Jeff Moss, founder of the Def Con hacker conference, said while for over 20 years the event has been “a place where seasoned pros, hackers, academics, and feds can meet, share ideas and party on ...

Black Hat and DEF CON, the two biggest cyber-security conferences of the year, have canceled their in-person events today and announced plans to go with a virtual conference format in light of the ...

As one of the world's largest gatherings of hackers, the Def Con conference has long welcomed experts from the security industry and the U.S. government, along with academics and hackers. But this ...

All it took was a pandemic, but the long-running joke finally became a reality: DEF CON is canceled. The annual hacker conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, typically draws tens of thousands of attendees ...

Thousands of hackers are gathered in Las Vegas this weekend at Def Con. Artificial intelligence is a big focus of this year's conference. This weekend, thousands of hackers are gathering in Las Vegas ...

CrowdStrike President Michael Sentonas has graciously accepted a trophy for the “most epic fail.” The security software boss received the Pwnie award in person at the annual DEF CON hackers conference ...

DEF CON and Black Hat announced today that their upcoming security conferences in Las Vegas this summer will no longer be in-person and are instead moving to an all-virtual event. Every summer, large ...

We know DEF CON and Vegas can be a lot. If you're a friend of Bill W who's looking for a meeting or just a place to collect yourself, DEF CON 31 has you covered. Join us throughout the conference in ...

The organizers of the DEF CON cyber-security conference have announced today that they are putting this year's China edition "on hold" due to the ongoing Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak. "China ...

DEF CON, one of the world’s largest and longest-running computer hacking conferences, was called off Friday as a result of the continuing global coronavirus pandemic. Jeff Moss, DEF CON’s founder, ...

Scattered around a bevy of tables in the election hacking village here at DEF CON 30 are all the devices – opened wide – that are supposed to keep elections safe. Oh, the irony. It’s unclear how some ...

The yearly hacking convention was scheduled to take place from August 6 to 9 in Las Vegas, Nevada later on this year. Instead of the pre-planned physical event, DEF CON 2020 will be taking place ...