LAS VEGAS — DEF CON, the world’s largest hacker conference, is trying to put its legions of experts to work by creating a volunteer army to help protect America’s vulnerable water systems and schools.

The US health system has failed DEF CON’s head of security after a serious accident left him with a broken neck and temporary quadriplegia. Cybersecurity expert Marc Rogers [pictured], known for his ...

A short excerpt from today's long decision by Magistrate Judge Brian Tsuchida in Hadnagy v. Moss (W.D. Wash.): This case involves a defamation claim brought by Plaintiff, a past participant of the Def ...

The announcement was made at the DEF CON hacker convention in Las Vegas. In November 2023, hackers with ties to the Iranian government hacked into the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in ...

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The winningest team in DEF CON’s Capture-the-Flag (CTF) competition history, Carnegie Mellon University’s Plaid Parliament of Pwning (PPP), won its third consecutive title, ...

Thousands of hackers, researchers and security professionals descended on the Black Hat and Def Con security conferences in Las Vegas this week, an annual pilgrimage aimed at sharing the latest ...

Seeing hackers modding hardware to make it run Doom is cool. Seeing them fall out over coding projects is decidedly not cool. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. At DEF CON, Alexei Bulazel said AI-powered tools will give software developers “incredible abilities” to harden networks by adding ...

Attendees of a cybersecurity conference had mixed reactions to a Las Vegas hotel-casino conducting daily room inspections as a response to their presence in town. Several Def Con 32 participants ...