covert-channels

Black Hat·57 min

• Black Hat
• Cloud
• Date: 2025
• Location: Black Hat

Presenters detail vulnerability discovery and exploitation in Hello From the Other Side: SSH Over Robust Cache Covert Channels in the Cloud.

Briefings·36 min

• Black Hat
• Red Team
• Date: Aug 2025
• Location: Las Vegas

Adam Crosser

Red team operators frequently struggle with establishing interactive command and control (C2) over traditional C2 channels.

IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy·16 min

• IEEE SP
• Community
• Date: 2025
• Location: Ieee Sp

Analysts investigate attack surfaces and defenses concerning Electromagnetic Covert Channels Can Be Super Resilient.

Hack In The Box Security Conference·52 min

• HITB
• Wireless
• Date: 2024
• Location: Hitb

A. Munoz · J. C. Saez

A. Munoz analyzes #HITB2018AMS D2T1 - Establishing Covert Channels By Abusing GSM AT Commands.

RSAC Cybersecurity·40 min

• RSAC
• Hardware
• Date: 2023
• Location: Rsa

Presenters detail vulnerability discovery and exploitation in Uncovering Covert Channels in Your IoT Networks.

Packet Hacking Village·56 min

• DEF CON
• Red Team
• Date: Aug 2017
• Location: Las Vegas

Mike Raggo, Chet Hosmer

Innovative covert TCP techniques for hiding malicious traffic and establishing undetectable command-and-control channels.

Main Stage·19 min

• DEF CON
• Red Team
• Date: Aug 2016
• Location: Las Vegas

Willa Cassandra Riggins · abyssknight

Willa Cassandra Riggins and abyssknight demonstrate unconventional data exfiltration methods that bypass strict enterprise egress controls using novel covert channels.

Main Stage·49 min

• DEF CON
• Malware
• Date: Aug 2016
• Location: Las Vegas

Brad Woodberg

Brad Woodberg categorizes modern adversary command and control mechanisms, analyzing evasion strategies across DNS, cloud APIs, and encrypted tunnels.

Main Stage·46 min

• DEF CON
• Red Team
• Date: Aug 2015
• Location: Las Vegas

Daniel Crowley · Damon Smith

Daniel Crowley and Damon Smith reveal techniques for embedding covert web bugs and beacons within common document formats to leak recipient IP and environment data.

Main Stage·38 min

• DEF CON
• Red Team
• Date: Aug 2015
• Location: Las Vegas

Etienne Martineau

Etienne Martineau details constructing high-throughput covert communication channels across virtualized x86 cores using CPU cache timing analysis.

Main Stage·45 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2014
• Location: Las Vegas

Paul Drapeau · Brent Dukes

Paul Drapeau and Brent Dukes details additional Extra Materials are available here: Steganography in Commonly Used HF Radio Protocols Paul Drapeau PRINCIPAL SECURITY RESEARCHER, CONFER TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Main Stage·19 min

• DEF CON
• Privacy
• Date: Aug 2013
• Location: Las Vegas

Tom Steele · Dan Kottmann

Tom Steele and Dan Kottmann explores collaborative penetration testing with lair at DEF CON 21, examining anti-censorship and practical defenses.

Main Stage·33 min

• DEF CON
• Privacy
• Date: Aug 2013
• Location: Las Vegas

Franz Payer

Franz Payer explores exploiting music streaming with javascript at DEF CON 21, examining anti-censorship and practical defenses.

Main Stage·15 min

• DEF CON
• Privacy
• Date: Aug 2013
• Location: Las Vegas

Vaagn Toukharian · Tigran Gevorgyan

Vaagn Toukharian and Tigran Gevorgyan explores http time bandit at DEF CON 21, examining anti-censorship and practical defenses.

Main Stage·18 min

• DEF CON
• Privacy
• Date: Aug 2013
• Location: Las Vegas

Benjamin Caudill

Benjamin Caudill explores offensive forensics csi for the bad guy at DEF CON 21, examining anti-censorship and practical defenses.

Main Stage·49 min

• DEF CON
• Wireless
• Date: Aug 2007
• Location: Las Vegas

I)ruidm

I)ruidm details i)ruidm: Real-time Steganography with RTP Real-time Transfer Protocol (RTP) is used almost ubiquitously by Voice over IP technologies to provide an audio channel for calls.

Main Stage·47 min

• DEF CON
• Red Team
• Date: Aug 2002
• Location: Las Vegas

Drew Hintz

Drew Hintz explores covert channels in tcp and ip headers at DEF CON 10, examining penetration-testing and practical defenses.

Main Stage·48 min

• DEF CON
• Red Team
• Date: Aug 2002
• Location: Las Vegas

Aaron Higbee · Chris Davis

Aaron Higbee and Chris Davis explores dc phone home at DEF CON 10, examining covert-channels and practical defenses.

Main Stage·55 min

• DEF CON
• Malware
• Date: Aug 2002
• Location: Las Vegas

Roelof Temmingh · Haroon Meer

Roelof Temmingh & Haroon Meer - Setiri: Advances in Trojan Technology The presentation will describe the inner workings of the Trojan "Setiri".

Main Stage·37 min

• DEF CON
• Red Team
• Date: Aug 2002
• Location: Las Vegas

Saqib A. Khan

Saqib A. Khan explores stealth data dispersal: icmp moon-bounce at DEF CON 10, examining icmp and practical defenses.

Main Stage·1 hr 3 min

• DEF CON
• Privacy
• Date: Jul 2000
• Location: Las Vegas

Bennett Haselton

Bennett Haselton explores a protocol using steganography to circumvent censorship at DEF CON 8, examining steganography and practical defenses.