(yes i blocked it—it is on its own IOT LAN where nothing is allowed to reach out to the internet—you can see the rule hits in the screenshot. but it still continues to send requests despite the block)
Yo! We have a speaker schedule! jawncon.org/schedule.html Ticket information: jawncon.org/tickets.html
JawnCon
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"We are crossing the Rubicon of American elections." CEO Libby Liu’s stark warning after Whistleblower Aid helped an anonymous federal official reveal disturbing defects in USPS's new vote-by-mail system that could keep millions of voters from having their ballots counted.
Whistleblower reveals hastily built federal ballot mail system could prove catastrophic for 2026 midterms - Whistleblower Aid
Millions of Americans could be disenfranchised in the new election ballot mail system being hastily implemented by the United States Postal Service (USPS), according to new, alarming revelations from ...
whistlebloweraid.org
My piece from a few weeks ago indicated that likely Iranian hackers targeted more than just the water sector. Hearing the number of victims is also far higher than first known; Some later realized what they thought were glitches were compromises. My Signal is open! www.npr.org/2026/08/12/n...
Are hacks of U.S. water facilities a new front in the Iran war?
A recent series of cyberattacks on U.S. water systems has exposed vulnerabilities across critical infrastructure during the Iran war.
npr.org
I'm excited to announce that we have received and configured 10 mini-pc's for CTF prizes this year! Each box builds a VPN tunnel so that each computer gets a free public static v4 address, and a static /64 v6 subnet! Thanks to ValueChainRisk (valuechainrisk.org) for providing the equipment!
VCRI — Value Chain Risk Institute
The trusted neutral clearinghouse for vendor security posture data. Inside data, not guesses.
valuechainrisk.org
Heard this fantastic quote today: “Mentorship is about making equals (or betters), not followers. If your mentee wants to be a follower it will never work. If your mentor just wants followers it will never work. Find someone that wants to be or to build an equal”
Videos from all the talks at the Voting Village at #DEFCON34 are now up! A YouTube playlist can be found here: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... Big thanks to all our speakers for their contributions to a terrific program this year, and a special shoutout to George Balbona, our heroic videographer.
Voting Village 2026 Talks - YouTube
The talks program from the 2026 Voting Village @ DEF CON 34
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This is Hunter. He came very close to having an entire thought. Ended up being a false alarm. 13/10 (IG: itshunterthelab)
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...
Overland couple shot dead in Guatemala after local ICE stop led to deportations
The couple’s 14-month-old daughter was found crying beside her mother’s body in a sugarcane field last week, according to Guatemalan authorities and media.
stlpr.org
Friendly #DEFCON34 reminder: Meta-style glasses with recording capabilities are prohibited at DEF CON. There is no exception for recording glasses with prescription lenses. Be sure to pack non-violating eyewear if you need them. Please see our Photo policies for more. defcon.org/html/links/d...
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
The BSides Las Vegas schedule is out. We have a lot of talks across several tracks this year. All the details are online at: bsideslv.org/schedule
HapppPPPy cDc day, skeetr0nz!!one! It's that most magical day of the year, once again! To celebrate this year, in addition to 7-11 handing out free slurpees in our honor, CULT OF THE DEAD COW itself has decided to reveal a couple more clues to the location of (one of) the herd's treasures!
NOW IT CAN BE TOLD!!!1!! In honor of cDcDay 2025, let it be known that we have deposited a Big Box o' cDc Booty (not that kind, y'filthy bastards!)... somewhere. Where could it be? Who can say! Mebbe there'll be hints later, if we don't smoke too much nutmeg and forget. BOW TO THE COW.
How it started (😂), how it’s going. (Resin bubble idea was a non starter). Still got some of the Whose Slide Is It Anyway @defcon.bsky.social 10 year anniversary badges for sale on wsiiax.myshopify.com
I've always felt that Gary Oldman would make a great Mitch McConnell
McConnell was checked into the Schrödinger wing of the hospital, and his staff don’t want to collapse his quantum state by observing him lest Andy Beshear get to appoint his replacement.
It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! Shot some stuff into the sky this weekend. Yes that is a safety third sticker on my hard hat. Show me what you got!
This cartoon literally. “Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”