You've only got a few days left to submit your groundbreaking research to the DEFCON Call for Papers. Go to https://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-cfp-form.html and get your submission in for the chance to give a talk at DEFCON 16!

Kenshoto will be back this year bringing all out cyber-warfare to DEFCON 16. The qualification round for this year's Capture the Flag contest has been officially announced.

From the DEFCON Forums:
Deputy Director of Homeland Security, Dr. Kenneth Shoto today announces a call to cyber-ninjas everywhere to sign up for his annual fight-to-the-death qualifying competition for the Defcon Capture the Flag (CtF) contest. The qualifying competition will start at 10PM on Friday, May 30th and end at 10PM on Sunday, June 1st.

Find out more at https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=9352 or http://kenshoto.allyourboxarebelongto.us:1337/

The buzz concerning the new unofficial Race to Zero Contest at DEFCON 16 just keeps on building. Dan Kaminsky provides his thoughts on the mounting controversy in an interview with Search Engine, a Canadian public radio program.

Check it out here:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/searchengine_20080508_5692.mp3

After a hiatus due to an XSS vulnerablity, The DEFCON pics site is back up and running! Don't hesitate to head on over and upload your favorite photos and videos from past DEFCON conventions!

The Race-to-Zero anti-virus challenge was announce scarcely a week ago, and already the controversy surrounding it has bubbled all the way up to Wired. The contest's basic premise is that competitors will be given sample virus code and rewarded for modifying that code in such a way that it defeats common AV products.

AV vendors have made their discomfort with the idea clear, with various spokesmen for the industry voicing concern about the creation of new threats to existing AV products. Contest organizers have countered that the contest is categorically not about creating new virii, rather it is about demonstrating the speed with which currently blocked virii can be modified to defeat current virus-blocking software.

While it's important to note that while the contest will be happening at this year's DEFCON, it is not an official DEFCON contest. To learn about the contest from its creators and organizers, please check their website at www.racetozero.net.

Links:

http://www.racetozero.net/
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/hacker-challenge.html
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/04/28/Security-vendors-slam-Defcon-virus-contest_1.html

Go to https://forum.defcon.org/forumdisplay.php?f=419 to chime in on the controversy

Whip out your favorite medium and get to creating, because the official DEFCON 16 Art Contest is now underway! This year’s contest is a bit different from previous years, and will run now to June 15, 2008.

Go to http://www.defcon.org/html/defcon-16/dc-16-artwork-contest.html

Check out this new contest brewing for DEFCON 16!

From the DEFCON Forums:
The Race to Zero involves contestants being given a sample set of viruses and malcode to modify and upload through the contest portal. The portal passes the modified samples through a number of antivirus engines and determines if the sample is a known threat. The first team or individual to pass their sample past all antivirus engines undetected wins that round. Each round increases in complexity as the contest progresses.

Further details are available here: http://www.racetozero.net/

This is the Official CALL FOR TALENT :

This year the ballroom will lead a double life .

By day: the room will be a chillout/break out room complete with wifi
By night: the room will transform into the black and white ball complete with dance floor, lights,headlining acts and a bar.

This said we are currently taking all submissions for DJ/acts for the chillout/breakout . and have a few slots for black and white ball .

some of the styles we are looking for are :
drum n bass
trance
breaks
electro
industrial

If you are interested in performing please contact :
blackandwhitedjs@gmail.com

That's right! It's time again to submit your hacktastic discoveries to be considered as a DEFCON 16 talk! New and interesting research is always welcomed in the realm of security, hardware hacking, social engineering, lockpicking, and anything else you can modify, bypass or reverse engineer. Out of the box thinking is what we're after... Go to the CFP form and submit!.

The Defcon 15 Video Podcast is now online. If you didn't make it, or missed the speaker you wanted to see here is your chance to download and watch the presentations any time.
http://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-15-video.rss

Supporting Materials will be online at:
https://www.defcon.org/html/links/defcon-media-archives.html#dc_15

The Defcon 15 Audio Podcast is now online. If you didn't make it, or missed the speaker you wanted to see here is your chance to download and hear the presentations when you want.
http://www.defcon.org/podcast/defcon-15-audio.rss

Supporting Materials will be online at:
https://www.defcon.org/html/links/defcon-media-archives.html#dc_15