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Gadgets
Warning: Not All ATMs At DefCon Are What They Appear To Be
3:20AM Mark Wilson | The infamous DefCon hackers convention is going on in Las Vegas right now. And, just a word of advice. If you’re going to visit, grab your cash before entering the conference. More »
Gadgets
DefCon Badge Hack Fools Facial Recognition Systems With Pulsing Light
1:30PM Rosa Golijan | DefCon’s badges encourage hacking. In fact, the best hacks at the conference receive a black über badge signifying free lifetime admission. But why compete for the über badges when you can use steal them with this year’s winning hack? More »
Networks
A Look Inside Defcon’s Network Ops Room, The Most Secure Conference Wi-Fi You’ll Ever See
6:00AM John Mahoney | Network access at conferences sucks, pretty much without exception. That is, unless it’s built by the badge-wearing network ops volunteers of the Defcon hacker convention, who are affectionately referred to as the “Goons” (read: IT badasses). Wired’s Threat Level got a chance to look behind the scenes and snap some great photos of the network gear (and chain link fences, and padlocks, and German Shepherds) that make the Defcon network the fortress that it needs to be to keep a network full of hackers from tearing each other apart. More »
Gadgets
Wired Previews Hackable Defcon 16 Badge
12:00PM Matt Hickey | Wired got a sneak peek at one of the more fun aspects of this coming weekend’s Defcon, the hackable badge. Last year’s badge was hacked in just ten minutes, but it didn’t have an SD card slot at USB support. The new card has fewer features than last year’s but is more powerful. And it comes with a longer battery life, good news. But not everything is known, and that’s kind of the point to these fun trinkets. [Wired] More »NBC’s DefCon Mole – The Walk of Shame
7:15AM Seamus Byrne | Reading the story about NBC’s undercover reporter getting ousted from hacker convention DefCon was enjoyable. Watching the video… that’s something really special. Here’s the whole story, from beginning to end. More »
DefCon Uber Badge Hacked in 10 Minutes
12:24PM Seamus Byrne | Now, now, don’t get too excited. Creator Joe Grand designed it to be hacked. Still, 10 minutes is a pretty respectable time for the soldering, reprogramming and reflashing job done by Dave Bullock, Wired’s photographer at the event. The badge features an LED display with scrolling text, and it even has an easter egg (typing in 31337 outputs “$kingpin$”, the board maker’s handle.) [Wired, but beautiful photos from Dave]galleryPost('defconbadge', 4, 'DefCon Badge'); More »
