barcode

Videos·30 min

• VIRUS BULLETIN
• Malware
• Date: 2025
• Location: Virus Bulletin

Examines P0wned by a barcode: stealing money from offline users and evaluates key implications for security practitioners.

Videos·27 min

• BSides
• Community
• Date: 2025
• Location: Bsides

Paz Hameiri

Engineers explore architecture and security mechanisms for Paz Hameiri - Barcode scanners are disguised windows to your Windows.

Main Stage·44 min

• DEF CON
• AppSec
• Date: Aug 2021
• Location: Las Vegas

Richard Henderson

Richard Henderson encodes the classic EICAR antivirus test string into QR codes and physical barcodes, triggering unexpected security alarms and system crashes across scanning hardware.

Voting Village·30 min

• DEF CON
• Hardware
• Date: Aug 2021
• Location: Las Vegas

Kevin Skoglund

Kevin Skoglund decodes 1D and 2D barcodes on ballot-marking devices (ES&S, Dominion, Unisyn), evaluating the security risks of machine-readable votes.

Main Stage·45 min

• DEF CON
• AppSec
• Date: Aug 2016
• Location: Las Vegas

Przemek Jaroszewski

Przemek Jaroszewski analyzes automated airport security checks, demonstrating flaws in boarding pass barcode validation that grant unauthorized airport lounge and fast-track access.