Two weeks ago, news broke of an incredible abuse of power from the National Security Agency. A DEF CON talk was cancelled, and speculation raged that information was not free. This was the ProxyHam, a ...

The world's largest hacker convention showcased these cutting-edge devices and platforms.

Every year, DEFCON's electronic badge becomes one of the most talked-about pieces of hardware in the security world, and the ...

The fallout from DEF CON organizers’ decision to ask the feds to stay away from this year’s event has been mixed–and predictable. For over two decades DEF CON has been an open nexus of hacker culture, ...

Created by legendary hardware hacker Andrew “bunnie” Huang, the badges for this year’s famed security conference aim to push the boundaries of security and transparency. Each year’s badge creator ...

The pro-Trump media company One America News (OAN) was banned from the hacking conference DEF CON for violating its privacy policy. A DEF CON spokesperson told Motherboard that OAN staff “violated DEF ...

I went to the Opening Ceremonies of DEF CON 23 this morning to get more information on the badge challenge and I was not disappointed. The talk covered the Uber badge, which is hot in a literally ...

In his classic 1984 book Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution, journalist Steven Levy traces the outline of a “hacker ethic” in an effort to determine what unites this amorphous group of ...