Talks·51 min
Joe Grand
Traces a hardware hacker's path from teenage pranks and early hacker groups to disclosure, consulting, and ethical boundaries.
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Browse DEF CON 34February 2026 · Helsinki, Finland
1 session · 29 talks
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Talks·51 min
Joe Grand
Traces a hardware hacker's path from teenage pranks and early hacker groups to disclosure, consulting, and ethical boundaries.
Talks·45 min
Candid Wuest
Separates hype from reality on AI-powered malware, testing LLM-driven loaders against common endpoint products.
Talks·47 min
Sami Laiho
Shows how removing local admin rights blocks common Windows attacks and how to make the case to users.
Talks·43 min
Joseph Slowik
Explores how state-directed actors use compromised routers and IoT devices as proxy networks to hide command and control.
Talks·43 min
Fabian Bader
Examines where passkeys resist phishing and where synced keys, attestation and cross-device login can still fail.
Talks·46 min
Firat Acar · Moritz Thomas
Walks through real physical intrusions where red teamers used pretexts, cloning and a rogue Raspberry Pi to breach client sites.
Talks·48 min
Derek Fisher
Explains how to cut scanner noise and harden CI pipelines against poisoned builds, stolen secrets and unpinned dependencies.
Talks·42 min
Matias Mesiä
Explains how Finland's national cyber security center runs its large incident cases, from coordination to lessons learned.
Talks·34 min
Anton Helin
Explains how a validation bypass in the Android Settings app lets a crafted link reach sensitive screens.
Talks·38 min
Lyra Rebane
Shows how CSS alone can spoof webmail interfaces, bypass email sanitizers, and exfiltrate data through SVG filters.
Talks·42 min
Petrus Vasenius
Shows how decoy data planted in cloud analytics stores can expose insiders and stolen sessions through monitored alerts.
Talks·43 min
Markus Hölsä
Traces how EU chat control and high-level group proposals could erode end-to-end encryption and user privacy.
Talks·30 min
Willem
Argues that gender bias in tech hiring and teams creates security risk, and proposes controls to measure and reduce it.
Talks·48 min
Mikael Nilsson
Walks through turning scattered AppSec work into a plan using DevSecOps maturity models and developer-friendly automation.
Talks·45 min
Jack Fitzsimons
Introduces z/OS mainframes and shows how assessors probe RACF, CICS and FTP for weak access controls.
Talks·30 min
Hans Metsoja
Explains how tabletop simulations help teams practice incident response decision-making and communication without a real breach.
Talks·38 min
Jarno Niemelä
Shows how misconfigured file permissions in Windows software let a low-privileged user escalate to admin rights.
Talks·47 min
Joseph Carson
Traces a real ransomware intrusion from stolen credentials to recovery, with a live replay of the attacker's steps.
Talks·43 min
Esa Jääskelä
Walks through practical Linux hardening steps covering interfaces, users, files, processes, containers and supply chain.
Talks·31 min
Susanna Haavisto
Argues that awareness training should build real skills and habits instead of just ticking compliance boxes.
Talks·29 min
Jarkko Vesiluoma
Analyzes millions of breached Finnish and Swedish passwords to reveal reuse patterns, cracking shortcuts and advice for defenders.
Talks·34 min
Patrik Jokela
Shows how small application quirks, from verbose errors to regex backtracking, let one request overload a server.
Talks·46 min
Marko Buuri
Walks through how TIBER threat-led red team tests are run in financial firms, from threat intelligence to execution.
Talks·30 min
Ben Nagel
Explains the EASA Part-IS aviation information security regulation, how it ties to safety, and how audits are run.