human-factors

Briefings·44 min

• Black Hat
• Policy
• Date: Aug 2025
• Location: Las Vegas

Chris Inglis

Government and intelligence leaders share perspectives on the evolution of national cyber defense from early computing to artificial intelligence.

DragonJAR - Hacking y Seguridad Informática·52 min

• DRAGONJAR
• Social Engineering
• Date: 2025
• Location: Dragonjar

Ricardo Monreal

Details investigando el Phishing and evaluates key implications for security practitioners.

OWASP Foundation·43 min

• OWASP
• AppSec
• Date: 2025
• Location: Owasp

AppSecUSA 2018 examines Human factors that influence secure software development.

The Linux Foundation·11 min

• LINUX FOUNDATION
• Blue Team
• Date: 2025
• Location: Linux Foundation

Maté Kovacs

Investigates lightning Talk: The Humble Rustacean: Human Factors Behind Rusts Success and evaluates key implications for security practitioners.

DCGVR Village·54 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Aug 2022
• Location: Las Vegas

Exploring how storytelling, character development, and narrative pacing learned in creative writing form the foundation of compelling social engineering pretexts.

Packet Hacking Village·40 min

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

Damon Small

Why 'Layer 8' (people) are the most critical security layer—addressing human behavior in security programs.

Social Engineering Village·48 min

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

Understand how human perception and decision-making science explains why we struggle with security—and how behavioral insights can create more effective security professionals.

Social Engineering Village·52 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Aug 2016
• Location: Las Vegas

Examining why people remain the most vulnerable target in security perimeters, and how organizations can cultivate proactive defense.

Village Presentations·37 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Aug 2015
• Location: Las Vegas

Michele Fincher

Michele Fincher explores cognitive biases and psychological lapses that lead well-intentioned individuals to bypass security protocols and fall for scams.

Main Stage·53 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Aug 2014
• Location: Las Vegas

Michele Fincher

Michele Fincher - How to you Feel about your Mother.

Main Stage·18 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Aug 2013
• Location: Las Vegas

Eric Milam

Eric Milam explores getting the goods with smbexec at DEF CON 21, examining social-engineering and practical defenses.

Main Stage·25 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Jul 2012
• Location: Las Vegas

Dan Tentler

Dan Tentler explores drinking from the caffeine firehose we know as shodan at DEF CON 20, examining social-engineering and practical defenses.

Main Stage·44 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Jul 2012
• Location: Las Vegas

Ben Toews · Scott Behrens

Ben Toews and Scott Behrens explores rapid blind sql injection exploitation with bbqsql at DEF CON 20, examining social-engineering and practical defenses.

Main Stage·37 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Jul 2012
• Location: Las Vegas

Thor

Thor details socialized Data: Using Social Media as a Cyber Mule Thor (Hammer of God) Chief Deity, Hammer of God I don't wear hats.

Main Stage·50 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Jul 2012
• Location: Las Vegas

Paul Wilson

Paul Wilson details the Art Of The Con Paul Wilson Real Hustler Paul Wilson is the writer and star of "The Real Hustle" and creator of "The Takedown" on Court TV and "Scammed" on The History Channel.

Main Stage·41 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Aug 2011
• Location: Las Vegas

Bruce Barnett

Bruce Barnett explores deceptive hacking at DEF CON 19, examining social-engineering and practical defenses.

Main Stage·45 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Aug 2011
• Location: Las Vegas

James Myrcurial Arlen

James Myrcurial Arlen explores security when nano seconds count at DEF CON 19, examining social-engineering and practical defenses.

Main Stage·45 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Aug 2011
• Location: Las Vegas

Jayson E. Street

Jayson E. Street explores steal everything, kill everyone, cause total financial ruin! at DEF CON 19, examining social-engineering and practical defenses.

Main Stage·51 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Jul 2010
• Location: Las Vegas

The Suggmeister

The Suggmeister explores social networking special ops at DEF CON 18, examining social-engineering and practical defenses.

Main Stage·20 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Aug 2003
• Location: Las Vegas

Mystic

Mystic - Mimicry Mimicry Mimicry is the ability to survive by mimicking your surroundings.

Main Stage·53 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Aug 2002
• Location: Las Vegas

Error

Error - Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) This talk is primarily about psychology and relates to typical programming in no way.

Main Stage·1 hr 5 min

• DEF CON
• Social Engineering
• Date: Jul 2001
• Location: Las Vegas

Bryan Glancey

Bryan Glancey - Weakest Link Presentation and demonstration of attack attempts against common security software.