ICS Village·28 min
Stephen Hilt · Numaan Huq
Maps US data centers against internet-exposed building automation and industrial control systems found through Shodan, and explains the physical risks.
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Las Vegas Convention Center · 6–9 August 2026 · 13 talks
ICS Village talks from DEF CON 34.
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ICS Village·28 min
Stephen Hilt · Numaan Huq
Maps US data centers against internet-exposed building automation and industrial control systems found through Shodan, and explains the physical risks.
ICS Village·42 min
Malav Vayas · Asher Davila
Introduces mrhOTshOT, an open-source framework that replays historical ICS attacks across IT and OT protocols, with an LLM agent that composes attack sequences.
ICS Village·20 min
Can Kumaz
Shows how OT defenders can use the open-source ICSForge tool to safely test whether firewalls and network monitoring sensors catch ICS attack traffic.
ICS Village·47 min
Trevor Flynn
Introduces the Common Industrial Protocol and explains how its object model, routing and fuzzing approach can expose bugs in industrial controllers.
ICS Village·22 min
Amir Zaltzman
Shows how refrigeration controllers from two major vendors were compromised through firmware extraction, emulation and chained flaws.
ICS Village·26 min
Joe Slowik
Reviews the December 2025 attack on Polish generation assets and compares it with Volt Typhoon, Sandworm and hacktivist activity against the electric sector.
ICS Village·27 min
Vivek Ponnada
Lays out the basics of running local language models in OT environments, covering hardware choices, open-weight models, and practical considerations.
ICS Village·25 min
Carmela Gonzales · Brian G. Rodiles Delgado · Khadija Taki
Presents a software testbed for small modular reactor fleets where supervised AI agents assist cyber analysis while human operators keep final control.
ICS Village·37 min
Tom Van Norman · Dillon Lee
Panelists explain why operational technology resists IT-style patching and offer practical first steps for protecting plants and utilities.
ICS Village·29 min
Michael Cardwelll
Walks through safety limits on OT network threat hunting and how to build testable hypotheses from diagrams, asset lists and firewall rules.
ICS Village·29 min
Viral Maniar
Shows how the open-source ThreatPatrol platform maps ATT&CK, Atomic Red Team tests and ICS techniques to visualize threats against OT networks.
ICS Village·26 min
Adam Bromiley · Sam Thorn
Shows how a hardware-led investigation of Opto 22 programmable automation controllers exposed weak trust boundaries and a route from one OT network segment into another.
ICS Village·30 min
Matt Caldwell
Presents internet-wide statistics on exposed industrial control systems and an unauthenticated look at internet-facing fuel tank gauges.