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The Topsy Project for DEFCON 30
This year at DEFCON, the hacker convention, I joined the Hard Hat Brigade with Topsy, a hard hat that entertains while scanning the wifi environment. Here’s a video I made walking through the basics: I didn’t cover it specifically in the video, but you might be asking: “Um, why?” My answer is: “Why not?
Read moreDEFCON 28 Wrap Up
DEFCON, the world’s largest hacking convention and always one of the highlights of my year, was last weekend and, of course, remote. I missed being in Vegas with tens of thousands of hackers, but there were still some fantastic talks and conversations over Discord. A quick “Top Five” highlights: If your password is eight characters or less, you essentially don’t have a password.
Read moreThe Top Five Highlights of Defcon 27
I love Defcon. For years, since I was a young script kiddie in high school, I had attending Defcon, the crazy huge hacker convention held every year in Las Vegas, on my bucket list. Now, Defcon 27 was my third Defcon and I seem to enjoy the conference more every year.
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