11 talks cover heavy truck logging devices, GPS spoofing, relay attacks, smart car vulnerabilities, wireless interfaces, AUTOSAR security, V2X frameworks, and remote automotive exploits.

Crypto and Privacy Village

17 talks

Crypto and Privacy Village at DEF CON 25 showcases cryptography, privacy protection, and secure communication techniques. The 17 talks cover encryption, privacy tools, digital rights, secure messaging, and cryptanalysis.

Cryptocurrency

3 talks

Cryptocurrency at DEF CON 25 covers blockchain security and cryptocurrency vulnerabilities with 3 talks on smart contract decompilers, hardware wallet security, and smart contract exploitation.

DC Groups

2 talks

Updates, briefings, and community announcements from the DEF CON Groups program during DEF CON 25.

DEF CON 25

1 talks

DEF CON 25 comprehensive talks covering all tracks and villages from the 2017 conference.

ICS Village

6 talks

ICS Village at DEF CON 25 covers Industrial Control Systems security and critical infrastructure protection. The talks explore Modbus vulnerabilities, industrial wireless security, grid insecurity, DFIR for ICS, device-level security, and building automation security.

IoT Village

15 talks

IoT Village at DEF CON 25 explores security vulnerabilities in connected devices and emerging threats from botnets to medical devices. The 15 talks cover IoT attack vectors, defensive techniques, policy implications, and hardware security research.

Main Track 1

66 talks

Main track presentations from DEF CON 25, covering offensive and defensive security research, infrastructure security, and emerging attack techniques across multiple domains.

Mobile Village

4 talks

Mobile Village at DEF CON 25 covers mobile security and wireless exploitation with 4 talks on LTE impersonation, GPS spoofing, NFC vulnerabilities, and Android reverse engineering.

Packet Hacking Village

22 talks

Packet Hacking Village at DEF CON 25 showcases techniques and tools for capturing, analyzing, and exploiting network traffic. The 22 talks cover wireless security, network analysis, packet capture, penetration testing, and practical security research methods.

Privacy Village

7 talks

Privacy Village at DEF CON 25 covers digital privacy, surveillance, anonymity, and privacy protection techniques. The talks explore tracking, DNS privacy, government surveillance, Tor, password security, and anti-tracking methods.

R00tz

13 talks

R00tz at DEF CON 25 covers hacker culture, security research, privacy, and emerging technologies. The 13 talks explore cryptography, drone security, policy, and ethical hacking practices.

Recon Village

16 talks

Recon Village at DEF CON 25 covers reconnaissance and OSINT techniques for information gathering, asset discovery, and attack surface mapping. The 15 talks explore social media analysis, domain discovery, source code research, and practical OSINT methodologies.

Social Engineering Village

12 talks

Social Engineering Village at DEF CON 25 covers human-layer security, manipulation techniques, and defensive strategies. The 12 talks explore phishing, psychological manipulation, red team operations, and building organizational resilience.

Voting Village

8 talks

Voting Village at DEF CON 25 covers election security, voting machine vulnerabilities, and election infrastructure defenses. The talks explore voting technology history, election system security, voting machine hacking, legal considerations, national security implications, and best practices for election security.

Wifi Village

11 talks

Wifi Village at DEF CON 25 covers wireless security, signal intelligence, and RF attacks. The 11 talks explore wardriving, packet sniffing, software-defined radios, home security system vulnerabilities, SIGINT techniques, and wireless monitoring tools like Kismet.

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AFK2·1 hr 51 min

  • DEF CON
  • Community
  • Date: Aug 2017
  • Location: Las Vegas

HighWiz · Malware Unicorn · Niki7a · Roamer · Wiseacre · Shaggy

101 Panel

communitythreat-intelappsec

Biohacking Village·25 min

  • DEF CON
  • Policy
  • Date: Aug 2017
  • Location: Las Vegas

Jeffrey Tibbetts

Safety precautions and procedures in the biohacking community to minimize risk as experimental procedures become increasingly invasive and the movement matures.

healthcareethicssafety+2

Biohacking Village·25 min

  • DEF CON
  • Red Team
  • Date: Aug 2017
  • Location: Las Vegas

Edward You

Security vulnerabilities in biotechnology infrastructure and the bio-economy, presented as theatrical song and interpretive dance exploring critical questions about biotech security.

biosecuritysynthetic-biologyvulnerability-research+2

Biohacking Village·24 min

  • DEF CON
  • Policy
  • Date: Aug 2017
  • Location: Las Vegas

Meow Ludo Meow Meow

Capabilities for biological weapons production in community bio labs and regulatory approaches that balance maximum innovation freedom with effective monitoring and safety.

healthcarebiosecurityregulation+2

Biohacking Village·25 min

  • DEF CON
  • Hardware
  • Date: Aug 2017
  • Location: Las Vegas

Trevor Goodman

Technologies and implants that enable humans to sense beyond natural limits—magnetic fields, infrared light, wider color ranges—through devices like the BrainPort and emerging commercial biohacking products.

healthcarebody-augmentationneuroscience+2

Biohacking Village·18 min

  • DEF CON
  • Hardware
  • Date: Aug 2017
  • Location: Las Vegas

Travis Lawrence

Computational methods to decode the second genetic code—the rules governing which amino acids transfer RNAs carry—revealing variability that can be exploited in synthetic biology.

genomicsgenetic-engineeringhealthcare+2