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Award Ceremonies and Contest Results

The Dark Tangent

The Dark Tangent and DEF CON Staff details the Dark Tangent, Award Ceremonies The Dark Tangent acknowledges those who made Defcon 13 possible, contest winners and the techniques that were used to win.

Summary

Architecture and Background

The Dark Tangent, Award Ceremonies The Dark Tangent acknowledges those who made Defcon 13 possible, contest winners and the techniques that were used to win. The Dark Tangent, DEF CON Staff contextualize these mechanics within the broader community landscape.

Vulnerability Analysis

The technical analysis investigates threat vectors and design shortcomings related to closing-ceremonies, community, defcon-events, awards.

Exploitation and Demonstrations

The Dark Tangent, Award Ceremonies The Dark Tangent acknowledges those who made Defcon 13 possible, contest winners and the techniques that were used to win. Capture the Flag, War Driving, Robot Warz, WiFi Shoot Out, Scavenger Hunt, Coffee Wars, Cannonball Run (Final year!), TCP/IP Device Contest, Amateur CTF, Beverage Cooling Contest, Hacker Jeopardy, and more!

Remediation and Defensive Strategies

Defenders and researchers are provided actionable defensive mitigations, monitoring telemetry, and configuration safeguards to minimize systemic risk.

Related talks

Main Stage·43 min

  • DEF CON
  • Community
  • Date: Jul 2009
  • Location: Las Vegas

Dark Tangent · Joe Grand

Dark Tangent and Joe Grand explores welcome and badge hacking talk at DEF CON 17, examining closing-ceremonies and practical defenses.

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Main Stage·1 hr 56 min

  • DEF CON
  • Community
  • Date: Jul 2009
  • Location: Las Vegas

The Dark Tangent

Dark Tangent and Defcon Staff Closing Ceremonies The Conference is wrapped up, Closing speech by The Dark Tangent, Thank you speeches are given and Contest results are announced.

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