AFK
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.
1–19 of 19 talks
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
AFK·42 min
Chris Rock examines the real-world methodologies, cyber operations, and infrastructure targets involved in modern government disruption.
AFK·44 min
A panel discussion bringing federal agency representatives and the hacker community together to address law enforcement and policy questions.
AFK·18 min
Internet pioneer Dr. Paul Vixie analyzes DNS privacy, recursive resolution frontrunning, and modern efforts to secure protocol infrastructure.
AFK·43 min
Analyzing decades of cybersecurity arrests and indictments to evaluate the accuracy and challenges of cyber attack attribution.
AFK·44 min
Jason Healey traces the evolution of US government vulnerability equities policy from pre-Heartbleed debates through the Apple-FBI standoff.
AFK·52 min
Jennifer Granick evaluates the erosion of open internet ideals, tracing the rise of corporate centralization and government surveillance.
AFK·45 min
Project CITL
Mudge and Sarah Zatko present Project CITL, introducing quantitative software security ratings to evaluate code quality and exploitability.
AFK·26 min
Attorneys and technologists from the Electronic Frontier Foundation answer questions on digital rights, surveillance law, and hacker defense.
AFK·50 min
Richard Thieme reflects on the psychological toll, ethical dilemmas, and existential impacts of holding classified and dark knowledge.
AFK·41 min
A presentation on cognitive biases, decision-making frameworks, and mental models for navigating complex information security challenges.
AFK·44 min
FTC Commissioner Terrell McSweeny and Chief Technologist Lorrie Cranor discuss how security researchers can inform consumer protection enforcement.
AFK·40 min
Exploring modern digital propaganda techniques, algorithmic targeting, and how everyday personal devices influence public discourse.