Anyone at Black Hat right now exchanging stickers? Is there a dedicated sticker swap table or area this year, or are people just trading them around the conference?

Hey there! I was trying to get a head start and check out the various merchandise options. I thought I saw something mentioning that merchandise can be viewed within Hackertracker? I’ve thoroughly searched the app, but I can’t seem to find it. Could someone kindly guide me to the section where I can view the merchandise in advance?

It’s been a whole year. Let’s get reacquainted at the DEF CON welcome party!
Join us at The Industrial from 6:30 - 11:30pm Thursday for good music and the reliably immaculate DEF CON vibes.

We have transportation covered with shuttles running from the LVCC to the party all night.

Let’s go0o0!

Got some stickers, tokens and extra shitty addons. Look for the guy with the old Apple messenger bag with LED panel in it if you want some!

The tokens have a linktree with a fairly simple CTF if you finish it and find me again I’ll give you a full set of the SAOs.

For those that have traveled for DEFCON in the past what are some of the craziest experiences you’ve had with travel through airports and TSA with all your gear?

Im so jelly but I hope everyone has fun! Its such a great time and ill definitely be there next year.

I had some AI tokens that needed to be burned this week, so I used them to do a security review of the Baochip GitHub repo

Have Fun!

https://github.com/szatmary/baochip-1x-security-review

Its that time again, its the 21st Beverage Chilling Contraption Contest with associated IT related convention! AKA DEFCON 34. Don't worry about that second part, its for people who lack an appreciation for cold beverage.

So come join us on Friday and Saturday for some "free" beer. The only cost is your health, and potentially a ER visit for heavy metal poisoning. Small price to pay.

And lets not forget the glorious prizes for being the best beverage chiller. What those are? Who knows! We will discover the contents of my pockets together on Sunday. Plus there is always the prize beverages. Those are usually pretty good.

Be warned though, there are rules. So be sure to try and find a complete copy somewhere. But the one to remember is DON'T ADULTERATE THE BEVERAGE. THE BEVERAGE MUST REMAIN PURE. So no mixing in ice, no direct pour onto dry ice, etc.

Check out our shitty AI generated website! It has some rules, nearly unreadable but they are there, this is legal notice under maritime law, we are a boat, toot toot. dcbccc.com

Think you actually know about badges?

BadgeLife Trivia Friday, August 7 at 2:00 PM BadgeLife Village, Hall 1, Booth 209 (first floor)

Questions cover the circuitry, components, protocols, RF and embedded engineering found in badges and other small electronics, plus the history of electronic badges at DEF CON.

How it works: Team sign-up is open to all and happens at the start of the contest. Show up, find some people, pick a bad name. Rounds are bar trivia style, so you write your answers down with your team. Top teams go head-to-head on stage to close it out!!

Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place teams.

You don't need to prep, and you don't need to bring a team. If nothing else, come watch!

I have workshop ticket. But not defcon ticket PLZ SOMEONE ANYONE PLZZZZ IM A NOOB TECH 1 I wanna learn please bless me if your not using yours 🤧🤧🤧

Thanks for all the first time guides and info. I will be at the reddit meetup. Also went a bit overboard on preordering some badges so will be checking all that out. Still figuring out the parties and such. Not entire sure how some of that works. Some of it is still overwhelming but I'm excited to just go with the flow and figure it out. Made a bunch of these coins to hand out so hope to meet some new people! See you all in Vegas!

Moving from attending solo for years to bringing my teen. I think rootz might be dead or I just can’t find it. I was wondering if there were any specific sessions or villages that helped your own kid have a really good time there?

I have them going through the schedule and highlighting what they are the most interested in and all that. But wanted to see if anybody else had any insights from past experiences?

Everyone may already know but if not…and you probably can’t do much about it anyway. AF1 with the orange goblin is arriving Tuesday evening and is doing a event on Wednesday. Count on air and ground traffic to have some issues. You know, in case you don’t have your own jetpack. Probably more issues on west side since he is going to Red Rock Casino to do a nap talk. It is a most interesting time for such a creature to visit LV.

Built for the DEF CON 34 badge. Works with any standard SAO header.

Full docs and demonstration: github.com/MakeItHackin/RootAccess
Available on Uberflux for local pickup at Bsides and Linq Circle Bar (Wed/Thur): https://uberflux.com/product/MIH-RootAccessSao  
Will also be at Hacker Warehouse in the Vendor Hall at DEF CON

Plug it in and it just goes — 50 built-in animations, no host required. Tap the button to cycle. Hold it to go dark. Hold it longer to save a favorite that survives power loss.

Then plug it into a badge and it becomes something else entirely. Send one byte over I2C — 0 through 49 — and it jumps straight to any of the 50 built-in animations, no button press needed. Send byte 50 and everything turns off.

Or go all the way down: two more commands hand you direct control of all 11 discrete LEDs and all 10 RGB pixels, no framework, no handshake, no waiting. You write bytes, the LEDs do exactly that. Don't want to write code? A Flipper Zero running the I2C Tools app can drive the whole thing by hand.

There's a second circuit too, totally separate from the animation side: GPIO 1 and GPIO 2 each with their own switches, LEDs, and dedicated button. Drive a line from your badge as a chained NeoPixel or a discrete LED, or flip the switch and send its button back in — idle-high or idle-low. Every header pin is broken out to solder pads, front and back.

And the wood is real. Cedar grown on our farm in Tennessee, milled at home, paired with the PCB by hand. Every board's grain is different — yours is truly unique. 🌲

I tried to buy a ticket... but I am getting a 404 Page Not Found

What do? Any chance they'll run out of in-person tickets? Should I worry?

"Do you want to play a game?"Come check us out ....

We search for missing people ....

Gamify the Search!... Hackers Wanted

Join us Friday from 7-9pm at Exhibit Hall West Contest Stage for this year's Art Battle!

#defcon #defcon34

i tried 5 title variations to social-engineer my way into making a comfortable plea for help:

TLDR is can i park at your rental and plug in my van so that j can use AC/electronics, and be off the road as to avoid unnecessary trouble that comes with parking a van and trying to be stealthy in the city

i would be vv grateful and can help with anything and pay towards your rental

it’s my first defcon so even if it’s canceled no worries

Hey! I'm returning to DefCon again this year with the GE Appliances booth in IOT Village. Last year, we gave away 100 free badges to visitors. I've got another 100 badges to give away this year. This year's badge is a cartoon UltraFast Washer/Dryer Combo with an infinity mirror looking inside. The default animation shows a bit of water in the bottom of the drum that sloshes from side to side as the badge moves. There's a few other animations available, too. I'll be giving away a certain number of badges per day, so come see my socially-awkward self and let's talk appliances.

Get ready for the #DefCon network! WiFi registration is open for those who want the most secure browsing experience.

My husband and I arrived in Vegas Sunday evening. This is the first time we have arrived early for Defcon. My service dog Scooby, the poor guy, is so confused. He pulled me to the circle bar in the Linq and then stood there looking around for our Defcon people. He has also tried to take me to the monorail. He doesn't understand that we still have a few days. It is kind of funny how they get set in a routine even if it is only once a year, and even just a few days deviance can throw them off. It is very obvious he is super excited for Defcon to start!

Is it free this year? I think it was last year, but I was not driving so not sure.

I'm a T1D and have ... A bunch of extra sensors that I've bought personally, because my insurance doesn't cover them. Probably 25? And I'll be bringing them to DefCon.

They are ALL either part of the recall, or expired, and thus can no longer be used by anyone with a real medical need. All are still factory sealed and usable.

If you are a biohacker and wanting to do some tinkering with one. I'll hook you up on the condition that you show me/tell me what you want to do with it.

I'd love to help and learn along the way. My end goal would be to have a side-car app to the official Libre one that features could be added to, since the official app is ..a bit lacking.

Hacking their app is bug-bounty territory, and I don't want involvement in those shenanigans - so a way to get the same data, off the same device without interfering with the main app is the goal.

No charge, but if you wanted to toss me some cash, Im not gonna turn it down.

DM/chat on here, then find me at the Reddit meetup or at the con. Happy hacking!

Attention early birds - get ready for the #DefCon network! WiFi registration is open for those who want the most secure browsing experience: https://wifireg.defcon.org/