3-6 August 2017 · Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas
DEF CON 25
19 villages · 252 talks
Villages at this event
AFK
6 talks
AFK at DEF CON 25 is an assorted collection of 6 talks from various villages and tracks covering diverse security topics including reconnaissance, cryptography, healthcare security, program analysis, AI, and privacy.
AFK2
9 talks
AFK2 at DEF CON 25 is a second collection of 9 talks covering panel discussions, biotechnology security, surveillance, regulatory policy, wireless hacking, and critical infrastructure protection.
Biohacking Village
23 talks
Biohacking Village showcases emerging biotechnology research, security implications of medical devices and healthcare systems, and the DIY biology movement. The 25 talks cover medical device vulnerabilities, genetic engineering, sensory augmentation, biohacking ethics, and the future of personalized medicine and biology as a technology platform.
Car Hacking Village
11 talks
Car Hacking Village at DEF CON 25 explores automotive security vulnerabilities, wireless attacks, and vehicle network exploitation. The 11 talks cover heavy truck logging devices, GPS spoofing, relay attacks, smart car vulnerabilities, wireless interfaces, AUTOSAR security, V2X frameworks, and remote automotive exploits.
Crypto and Privacy Village
17 talks
Crypto and Privacy Village at DEF CON 25 showcases cryptography, privacy protection, and secure communication techniques. The 17 talks cover encryption, privacy tools, digital rights, secure messaging, and cryptanalysis.
Cryptocurrency
3 talks
Cryptocurrency at DEF CON 25 covers blockchain security and cryptocurrency vulnerabilities with 3 talks on smart contract decompilers, hardware wallet security, and smart contract exploitation.
DC Groups
2 talks
Updates, briefings, and community announcements from the DEF CON Groups program during DEF CON 25.
DEF CON 25
1 talks
DEF CON 25 comprehensive talks covering all tracks and villages from the 2017 conference.
ICS Village
6 talks
ICS Village at DEF CON 25 covers Industrial Control Systems security and critical infrastructure protection. The talks explore Modbus vulnerabilities, industrial wireless security, grid insecurity, DFIR for ICS, device-level security, and building automation security.
IoT Village
15 talks
IoT Village at DEF CON 25 explores security vulnerabilities in connected devices and emerging threats from botnets to medical devices. The 15 talks cover IoT attack vectors, defensive techniques, policy implications, and hardware security research.
Main Track 1
66 talks
Main track presentations from DEF CON 25, covering offensive and defensive security research, infrastructure security, and emerging attack techniques across multiple domains.
Mobile Village
4 talks
Mobile Village at DEF CON 25 covers mobile security and wireless exploitation with 4 talks on LTE impersonation, GPS spoofing, NFC vulnerabilities, and Android reverse engineering.
Packet Hacking Village
22 talks
Packet Hacking Village at DEF CON 25 showcases techniques and tools for capturing, analyzing, and exploiting network traffic. The 22 talks cover wireless security, network analysis, packet capture, penetration testing, and practical security research methods.
Privacy Village
7 talks
Privacy Village at DEF CON 25 covers digital privacy, surveillance, anonymity, and privacy protection techniques. The talks explore tracking, DNS privacy, government surveillance, Tor, password security, and anti-tracking methods.
R00tz
13 talks
R00tz at DEF CON 25 covers hacker culture, security research, privacy, and emerging technologies. The 13 talks explore cryptography, drone security, policy, and ethical hacking practices.
Recon Village
16 talks
Recon Village at DEF CON 25 covers reconnaissance and OSINT techniques for information gathering, asset discovery, and attack surface mapping. The 15 talks explore social media analysis, domain discovery, source code research, and practical OSINT methodologies.
Social Engineering Village
12 talks
Social Engineering Village at DEF CON 25 covers human-layer security, manipulation techniques, and defensive strategies. The 12 talks explore phishing, psychological manipulation, red team operations, and building organizational resilience.
Voting Village
8 talks
Voting Village at DEF CON 25 covers election security, voting machine vulnerabilities, and election infrastructure defenses. The talks explore voting technology history, election system security, voting machine hacking, legal considerations, national security implications, and best practices for election security.
Wifi Village
11 talks
Wifi Village at DEF CON 25 covers wireless security, signal intelligence, and RF attacks. The 11 talks explore wardriving, packet sniffing, software-defined radios, home security system vulnerabilities, SIGINT techniques, and wireless monitoring tools like Kismet.
All DC25 talks
1–24 of 250 talks / 252
AFK·38 min
Gus Fritschie, Evan Teitelman
Backdooring the Lottery and Other Security Tales
AFK·44 min
Chris Sumner
Rage Against the Weaponized AI Propaganda Machine
AFK2·23 min
Jason Staggs
Breaking Wind: Adventures Hacking Wind Farm Control Networks
AFK2·47 min
Inbar Raz, Eden Shochat
From One Country, One Floppy to Startup Nation
AFK2·50 min
John Sotos
Genetic Diseases to Guide Digital Hacks of the Human Genome
AFK2·44 min
Matt Wixey
See no evil, hear no evil: Hacking invisibly & silently with light & sound
AFK2·45 min
Whitney Merrill, Terrell McSweeny
Tick, Tick, Tick Boom You're Dead: Tech & the FTC
AFK2·41 min
Jason Hernandez, Sam Richards, Jerod MacDonald-Evoy
Tracking Spies in the Skies
Biohacking Village·25 min
Jeffrey Tibbetts
Safety precautions and procedures in the biohacking community to minimize risk as experimental procedures become increasingly invasive and the movement matures.
Biohacking Village·25 min
Edward You
Security vulnerabilities in biotechnology infrastructure and the bio-economy, presented as theatrical song and interpretive dance exploring critical questions about biotech security.
Biohacking Village·24 min
Meow Ludo Meow Meow
Capabilities for biological weapons production in community bio labs and regulatory approaches that balance maximum innovation freedom with effective monitoring and safety.
Biohacking Village·53 min
Amir
Panel discussion with audience participation exploring ethical dimensions of the biohacking movement and emerging biotechnology.
Biohacking Village·26 min
Jen Szkatulski · Darren Lawless
Personal stories of how genomic testing and personalized medicine can dramatically impact medical treatment and individual health outcomes.
Biohacking Village·25 min
Trevor Goodman
Technologies and implants that enable humans to sense beyond natural limits—magnetic fields, infrared light, wider color ranges—through devices like the BrainPort and emerging commercial biohacking products.
Biohacking Village·26 min
RenderMan
Security and privacy vulnerabilities in internet-connected adult toys and efforts to bring information security best practices to an under-researched branch of IoT.
Biohacking Village·18 min
Travis Lawrence
Computational methods to decode the second genetic code—the rules governing which amino acids transfer RNAs carry—revealing variability that can be exploited in synthetic biology.
Biohacking Village·20 min
C00p3r · Cur50r
Introduction to implantable technology through market overview, hands-on demonstrations, and personal stories from practitioners of human augmentation.























