DEFCON - The largest Hacking Convention in the World

DEF CON (likewise created as DEFCON or Defcon) is among the world's biggest annual hacker conferences, held yearly in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first DEF CON occurred in June 1993.
The occasion consists of several tracks of speakers about computer- and cracking-related topics, as well as social webinars and competitions in everything from adding the longest Wi-Fi connection and cracking computer systems to that can most efficiently cool a beer in the Nevada warmth. Other contests include lockpicking, robotics-related competitions (stopped), fine art, slogan, coffee battles (not currently running), scavenger look and Capture the Flag. It is a hacking competitors where groups of biscuits attempt to attack and defend computer systems and networks utilizing particular software and network frameworks.
Meeting owner Jeff Moss contends that the quality of sent talks has actually lessened since DEF CON's inception due to the fact that protection researchers have actually found business and government agencies to spend for the research study, leaving the scientists less going to unveil their zero-day vulnerability research study "totally free" at DEF CON. In addition, the meeting has gone from one track to five and accepting speaker proposals for 5 times the study decreases the density of "elite" speeches.
Since DEF CON 11, charity events have actually been performed for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The initial fundraiser was a dunk container and was an "official" webinar. The EFF now has an occasion called "The Summit" organized by the Vegas 2.0 workers that is an open webinar and charity event. DefCon 18 (2010) hosted a new fundraiser called MohawkCon. In 2010, over 10,000 folks attended DEF CON 18.