Mystery Challenge registration is now closed. There will be 1 wildcard team allowed to sign up the first day of Defcon. Should multiple teams desire this position, there will be a mini-contest. Interested parties should email LosT with their intent to try for the wildcard slot.

DEFCON 16 Schedule now on-line! We are proud to present the schedule of speakers and events for DEFCON 16! Thanks to all the new space available at the Riviera Hotel & Casino, we have even more room this year. 4 Full speaking tracks and an additional "Breakout" track filled with cool talks, demonstrations and workshops. We are pleased at our lineup, and the amazing list of speakers who really diversified the content this year.

Link: http://defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-schedule.html

Keep checking the website and schedule for changes, Contests & Event Schedules and Workshop room locations. This year is packed with more stuff to enjoy than any years prior and we hope you like it just as much as we do!

See you at the show!

Mystery Challenge Registration will close this Sunday (6/29/08) at 11:59:59 PM.
If you intend to register do it now.
There should be sufficient information in the forums and on MysteryChallenge.org at this point.

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Recently announced at the DEFCON forums:

The DEFCON Badge Hacking Contest awards the top 3 most ingenious, obscure, mischievous, obscene, or technologically astounding badge modifications created over the weekend. No longer just a boring piece of passive material, the badge is now a full-featured, active electronic product, and it exists for your hacking pleasure.

We've had some amazing hacks in previous years. For info on the past badges and badge hacking contest entries, check out:

http://www.grandideastudio.com/portf...fcon-15-badge/

Let the voting commence! Go to the DEFCON 16 Artwork Contest Public Gallery at https://pics.defcon.org/showgallery.php?cat=532&ppuser=16770 to view this year's submissions. Once you have found your favorite go ahead and cast your vote at: https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9497.

Voting for the People's Choice category will run for one week, ending June 30th at 6pm. You will need a DEFCON Forums account to vote, so if you don't have one, sign up now at forum.defcon.org

This is it, Ladies and Germs, the last few DEFCON 16 speakers have been chosen and the Talk schedule is now in it's final stages. Look for the DEFCON 16 Schedule page to be updated this week at https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-schedule.html. For now, check out the speaker page and see what these latest selections are all about!

Grendel-Scan: A new web application scanning tool
David Byrne, Eric Duprey

Comparison of File Infection on Windows & Linux
Iclee_vx

Anti-RE Techniques in DRM Code
Jan Newger

How can I pwn thee? Let me count the ways
Renderman

Hijacking the Outdoor Digital Billboard Network
Tottenkoph, Rev


You can discuss the speakers and talks on the DEFCON Forums at:
https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9496

DefconBots is back this year with the same rules as last year. Now is a great time to get started on your bot! Last year there were six competitors, this year let's get a lot more! Don't let "I can't solder" stop you again, you can get started with a simple kit available through http://defconbots.org There's even open source software to get you started in linux.

9 more talks have been added to the DEFCON 16 lineup, and are listed below, Alpha by Speaker

Digital Security: a Risky Business
Ian O. Angell

Pen-Testing is Dead, Long Live the Pen Test
Taylor Banks

Hacking the Bionic Man
Gadi Evron

Panel: Internet Wars 2008
Gadi Evron Moderator

The Big Picture: Digital Cinema Technology and Security
Mike Renlund

Inducing Momentary Faults Within Secure Smartcards / Microcontrollers
Christopher Tarnovsky

MetaPost-Exploitation
Valsmith, Colin Ames

Password Cracking on a Budget
Matt Weir, Sudhir Aggarwal

New ideas for old practices - Port-Scanning improved
Fabian "fabs" Yamaguchi, FX

Due to late blooming interest in the contest, all entries for the DEFCON 16 Artwork Contest will be accepted up until 5pm PST on Sunday June 22, 2008. You can find the rules at https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-artwork-contest.html.

Voting for the People's Choice category will commence Monday June 23, 2008 and will run for one week on pics.defcon.org. A link to the voting gallery and instructions will follow at that time. You will need a DEFCON Pics account to vote, so if you don't have one, sign up now!

Good luck all!

From Agent X on the DEFCON Forums:

The few, the proud (arrogant?) ,the insane? Yes, that's right Speaker Operations a subset of the Defcon Goon Squad is looking for a few good folks. Speaker Operations goons are the blue shirts that ferry speakers to and from stage, keep the speaking schedule in order, and generally try to make the talks not suck...
Sometimes we succeed, sometimes we fail, generally there is beer at the end.
In an effort to ensure a healthy supply of goons for future Defcons, I'm holding semi-formal auditions/interviews this year at Defcon 16.

So if you interested in joining the ranks of the Defcon Speaker Operations Goons squad, here's what you've got to do:

* Write me an email, telling my why you will rock speaker operations. (In a good way).
* Demonstrate your resourcefulness by tracking me down and arranging a time for us to talk at Defcon this year. Make it memorable...it's a busy con you know.
* Demonstrate to the speaker operations staff those blue shirted goons again, you know why they are so awesome (?!Schwag, beer?!)

Thank you for your interest.
Agent X

https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9474

Formerly known as Amateur Capture The Flag (aCTF), this contest pits any Defcon attendee against the house (DC949) as well as other contestants. There are a series of challenges of varying difficulty involving a variety of things, including cryptology, stenography, malicious software, and websites (and other services) just waiting to be exploited.

Find out more at: http://dc949.org/oCTFIV/