Villages

DEF CON 33 Adversary Village — 10 talks from the canonical playlist covering purple teaming, threat emulation, supply chain risks, adversary tradecraft, and cyber economics.

Aerospace Village focuses on aviation and space cybersecurity, satellite reverse engineering, avionics CAN and ARINC bus protocols, GPS and ADS-B spoofing, and Hack-A-Sat challenges.

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 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.

Nighttime highlights, weather events, and behind-the-scenes community stories filmed by Ry and the DEF CON Video Team at DEF CON 30.

AI Village explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and information security. Talks cover adversarial machine learning, evasion techniques against ML-based malware detectors, deep reinforcement learning vulnerabilities, and privacy-preserving model architectures.

DEF CON 32 App Sec Village focuses on application security, secure software development, and modern API and cloud vulnerabilities. The talks cover topics ranging from CI/CD pipeline exploitation and LLM application security to frontend defenses and vulnerability management.

AppSec Village at DEF CON 27 covers application security practices, testing strategies, and vulnerability detection. The talks explore CI/CD security, purple team strategies, cryptographic failures, hidden vulnerabilities, and the history of application security.

Auto Hacking Village at DEF CON 24 explores vehicle security, CAN bus exploitation, heavy truck diagnostics, connected car vulnerabilities, and autonomous systems.

Biohacking Village explores cybersecurity in healthcare, medical device security, cyberbiosecurity, FHIR APIs, open-source medicine, patient privacy, and biological citizen science.

Blacks in Cyber Village at DEF CON 30 showcases research on software supply chains, machine learning trustworthiness, digital financial privacy, and career growth systems.

DEF CON 33 Blacks in Cybersecurity Village features talks, panels, and workshops highlighting career advancement, diversity, and technical tradecraft. Sessions cover reverse engineering with Ghidra, cyberbiosecurity, AI-driven phishing analysis, DNS threat intelligence, and community initiatives across the global cyber ecosystem.

Blockchain Village focuses on cryptocurrency security, smart contract auditing, DeFi flash loan exploits, hardware wallet reverse engineering, MEV sandwich attacks, and consensus defense.

Blue Team Village at DEF CON 30 focuses on digital forensics, incident response, threat hunting tradecraft, malware reverse engineering, and defensive tooling.

Cannabis Village at DEF CON 26 covers security, compliance, and technology in the cannabis industry. The talks explore cannabis software security breaches, regulatory compliance, genetic engineering, computer vision applications, hydroponic systems, and the intersection of cybersecurity and the emerging cannabis sector.

Car Hacking Village at DEF CON 33 explores automotive cybersecurity, vehicle bus architectures, connected infrastructure, and embedded head units. Talks cover TPMS spoofing, odometer manipulation, dealer API vulnerabilities, and EV charging modem exploitation.

Career Hacking Village focuses on cybersecurity career paths, resume craftsmanship, technical interview preparation, leadership transition, executive management, and workforce development.

DEF CON 33 Cloud Village talks covering cloud security offense and defense across AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes environments.

DEF CON 34 community presentations.

DEF CON 33 Community Stage features presentations on mentorship, digital privacy, grassroots movements, and community-driven security defense. Sessions cover declarative dependency management with Nix, agentic AI security, game hacking parallels to offensive red teaming, and counter-surveillance strategies.

Contests, game shows, and award ceremonies held at DEF CON 33, including Hacker Jeopardy, Whose Slide Is It Anyway, and the annual Pwnie Awards.

DEF CON 33 Creator Stage showcases technical presentations, hardware demonstrations, and research by independent security creators, builders, and practitioners. Talks cover embedded hardware exploitation, automotive and aerospace security, maritime systems, industrial control networks, vulnerability disclosure, and applied machine learning.

Crypto and Privacy Village at DEF CON 33 explores applied cryptography, surveillance defense, digital privacy technologies, and post-quantum readiness. Talks cover RNG backdoors, AI shadow data leakage, decentralized protocols, and reconfigurable HSM architectures.

Crypto Village focuses on cryptographic protocols, privacy preservation, secure communications, data protection, and surveillance defense.

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.

Presentations, exploit disclosures, and security research from the CSIT Village at DEF CON SG1 in Singapore.

The DEF CON Safe Mode Capture the Flag (CTF) competition brings together premier hacking teams worldwide for attack-and-defense challenges, game recaps, and live competition commentary.

DEF CON 33 Data Duplication Village explores data replication protocols, large-scale storage telemetry, decentralized storage abuse, and hardware reliability metrics across modern storage systems.

DC Groups at DEF CON Safe Mode features community presentations, project showcases, and security talks hosted by local DEF CON groups from around the world.

DEF CON Groups Virtuality (DCGVR) Village hosts talks and discussions on virtual reality workspaces, governance and compliance hacking, identity systems, and grassroots community organizing.

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

DEF CON 33 main track and general talks covering offensive security, defensive operations, hardware hacking, wireless security, policy, and community.

Demo Labs at DEF CON Safe Mode showcases open-source security tools, vulnerability scanners, and testing frameworks demonstrated by their creators.

The official DEF CON 20 Documentary and bonus historical clips chronicling two decades of hacker culture, community lore, and conference operations.

Documentary - Extras talks and related uploads.

Drone Wars Village at DEF CON 27 covers drone security and swarm technology with 1 talk on drone hacking and coordination systems.

DEF CON Safe Mode Ethics Village features discussions on digital civil liberties, privacy oversight, and ethical frameworks shaping policy and governance in the information security landscape.

DEF CON Safe Mode Ethics Village alternate playlist features discussions on digital civil liberties, government surveillance oversight, and constitutional protections in cybersecurity.

Hack the Seas Village explores maritime cybersecurity, vessel navigation systems, Automatic Identification System (AIS) RF security, and autonomous underwater vehicle operations.

DEF CON Hardware Hacking Village lockpicking demonstration at the HACKED event sponsored by DEF CON and Mr. Robot at the 2016 TriBeCa Film Festival.

DEF CON Hacker History Project — archival interview of The Dark Tangent (Jeff Moss) conducted by ZDnet at DEF CON 5 in 1997, capturing the early ethos and origins of the conference.

Ham Radio Village explores amateur radio communications, emergency mesh networking (AREDN), satellite contacts, low-power RF propagation, and digital radio modes.

Hardware Hacking Village focuses on physical hardware reverse engineering, embedded firmware extraction, keystroke injection attacks, USB HID exploitation, and AVR microcontrollers.

ICS Village talks and related uploads.

In-depth DEF CONversations and interviews with prominent researchers, hardware builders, and privacy advocates at DEF CON 22.

IoT Village highlights embedded firmware analysis, smart home and industrial IoT security, reverse supply chain hardware trojans, silicon RNG entropy, and connected device policy.

Live CTF at DEF CON 30 features head-to-head, real-time binary exploitation and reverse engineering battles between top competitive hacker teams with live commentary.

Live musical performances, DJ sets, and evening concerts recorded at DEF CON 33 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Live in-person stage presentations and panels at DEF CON 29, featuring live exploits, closing ceremonies, policy panels, badge making, and covert communications.

Lock Bypass Village focuses on non-destructive physical entry, latch manipulation, custom bypass tool fabrication, alarm sensor defeat, and access-controlled door vulnerabilities.

Lock Picking Village focuses on mechanical lock analysis, non-destructive entry, key duplication, safe manipulation, bypass tools, and physical security assessment.

Main stage keynote and presentation talks delivered at DEF CON 34.

DEF CON 32 main stage and general track presentations covering cybersecurity, hacking, and related technologies.

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

DEF CON 33 Mobile Village talks covering mobile application security, backend API vulnerabilities, and data leakage across mobile ecosystems.

Monero Village focuses on financial privacy, decentralized systems, cryptocurrency cryptography, and censorship resistance. Talks cover cross-chain atomic swaps, off-grid mesh networks, electronic badge hacking, and blockchain economics.

Performances and competitions from DEF CON Safe Mode's inaugural New Year's Eve Party, featuring the Hacker Jeopardy championship tiebreaker and virtual DJ sets.

DEF CON 33 Packet Hacking Village features presentations on traffic analysis, detection pipelines, and honeypot design. The sessions at this event cover deepfake media detection, IoT telemetry contextualization, bot fingerprinting with dynamic deception, and the history of interactive SSH honeypot workshops.

Password Village focuses on password cracking methodologies, GPU acceleration, hash analysis, Active Directory credential attacks, and authentication policy enforcement.

Payment Village at DEF CON 33 explores payment system security, point-of-sale systems, ATM exploitation, contactless transaction protocols, and financial fraud. Talks cover carding market evolution, AI-driven fraud testing, pig butchering scam tracking, and ATM physical penetration.

DEF CON 32 Policy presentations and discussions focusing on cybersecurity policy, government initiatives, and digital governance.

DEF CON 34 Policy Village connects security researchers, policymakers, and civil society to explore cybersecurity legislation, regulation, and public-interest technology.

Presentations Attack at DEF CON 23 features offensive security talks covering penetration testing, network attacks, web application security, wireless exploits, and hardware hacking techniques (17 talks).

Presentations on Automotive Hacks at DEF CON 23 covers connected vehicle security, remote cellular exploitation, CAN bus injection, and wireless key fob replay attacks.

Presentations on Biohacking at DEF CON 23 covers medical device security, honeypot deployment for healthcare infrastructure, and the ethical frontiers of human augmentation.

Presentations on Cryptography at DEF CON 23 covers secure messaging protocols, applied cryptographic primitives, cryptocurrency brainwallet cracking, and SSL/TLS time synchronization bypasses.

Presentations on Hardware and Lockpicking at DEF CON 23 covers physical security, embedded device exploitation, electronic safe bypassing, and hardware root-of-trust security.

Presentations on the Internet of Things at DEF CON 23 explores security vulnerabilities in connected consumer hardware, embedded Linux appliances, smart home protocols, and ZigBee wireless networks.

Presentations Panels at DEF CON 23 features expert panel discussions, Q&A sessions, and keynote debates covering policy, digital rights, cryptography, hardware firmware attacks, and security community culture.

Presentations on Social Engineering at DEF CON 23 explores human-layer vulnerabilities, open-source intelligence gathering, digital surveillance tradecraft, lock pattern predictability, and identity fraud.

Presentations on Wireless security at DEF CON 23 covers point-to-point radio proxying, distributed 802.11 spectrum monitoring, and Software-Defined Radio tradecraft.

Preview videos and promotional spotlights highlighting villages and major events at DEF CON 33.

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.

DEF CON 33 Quantum Village talks exploring quantum computing threats, Shor algorithm optimizations, and post-quantum cryptographic transitions.

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.

DEF CON 33 Recon Village — 16 talks from the canonical v1 playlist.

Red Team Village focuses on offensive security operations, adversary emulation, AI in hacking, red team infrastructure (CyberWraith), and community CTF competitions.

Retail Hacking Village at DEF CON 30 focuses on point-of-sale systems, automated teller machines (ATMs), payment processing security, and commercial retail hardware exploitation.

DEF CON 33 RF Village features presentations, demonstrations, and contests exploring radio frequency security, software-defined radio, and wireless protocols. Sessions cover Meshtastic LoRa reverse engineering, aerial wardriving from general aviation aircraft, cellular testbeds for IMSI catcher detection, and smartcard analysis.

Rogues Village focuses on deception tradecraft, psychological misdirection, magician linguistics, street cons, pickpocket mechanics, and geospatial telemetry manipulation.

Rootz Asylum Village at DEF CON 26 features community talks and discussions on hacking and security culture with 2 sessions.

Social Engineering Village at DEF CON 27 covers the human aspects of security, from reconnaissance and pretexting to insider threats and organizational culture. The 18 talks explore both attack techniques and defensive awareness.

Transporthax at DEF CON 27 focuses on aviation, transportation security, and related infrastructure. The talks cover aircraft systems, pilot training security, aviation cybersecurity, and transportation technology vulnerabilities.

Interviews, village walkthroughs, and contest spotlights produced by the DEF CON Video Team at DEF CON 34.

Village Presentations at DEF CON 23 spans technical workshops across Packet Capture, Lock Picking, IoT, Hardware Hacking, Wireless, Vehicle Hacking, Social Engineering, Crypto & Privacy, and BioHacking Villages.

DEF CON 33 Voting Village features research, symposium panels, and hands-on evaluations of election technology and physical voting systems. Sessions cover physical security of voting terminals, statistical Risk-Limiting Audits, ballot marking devices, legal safe harbors under the DMCA, and lessons from landmark state security reviews.

DEF CON 32 War Stories features first-hand accounts from seasoned security researchers, investigators, and defenders detailing high-profile investigations and complex vulnerability discoveries. Presentations explore real-world digital forensics, reverse engineering operations, supply chain compromises, and federal law enforcement operations.

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.

Wireless Village focuses on radio frequency security, Wi-Fi auditing, Bluetooth Low Energy exploitation, mobile wardriving, and software-defined radio tooling.

XR Village focuses on extended reality security, immersive spatial computing, virtual and augmented reality sensor privacy, and digital twin simulation.