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Today's Fresh Blogs...| Hackers crash e-passport readers -- stage set for exploits |
| Published: August 1, 2007, 5:27 am |
| Tags: Breaking News, Breakingnews, Defcon, E Passport, Exploit, Hack, Lukas Grunwald, Lukasgrunwald, Passport, Rfid |
| hack this weekend in at DefCon in Vegas. Hmmm, with CES moving to RFID badges this year, we have a funny feeling that attendance is going to be way up. [Via BoingBoing] Read Permalink Email this CommentsOffice Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life! |
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| Bad Reporter!: NBC's DefCon Mole Outed, Stalked by Hackers and Press |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 5:30 pm |
| Tags: Bad Reporter, Defcon, Press |
| Madigan, Dateline NBC's DefCon mole, armed with hidden camera, was trying to sneak in as a programmer and tape hackers admitting to illegal activity. Instead, DefCon's NBC mole uncovered the plot. DefCon staff lured her to a large hall telling her that the Spot the Fed contest was in session and that she could get a picture of an undercover |
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| Defcon: DefCon Uber Badge Hacked in 10 Minutes |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 9:24 pm |
| Tags: Badge, Defcon, Hacks, Led |
| Now, now, don't get too excited. Creator Joe Grand designed it to be hacked. Still, 10 minutes is a pretty respectable time for the soldering, reprogramming and reflashing job done by Dave Bullock, Wired's photographer at the event. The badge features an LED display with scrolling text, and it even has an easter egg (typing in 31337 outputs |
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| Michelle Madigan: NBC's DefCon Mole - The Walk of Shame |
| Published: August 4, 2007, 4:15 pm |
| Tags: Defcon, Michelle Madigan, Nbc, Press |
| from hacker convention DefCon was enjoyable. Watching the video...that's something really special. Here's the whole story, from beginning to end. My favorite moment: a heckler says, "You must feel like Lindsey Lohan right now." My second favorite moment: the geek giggling at the end. [via boingboing] |
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| Defcon: DefCon Badge Hacked in 10 Minutes |
| Published: August 3, 2007, 9:24 pm |
| Tags: Badge, Defcon, Hacks, Led |
| given away as prizes at DefCon, and are lifetime passes to DefCon. [Wired, but beautiful photos from Dave] Dave writes to correct: I should point out that the badge that was hacked was actually my press badge, and that uber badge shown is Joe Grand's (badge designer) personal badge. Those black badges are given away as prizes for various |
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| Defcon Security Team Busts NBC Dateline Spy |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 3:34 am |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Alluded, Audience, Chase, Chris Hansen, Defcon, Dozen Journalists, Felonies, Goon, Goons, Hidden Cameras, Jeff Moss, Madigan, National Television, Nbc Dateline, Priest, Security Team, Situational Irony, Spammer, Strange Events, Taking Photos |
| Prior to Defcon, the event’s security team was aware that NBC Dateline may try to infiltrate the convention and catch individuals on film and audio admitting to felonies. In a series of comical events, the reporter was caught and basically pointed out by Jeff Moss (Defcon founder) to the entire crowd. The series of strange events ended with |
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| Dateline NBC Gets Run Out of Town at DEFCON |
| Published: August 6, 2007, 10:36 pm |
| Tags: Covert Liberal Activists, Double Standards, Michelle Madigan, Dateline, Defcon |
| when she tried to infiltrate DEFCON in Las Vegas, the convention for hackers and security specialists. This is the same group of people who play "spot the fed" at their yearly conventions, so Michelle never had a chance. This all came after DEFCON organizers gave her four changes to register as press. Instead, Madigan made reference to |
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| Shall we play a game? |
| Published: August 9, 2007, 1:00 pm |
| Tags: Ambrosia, Defcon, Gaming |
| released an update to DEFCON, the online, global thermonuclear war simulator (we first posted about DEFCON in April). It's quite fun - think of a high-tech game of "Risk." You must defend your territory and conquer even more. Changes to version 1.4.3 include: Improvements when creating games on a LAN Other game play bugs squashed |
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| DEFCON to get Long Freeplay Weekend |
| Published: August 16, 2007, 3:08 pm |
| Tags: Gamer Life, Computer, Games, Ambrosia, Defcon, Event, Freeplay Weekend, Introversion, Pax |
| long freeplay weekend for DEFCON to coincide with the Penny Arcade Expo. The event will begin on August 24 and run until August 27, during which time the game will be free for all to play. Says Vicky Arundel, head of marketing at Introversion: “DEFCON is a great game and this will be a fantastic opportunity for those who haven't yet |
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| Autonomous sentry gun looks to mow down Defcon |
| Published: September 10, 2007, 5:40 pm |
| Tags: Airsoft, Autonomous, Defcon, Diy, Gun, Sentry, Sentry Gun, Sentrygun, Weapon |
| the project was to enter the Defcon Bots competition and craft a machine that could "shoot down all the targets before the other person does." Of course, the actual programming involved in building this eagle-eyed shooter is a bit more extensive than can be covered here, but if you're looking for a pretty thorough guide complete with video |
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| It’s the Michigan Real Estate Report |
| Published: November 30, 2007, 10:22 pm |
| Tags: Life, Defcon, Michigan, Michigan Real Estate, Real Estate |
| real estate is currently at DEFCON 2, that means we are almost imminently going to declare war if you are familiar with the DEFCON setup. It is going to be interesting how we are going to prop up this housing market as it is seriously on its last legs, and real estate agents are not doing so well either. Hopefully, things will improve but only |
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| Oh No You're Not Going To Pass On This Introversion Bundle [Introversion] |
| Published: December 17, 2007, 9:00 am |
| Tags: Darwinia, Defcon, Introversion, Retail, Steam, Uplink, Valve |
| of Uplink, Darwinia and Defcon, have just released a holiday software bundle on Steam. Said bundle includes...Uplink, Darwinia and Defcon. It's called The Introversion Anthology, and, get this, for the next seven days it's USD$19.95. For three of the most unique (and fantastic) PC games in living memory? Sign. Me. Up. Now On Steam - The |
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| Hell freezing over |
| Published: May 22, 2008, 2:17 pm |
| Tags: Iphone, Defcon 5 |
| I can't even type the words to describe this abomination.Specworks: Have you no decency?Katie, Moshe and the legal team are on Defcom 5 |
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| DefCon CTF |
| Published: June 8, 2008, 11:27 am |
| Tags: , Defcon |
| cnbeta DefCon CTF Capture The Flag 451 7 Routards Pandas with Gambas Guard@MyLan0 Shellphish Taekwon-V WOWHACKER PLUS 1@stPlace CTF |
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