https://forum.defcon.org/ A community for hackers and security researchers to build and share. en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 12:48:09 GMT vBulletin 60 https://forum.defcon.org/images/misc/rss.png https://forum.defcon.org/ https://forum.defcon.org/node/255618 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 08:32:42 GMT I am near to Manchester and this would be my best chance of meeting up with Defcon folks. I am a software engineer of 20 years experience who is trying to transition into cyber security at the moment. Let me know if anyone still reads this. Thanks.
I am a software engineer of 20 years experience who is trying to transition into cyber security at the moment.

Let me know if anyone still reads this. Thanks.]]> DC44161 Manchester, UK planetwords https://forum.defcon.org/node/255618 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255617 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 02:31:32 GMT April 25th 2026 DCG518 goes live info https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1smpyam/defcon_group_dcg518_presenting_making_honey_out/ :skullblack: More information about our group and future events on our site https://dc518.github.io More information about our group and future events on our site https://dc518.github.io]]> DCG Albany knightrider007 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255617 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255607 Tue, 14 Apr 2026 03:05:14 GMT
April 18th 3:30 - 5:00 pm @ the Main Goodwood Library in Baton Rouge - Room 2A (upstairs)

Come hang out at the library and we'll go over some recent breaches and security news together. 💻💻🧙‍♂️🧙‍♂️

more info:
- https://defcon225.org/
- https://x.com/defcon225]]> DC225 Baton Rouge, Louisiana USA m4j0r https://forum.defcon.org/node/255607 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255600 Sat, 11 Apr 2026 02:15:25 GMT "The visions are clear now. I see possible futures, all at once.
Our enemies are all around us, and in so many futures they prevail...
But I do see a way, there is a narrow way through."
Paul Atreides, Dune.

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-No Kid, computers do NOT "think", they process.
(one of my trainers at CERT UNAM)

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This past two months has been really interesting/challenging, and I had to self reflect and meditate a lot on what I do for a living and the future of it.

There has been two events that marked this times of change deeply:

• The first one is that I resigned from my manager position, I was able to see the end of the road beforehand, -almost in a premonition-, so I decided to step off CERT/CTI and IR to study again and prepare myself ...
• The second one: the other side of the coin, one of my closest friends (a proficient cybersecurity professional, with one of the highest job ethic standards that I know, and that's a LOT)... was laid off unceremoniously.

AI isn't coming anymore, it is here and it's consequences will be felt everywhere.

How we should face this times of change?? ... I think the main attitude that will make a difference relies on what Doctorow calls "process knowledge", that is the deep root bare-foot understanding of a tradecraft that can only come from real experience (over and over), it is not a checklist and it can not be summarized on manuals or playbooks, so hence it can not be automated into AI. Once you have the nuances of the "know how" you will have to combine it with the will and ability to think deeply and critically on the specific characteristics of each organization, each case, each business logic, each setting... and make a thoughtful and reasoned decision, I think only the people who have this tools will survive the AI tsunami.

For those companies that despise or ignore the "process knowledge" of their employees, the end lies inevitably ahead. They either will be consumed by the hype vortex of AI and will implement it without any real deep analysis, eventually having to rollback to chaos, or they will be left behind. They will NOT be able to survive the change that it's coming.

To make matters more difficult, and add some fog to the already muddy landscape, we have some ridiculous opinions like the CEO of nvidia (among all the other "AI bros" clowns like Altman) that stated: "If I was a student I will first focus on AI" , "you don't need to code anymore", and a whole lot of similar vocal farts that come from the same pile of shit: let's turn the user ignorant and dependent.

Marc Vidal shares some insights on a path, he states in his you tube channel an astonishing reflection: if we follow the ignorance road that the "AI bros" are suggesting, we will be cutting the same stairway on which we are stepping, in one generation there will be no more seniors that have the "know how"/"process knowledge" to make real decisions. The training on cybersecurity will be harder: Yes, but it is essential now more than ever because we have to be in-depth proficient in two knowledge fields at the same time. The cybersecurity professional will have to be double prepared, in cybersecurity AND in AI.

There is only a thin path to ride this wild horse: integration of real live process knowledge to THINK and decide critically on AI output. Nothing more.

As "Mua'dib" said: There is a narrow way through.

See you around Glider... 👾]]> Br3thr3n 0f th3 C04st D3lt4 M1cr0 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255600 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255596 Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:22:43 GMT Hey I notice the forums are a little dead but ill try anyway. This is going to be my first time attending defcon and im still a begginer. I am currently transitioning from accounting work to security. Ive started with my Google cs cert and am doing try hack me now and will go for my comptia +... Hey I notice the forums are a little dead but ill try anyway. This is going to be my first time attending defcon and im still a begginer. I am currently transitioning from accounting work to security. Ive started with my Google cs cert and am doing try hack me now and will go for my comptia + after. My questions are first any suggestions on what villages I should focus on as someone in my position and begginer skill level . Im aiming to get Soc level 1 job to start when I can get my foot in the door. Second is there potential for job networking ? Also I noticed there are classes the week after is that just a more in depth teaching conference or ? Any advice I would appreciate it as a first timer . Any recommendations of things I should bring with me . General Conversations TheeBattousai https://forum.defcon.org/node/255596 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255591 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 20:51:50 GMT If i had e mails and mobile numbers of school bullies and wanted them spammed so much they became unusable how would one go about that ? would that be something that other people have done, is it as easy as posting their details on a message board or is it a lot harder. these bullied have...
would that be something that other people have done, is it as easy as posting their details on a message board or is it a lot harder.

these bullied have used their computers and mobiles to send all sorts of threatening shit over and over, whats app, snap chat, facebook the lot. ]]> School bullies Arrowhead https://forum.defcon.org/node/255591 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255587 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 08:23:30 GMT DCG Coimbatore (DCG91422) – CTF & Conference | April 17–18, 2026

Hello everyone,

We are hosting a two-day DCG Coimbatore event featuring a hands-on Capture The Flag (CTF) and a full-day cybersecurity conference in Coimbatore, India.

This is a large-scale, community-driven initiative bringing together 2000+ cybersecurity professionals, including 100+ CISOs, security leaders, researchers, and practitioners from across the country.

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CTF – April 17, 2026

A practical, challenge-driven CTF designed to simulate real-world security scenarios across:

• Web Exploitation
• Reverse Engineering
• Crypto
• OSINT
• AI Security
• Forensics

Prizes:

• ₹30,000 – 1st place
• ₹15,000 – 2nd place
• ₹7,500 – 3rd place
• ₹5,000 – 4th place
• ₹2,500 – 5th place

Additional benefits:

• Internship and placement opportunities for top-performing teams
• Exposure to real-world problem-solving and industry-level challenges

CTF Registration:
https://forms.gle/gmqJkDqt8EiVs5E37 - ( Registration Closed )

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Conference – April 18, 2026
A full-day cybersecurity conference featuring:

• CISOs and senior security leaders
• Industry experts and practitioners
• Panel discussions and technical sessions

Key focus areas include:

• AI in cybersecurity
• Evolving threat landscape
• Risk, governance, and compliance
• Real-world defense strategies and case studies

Conference Registration:
https://forms.gle/RVrfUg5TSvwHJ7w87

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Venue:

Kumaraguru College of Technology
Athipalayam Road, Chinnavedampatti
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu – 641035

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About the Event

This initiative is supported by a strong ecosystem of industry partners, academic institutions, and cybersecurity communities. The event is focused on enabling hands-on learning, meaningful networking, and knowledge sharing between professionals and aspiring talent.

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More Information

https://linktr.ee/DCGCoimbatore - DCG Coimbatore / dcg91422

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We look forward to welcoming the community to DCG91422 and building a strong, collaborative cybersecurity ecosystem.
]]> DCG Coimbatore Subash_19 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255587 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255586 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 23:30:15 GMT 🚀💻 Join DCG321 this Wed (4/8) @ 6:30PM at EFSC Melbourne! Whether you’re a pro or a newbie, come for the talk and stay for the banter. No phishing, no firewalls, just cool people. 💻🚀 RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/spacecoastsec/events/313526407
RSVP: https://www.meetup.com/spacecoastsec/events/313526407]]> DCG Space Coast SiliconOddity https://forum.defcon.org/node/255586 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255585 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:47:51 GMT Hey everyone! I am new to the group so I am just saying hey! I attended back at Defcon 22 and then again last year and I am attending again this year. I am not much on the operational side of the house as I am from the managerial side. I attend so I can see methods, techniques, ask questions,... Hey everyone! I am new to the group so I am just saying hey! I attended back at Defcon 22 and then again last year and I am attending again this year. I am not much on the operational side of the house as I am from the managerial side. I attend so I can see methods, techniques, ask questions, etc. to see what is possible, how to try and minimize exposure or mitigate an issue and update policies to reflect changes. I just wanted to introduce myself, say hey, see who all is going! DCG Eugene lveitch https://forum.defcon.org/node/255585 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255578 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:08:24 GMT DEFCON Group Karachi proudly welcomes Syed Raheel Ahmed, a seasoned IT Infrastructure & Operations leader as our new Executive Member , a professional with 20+ years of experience in building, securing, and scaling enterprise technology environments.

With deep expertise across data centers, network engineering, cybersecurity, cloud infrastructure, smart building ICT ecosystems, enterprise systems, telecommunications, and AI-driven analytics platforms, he represents the kind of leadership that turns technology into real business value.

Armed with international exposure through a Master’s from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, and professional experience as a Telecom & Network Service Analyst at ABN AMRO Bank, Sydney, he brings a strong foundation in mission-critical operations, regulated enterprise environments, and global ICT service standards.

What truly sets him apart is his ability to transform ICT from a support function into a strategic business enabler , driving operational excellence, strengthening security posture, improving service delivery, and enabling future-ready digital ecosystems.

From high-availability networks and integrated security systems to digital transformation and smart infrastructure deployments, his work reflects execution, resilience, and long-term impact.

💡 His induction as Executive Member strengthens DEFCON Group Karachi’s mission to bring together leaders who understand that cybersecurity, infrastructure, cloud, AI, and business continuity must work as one unified ecosystem.

⚡ This is not just technology leadership.
⚡ This is infrastructure with vision.
⚡ This is execution with impact.

Welcome to DEFCON Group Karachi, where serious builders of the future converge.

#DEFCONKarachi #ExecutiveLeadership #DigitalTransformation
cybersecurity #CloudInfrastructure #SmartTechnology
#ICTLeadership
Raheel Ahmed - Poster.jpg
Raheel Ahmed - Poster.jpg]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255578 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255574 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 19:42:16 GMT DEF CON Training Las Vegas 2026 Course Lineup is now live! We’re thrilled to share the full slate of courses for DEF CON Training in Las Vegas! Join us in August for hands-on courses led by top practitioners from across the community. For the first time ever, we will offer 1-day, 2-day, and...
We’re thrilled to share the full slate of courses for DEF CON Training in Las Vegas! Join us in August for hands-on courses led by top practitioners from across the community.

For the first time ever, we will offer 1-day, 2-day, and 4-day classes! Whatever your needs, whether you’re sharpening fundamentals or diving deep into advanced techniques, there’s something here for you!

Explore the full lineup and course details here: https://training.defcon.org/

Explore our offerings, grab your seat, and get ready to learn and build.


]]> Announcements sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255574 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255567 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:54:39 GMT
Not staying at a hotel nearby, but instead about 10 minutes away. Hotel prices are considerably cheaper. How bad is parking at the convention center? Will it be an issue finding a place to park? If I need to park way out in the boondocks, I'll live. I just have no idea on LVCC parking conditions.

I'm buying my tickets ahead of time online. Will I need to worry about badge availability? Will I need to worry about linecon if I already have my ticket/badge?]]> General Conversations Bart https://forum.defcon.org/node/255567 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255560 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:08:51 GMT
https://defcon.org/html/defcon-singa...-demolabs.html

There's a full slate of fascinating open-source tools and projects to learn about, so make sure to schedule some into your DEF CON plans.

See you soon. Just a month to go!
]]> Announcements sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255560 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255542 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:05:23 GMT Greeting from the Dec! This year will be my first Defcon and I was looking for some veteran insights into what to expect from the event. Thanks! Greeting from the Dec! This year will be my first Defcon and I was looking for some veteran insights into what to expect from the event. Thanks! DC404 Atlanta, Georgia USA ElderDragon1 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255542 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255537 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 03:02:06 GMT Luck be a lady? Luck be a lady?
]]> Albums Valkyrievixen https://forum.defcon.org/node/255537 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255533 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 02:28:21 GMT Jack of many trades, continuously building practical skills and expanding knowledge. Nationally certified Health and Safety Institute instructor delivering CPR and AED, First Aid, Bloodborne Pathogens, Basic Life Support, and Stop Life Threatening Bleeding training. Committed to learning and...
Committed to learning and growth with an independent, disciplined mindset. Currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, following completion of an Associate of Applied Science in Business Management in 2025.

Always learning. Law school aspirations. Proud mother of a United states Devil Dog.
Strong commitment to service, responsibility, and freedom and protection granted by constitutional principles. Semper Fidelis]]> Albums Valkyrievixen https://forum.defcon.org/node/255533 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255516 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 18:34:46 GMT Technology and cybersecurity are transforming the world, yet globally women remain underrepresented in these critical domains. At DEFCON Group Karachi, we believe the future of digital resilience must be inclusive, innovative, and leadership-driven. 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴... Technology and cybersecurity are transforming the world, yet globally women remain underrepresented in these critical domains. At DEFCON Group Karachi, we believe the future of digital resilience must be inclusive, innovative, and leadership-driven.

𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

🌟 Sadaf Bhatti joins DEFCON Group Karachi – Women Wing (SheLeads Cyber) as Senior Executive Member.

A distinguished educationist and national innovator, Sadaf Bhatti is 𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗴𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘀 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝗟𝗮𝗱𝘆, 𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗠 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆. 𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆-𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

She also serves as 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗙𝗣𝗖𝗖𝗜, where she actively contributes to shaping policy discussions around education modernization, digital learning ecosystems, and innovation-led growth for Pakistan.

𝘛𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘗𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯’𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴.

💠 With her induction, The wing continues to expand as a powerful ecosystem where women innovators, educators, technologists, and cybersecurity leaders collaborate to shape Pakistan’s digital future.

This is not just a community.
This is a movement for the next generation of digital leadership.

⚡ 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
⚡ 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆.
⚡ 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀.

Welcome Sadaf Bhatti to DEFCON Group Karachi where vision turns into impact.

#DEFCONKarachi #WomenInCybersecurity #WomenInTech
#STEMEducation #Robotics #DigitalPakistan
#TheVertex
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]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255516 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255515 Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:46:40 GMT First, genres for film: * Few Drama are pure drama, and also include some comedy, while many comedies also include drama, and romances are a subset of comedy and drama, so these can be combined: Comedy/Drama/Romance (can also include buddy cop movies) * Westerns and SciFi often share a theme...
* Few Drama are pure drama, and also include some comedy, while many comedies also include drama, and romances are a subset of comedy and drama, so these can be combined:
Comedy/Drama/Romance (can also include buddy cop movies)

* Westerns and SciFi often share a theme of a frontier (location or thoughts/invention) which is often shard with Fantasy, so these can be combined into one:
SciFi, Fantasy, Westerns

Action and adventure are often related, so combine to get:
Action/Adventure

Horror

Mystery

Thriller/Suspense : Noir is often in this class

Musical/Dance​

Documentary/Mockumentary/Fake Documentary

Not Genre: can be used to show a story in any combinations of the above genre.

Animation (cartoon, stop-motion, computer animation, etc)



Here are some other proposals based on alliteration like "Noir November"

"Joking January" , "January Jape" : maybe comedies and drama

"Fictional(-Science) February" / "Fantasy February" : SciFi, Fantasy, Western

"Mysterious March" could work, or a sub-classification or people being pushed too far with "March Madness"

"Action/Adventure April"

"Mysterious May" if not used for March, otherwise "Musical May"

"Generic June" : allow for any genre

"Generic July" : allow for any Genre

"Animated August" : covers conventional animation, computer animation, mixed animation (like Who Frame Roger Rabbit)

"Suspense​ (and thriller) September"

"Ominous October" : Halloween, horror, and related films

"Noir November" : already established

"Decorative December" : already established winter-holiday related films, including New Year's Eve


]]> DEF CON Movie Night Blog number6 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255515 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255509 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 03:03:52 GMT Announcements sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255509 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255508 Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:51:17 GMT Announcements sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255508 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255503 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:52:27 GMT General Conversations GhostOfNoNation https://forum.defcon.org/node/255503 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255502 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 04:20:43 GMT Our next monthly meetup is this Wednesday, 3/11, at 6:30PM in the CITE building on the EFSC Melbourne campus. RSVP - https://www.meetup.com/spacecoastsec/events/312454533 #buildingcommunity spacecoast #brevard infosec cybersecurity spacecoast #brevard infosec cybersecurity ]]> DCG Space Coast SiliconOddity https://forum.defcon.org/node/255502 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255501 Tue, 10 Mar 2026 01:16:57 GMT DEF CON 34’s theme is ‘Agency’. We’re focusing on self-determination in our use of tech. Charting our own course and helping others do the same. Let’s start moving our valuable attention to tech that supports our agency. Let’s find the places we can help and choose to act. Read more at:... DEF CON 34’s theme is ‘Agency’. We’re focusing on self-determination in our use of tech. Charting our own course and helping others do the same.

Let’s start moving our valuable attention to tech that supports our agency. Let’s find the places we can help and choose to act.

Read more at: https://defcon.org/html/defcon-34/dc-34-theme.html

Visual style guide and homework assignments coming soon!
]]> Announcements sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255501 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255487 Sat, 07 Mar 2026 20:29:53 GMT Around the world, the number of women shaping the future of technology, cybersecurity, and digital policy is still far below its true potential. At DEFCON Group Karachi, we believe the future must be inclusive, bold, and leadership-driven. That is why we launched SheLeads Cyber — Women Wing of... Around the world, the number of women shaping the future of technology, cybersecurity, and digital policy is still far below its true potential. At DEFCON Group Karachi, we believe the future must be inclusive, bold, and leadership-driven.

That is why we launched SheLeads Cyber — Women Wing of DEFCON Group Karachi , a powerful platform dedicated to elevating women leaders in technology, cybersecurity, AI, policy, and digital innovation.

Today, The Vertex grows even stronger.

🔥 DEFCON Group Karachi proudly welcomes Dr. Sonia Saleem as Senior Executive Member – Women Wing (SheLeads Cyber).

Dr. Sonia Saleem is a dynamic technology leader, entrepreneur, and policy advocate serving as Founder & CEO of Socio Engineering Technologies. She also contributes to Pakistan’s digital ecosystem as a Central Executive Committee Member of P@SHA and as Focal Person for the Prime Minister’s Youth Program (EdTech, Skills & Employability).

Her leadership journey reflects a deep commitment to technology-driven empowerment, youth development, and digital capacity building. As Former Senior Vice President of IWCCI, she has played a key role in advancing women’s leadership and entrepreneurship within Pakistan’s technology and business sectors.

Dr. Sonia represents the spirit of innovation with purpose — where technology is used to create opportunity, strengthen institutions, and empower the next generation of digital leaders.

💠 With her induction, The Wing continues its mission to build a powerful ecosystem where women innovators, cybersecurity professionals, researchers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers collaborate to shape Pakistan’s digital future.

• This is not just representation.
• This is leadership in action.
• This is technology empowering society.

⚡ The Vertex is growing.
⚡ Women leadership in cyber and technology is rising.
⚡ DEFCON Karachi continues to build a platform where ideas, talent, and impact converge.

Welcome Dr. Sonia Saleem to DEFCON Group Karachi where leadership meets purpose.

#DEFCONKarachi #WomenInTech #WomenInCybersecurity
#DigitalPakistan #TechLeadership #TheVertex

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As I write this, I'm narrowing that down further to the specific commit. I'm hoping to have this resolved this month. If I find and fix the problem this week, I will create new builds for folks to use. Otherwise, the next scheduled regular quarterly build is for 01 Apr 2026.

I appreciate everyone's patience on this. This has been a tricky bug (at times, it fit the description of a "heisenbug"). My spare time is limited (I have a rather large amount of tasks/obligations in everyday ${LIFE} right now), so it has naturally taken a long while to get to this point.

While inbetween clients at my dayjob, I have been granted the opportunity to research meshtastic and other mesh networking projects. I'm getting a lot closer in my censorship- and surveillance-resistant mesh network proof-of-concept. I'm now at the point where I need to port Linux-specific code to HardenedBSD. I'm hoping to get normal tcp/ip packets flowing through Reticulum nodes on the inside of six months. This project, announced in partnership with Protectli one-and-a-half years ago[1], is starting to move along at a nice pace. I will have more to share on that by the next status report.

On Saturday, 28 Feb 2026, I had given my local Hackers N' Hops chapter a little show & tell of Meshtastic, Reticulum, and HardenedBSD. I met with a bunch of really cool hacckers there, and demoed two Reticulum RNodes backed by Reticulum instances on two HardenedBSD laptops. I demoed an exec-over-meshtastic Python script I wrote the day prior. The script is available on Radicle as rad:z44pvAJS7SiQf2CGtpn8hY44GDMyu.

Speaking of Radicle, I plan to migrate some of my personal repos away from our self-hosted GitLab and onto the Radicle network. With time, I'm hoping to migrate us completely towards Radicle. Now would be a good time for those who want to contribute to HardenedBSD to start playing around and experimenting with Radicle.

In src:

1. Contributor "gmg" hardened the kernel crashdump interface.
2. Opt zlib kernel module into -ftrivial-var-auto-init=zero.
3. bsdinstall(8): Align us more closely with FreeBSD.

In ports:

1. net-p2p/reticulum was updated to 1.1.3_2
2. Disable PaX PAGEEXEC and PaX NOEXEC for science/zotero
3. Bring in candidate patch to fix dns/unbound
4. Hook hardenedbsd/ctrl into the build
5. 0x1eef added a new port: hardenedbsd/ctrl
6. Bump ports-mgmt/pkg to 3.5.1_1
7. 0x1eef updated a port: portzap v2.1.1
8. 0x1eef updated a port: sourcezap v2.1.1

Once I have figured out what's going on with the 15-STABLE panic and have a proper fix in place, I plan to quickly switch gears towards hbsdfw. I haven't produced a working hbsdfw build in a long time, and it's far past due. After that, I plan to switch right back to the Reticulum research and development.

I'll make sure to keep the community informed of the 15-STABLE findings and fixes.
]]> HardenedBSD shawn.webb https://forum.defcon.org/node/255479 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255478 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 15:53:35 GMT The wait is over. Preregistration for DEF CON 34 opens TODAY! Reminder – the cash route is unchanged: Cash at the door registration (LineCon) will continue in its traditional, vibey fashion (think hacker slumber party). Doors open Thursday, August 6 and the price is $520. Those who...

The wait is over. Preregistration for DEF CON 34 opens TODAY!

Reminder – the cash route is unchanged: Cash at the door registration (LineCon) will continue in its traditional, vibey fashion (think hacker slumber party). Doors open Thursday, August 6 and the price is $520.

Those who pre-register are guaranteed a human badge, even if we run out. To receive this badge, you must redeem your ticket onsite. The badge entitles one human full access to the DEF CON floor during open hours. Tickets are fully transferrable, so which human gets that access is up to the purchaser.

Pre-reg is open at shop.defcon.org until July 31 at 8:59 PM EDT. After that date registration is LineCon only. If you have any questions or need to make bulk purchases please email us at info@defcon.org.

There are some pricing benefits to early registration, too. Early bookers save money, so don’t procrastinate. August will be here before you know it.

TIcket Pricing:

Early BIrd - $560 ($540 + $20 CC Processing Fee) - Good until May 22 at 8:59pm EDT

Regular - $580 ($560 + $20 CC Processing Fee) - Good from May 23 to July 17 at 8:59pm EDT

Late - $600 ($580 + $20 CC Processing Fee) - Good from July 18 to July 31 at 8:59pm EDT

Ticket Cancellation Fee:

Before July 18 - $34

After July 18 - $84














]]> Announcements sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255478 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255476 Wed, 04 Mar 2026 02:34:52 GMT March 14th 2026 DCG518 goes live info https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1rk875j/defcon_group_dcg518_presenting_recon_as_a_graph/ March 14th 2026 DCG518 goes live info https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1rk875j/defcon_group_dcg518_presenting_recon_as_a_graph/]]> DCG Albany knightrider007 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255476 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255475 Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:07:03 GMT https://bbbirds.org. Info about our legendary CTF can be found at https://www.defcon.org/html/links/dc-ctf.html. We hope we'll see you in the arena.]]> Announcements sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255475 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255471 Mon, 02 Mar 2026 05:37:13 GMT https://linktr.ee/DefconCoimbatore - Everyone Can use this Linktree link to join all DEFCON social media platforms. https://linktr.ee/DefconCoimbatore - Everyone Can use this Linktree link to join all DEFCON social media platforms. DCG Coimbatore Subash_19 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255471 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255464 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 18:56:03 GMT DEFCON Group Karachi proudly welcomes Faisal Amir as our new Executive Member — a visionary technology leader with cross-industry and international experience spanning ICT, petrochemicals, FMCG, fertilizer, and automotive sectors. Faisal is not just an IT leader, he is a strategy executor who... DEFCON Group Karachi proudly welcomes Faisal Amir as our new Executive Member — a visionary technology leader with cross-industry and international experience spanning ICT, petrochemicals, FMCG, fertilizer, and automotive sectors.

Faisal is not just an IT leader, he is a strategy executor who aligns technology with business vision to deliver measurable transformation, resilience, and operational excellence.

From establishing and leading enterprise ICT functions to rolling out large-scale digitalization strategies integrating BI and AI, his leadership reflects structured execution at scale.

His transformation portfolio includes:
🔹 Multiple SAP ECC implementations
🔹 Greenfield S/4HANA deployment with IS-OIL, ARIBA, SuccessFactors & SAC Planning
🔹 Implementation of ISO 27001, ITIL frameworks
🔹 Establishment of SOC & NOC environments
🔹 Enterprise-wide digital modernization across Europe & Pakistan

At DEFCON Group Karachi, we are committed to bringing together leaders who understand that cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, governance, and AI-driven intelligence must operate as one integrated ecosystem.

Faisal Amir’s induction as Executive Member strengthens our mission to build a future-ready, secure, and strategically aligned digital Pakistan.

⚡ Strategy meets execution.
⚡ Governance meets innovation.
⚡ Leadership meets impact.

Welcome to DEFCON Group Karachi — where serious transformation leaders converge.

#DEFCONKarachi #ExecutiveLeadership #DigitalTransformation
cybersecurity #EnterpriseArchitecture #SAP
#StrategicLeadership
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]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255464 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255457 Thu, 26 Feb 2026 17:09:02 GMT https://www.meetup.com/dc608madison/events/313500270/ https://www.meetup.com/dc608madison/events/313500270/ DCG Madison TheL0singEdge https://forum.defcon.org/node/255457 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255454 Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:14:31 GMT In a world where Artificial Intelligence is reshaping power structures, economies, and national security, one truth is clear: The future of cybersecurity and AI must be inclusive, ethical, and human-centered. With this vision, DEFCON Group Karachi’s Women Wing – “SheLeads Cyber” is not just a... In a world where Artificial Intelligence is reshaping power structures, economies, and national security, one truth is clear:

The future of cybersecurity and AI must be inclusive, ethical, and human-centered.

With this vision, DEFCON Group Karachi’s Women Wing – “SheLeads Cyber” is not just a platform — it is a strategic movement designed to amplify women leadership in AI, cybersecurity, digital safety, and responsible innovation.

And today, we proudly welcome a transformational force.

🌟 Dr. Momina Moetesum joins DEFCON Group Karachi – Women Wing (SheLeads Cyber) as Senior Executive Member.

Serves as Head of the Software Engineering Department at SEECS, NUST, and is the Co-Founder of Digital Intellix-4PL, a hybrid intelligence consulting firm advancing digital transformation, AI, and sustainable development.

An active contributor to global AI ethics and governance communities — including Women in AI (WAI), International Association for Safe and Ethical AI (IASEAI), and International Association for Pattern Recognition (IAPR) — she represents the intersection of:

🔹 Artificial Intelligence & Intelligent Systems
🔹 AI Security & Risk Safeguards
🔹 Human-AI Collaboration
🔹 Ethical & Responsible Innovation
🔹 Law, Policy & Engineering Convergence

Her work in AI for sustainable development, digital capacity building, and advisory contributions to initiatives such as the ITU Smart Village program reflects global credibility with national impact.

💠 With her induction, The Vertex strengthens its mission to build a secure, ethical, and future-ready AI & cybersecurity ecosystem in Pakistan — where innovation protects human rights and technology empowers society.

• This is not symbolic representation.
• This is strategic leadership.
• This is responsible AI in action.

To industry leaders, academia, policymakers, and technology partners —
DEFCON Group Karachi is building a serious platform where AI security, digital sovereignty, ethical governance, and women leadership converge.

⚡ The Vertex is growing.
⚡ The ecosystem is evolving.
⚡ The future is being engineered responsibly.

Welcome, Dr. Momina Moetesum — to the forefront of ethical AI and cybersecurity leadership.

#DEFCONKarachi #WomenInAI #WomenInCybersecurity
#ResponsibleAI #DigitalSafety #AILeadership
#TheVertex
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]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255454 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255437 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 19:38:03 GMT Globally, women remain underrepresented in technology and especially in cybersecurity. We believe that talent has no gender. Leadership has no barrier. Impact has no limitation. With this conviction, DEFCON Group Karachi proudly launches its 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴 – “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿” , a dedicated... Globally, women remain underrepresented in technology and especially in cybersecurity. We believe that talent has no gender. Leadership has no barrier. Impact has no limitation.

With this conviction, DEFCON Group Karachi proudly launches its 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴 – “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿” , a dedicated platform designed to empower, elevate, and accelerate women leaders in cybersecurity, AI, technology, policy, and digital governance.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻:
🔹 𝘊𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯
🔹 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 & 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘶𝘦
🔹 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 & 𝘥𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦
🔹 𝘔𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵

And today, we proudly announce a powerful addition to this mission.
🔥 Zubaida Abbasi joins DEFCON Group Karachi as 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 – 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝗦𝗵𝗲𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿).

𝗔 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬+ 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗰𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵, 𝗭𝘂𝗯𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳:
▪ 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
▪ 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭 & 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
▪ 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 & 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘤𝘺
▪ 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 & 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
▪ 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘦𝘴 & 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺

𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵 (𝘕𝘋𝘔𝘈) 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘩, 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴, 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺-𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺-𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘞𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯.


DEFCON Karachi is building that future - responsibly and strategically.

⚡ This is empowerment with structure.
⚡ This is leadership with purpose.
⚡ This is DEFCON Karachi setting a new benchmark.

Welcome to the SheLeads Cyber.
Welcome to the movement.
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]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255437 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255433 Wed, 18 Feb 2026 23:58:31 GMT DEF CON Movie Night Blog sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255433 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255428 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:08:39 GMT Good news, everyone! The DEF CON 34 room blocks are live! While supplies last, you can get a special room rate at the following hotels: Fontainebleau Swanky, luxurious and conveniently located across the street from the LVCC. For those who must be first in line.
The DEF CON 34 room blocks are live! While supplies last, you can get a special room rate at the following hotels:

Fontainebleau

Swanky, luxurious and conveniently located across the street from the LVCC.

For those who must be first in line.

https://book.passkey.com/go/DefCon2026FBLV

Sahara

Legendary Vegas spot with next-level pools and right on the monorail.

https://book.passkey.com/e/51206158

Wynn and Encore

Lovely accommodations and tons of cool places to eat and be entertained.

https://book.passkey.com/go/DefCon26

Circus Circus

Budget friendly and has a haunted house AND an arcade. We promise the clowns are friendly.

https://book.passkey.com/go/DEF6CC

We’re halfway there. DEF CON 34 will be upon us before you know it - be prepared and save yourself some coin.

See you soon!
]]> Announcements sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255428 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255425 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 16:31:14 GMT DEFCON Group Karachi proudly welcomes Shahid Shiraz — Global CIO Award 2025 recipient, technology leader, digital transformation strategist, and entrepreneur — as our new Executive Member. With over 20+ years of leadership experience across enterprise software, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and... DEFCON Group Karachi proudly welcomes Shahid Shiraz — Global CIO Award 2025 recipient, technology leader, digital transformation strategist, and entrepreneur — as our new Executive Member.

With over 20+ years of leadership experience across enterprise software, AI, cloud, cybersecurity, and large-scale modernization, Shahid represents a rare caliber of executive excellence — where vision converts into execution and strategy delivers measurable business outcomes.

From spearheading AI-driven, locally built platforms that strengthen Pakistan’s digital sovereignty and reduce reliance on imported software, to leading mission critical ERP and enterprise transformations across Microsoft Dynamics 365, SAP, and Oracle ecosystems, his work has empowered organizations across healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and enterprise IT at scale.

• He doesn’t just implement systems.
• He builds resilient, future-ready technology enterprises.
• He doesn’t lead by title.
• He leads by impact, delivery, and measurable results.

His induction as Executive Member significantly strengthens DEFCON Group Karachi’s mission to align cybersecurity, AI, enterprise transformation, and national digital resilience under one forward-thinking ecosystem.

💡 For organizations, innovators, and strategic partners looking to engage with a serious, execution-driven tech community — DEFCON Group Karachi continues to emerge as a powerful convergence point of leadership and transformation.

⚡ The ecosystem just got stronger.
⚡ The vision just expanded.
⚡ The execution just leveled up.

Welcome, Shahid Shiraz , to the frontlines of future-ready leadership.

#DEFCONKarachi #ExecutiveLeadership #DigitalTransformation
cybersecurity #AI #TechLeadership
Poster - Shahid Shiraz.jpg
]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255425 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255420 Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:09:07 GMT 86020 logo 86020 logo DC86020 Tianhe District, China akast https://forum.defcon.org/node/255420 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255404 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:37:18 GMT ]]> DEF CON Movie Night Blog sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255404 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255397 Sun, 08 Feb 2026 01:25:48 GMT The Saturday, February 21st 2026 DCG518 goes live, more info https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1qyvb4h/defcon_group_dcg518_presenting_never_break_the/ The Saturday, February 21st 2026 DCG518 goes live, more info https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1qyvb4h/defcon_group_dcg518_presenting_never_break_the/ DCG Albany knightrider007 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255397 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255389 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:50:03 GMT
Now that we have the new quarterlies, I plan to "MFC" (old FreeBSD CVS/SVN term for "Merge From Current".) Kids these days call it `git cherry-pick`. MFC is shorter to type, so that's what I'll use. I plan to MFC a number of commits made in hardened/current/master to the hardened/15-stable/main branch this week.

I've also received multiple reports of crashes with the 15-STABLE installer. I haven't been able to work on this just yet, but am hoping to in the next two weeks. It is almost my current first priority (the MFCs being first.) I figure that if testing the cherry-picked code proves successful, I could cherry-pick those commits into the relevant quarterly branch. Kind of a "thank you" gesture for being patient with me. :-)

I applied relevant updates across the entire infrastructure. I migrated the package repos from being served by a leased server with limited storage to out of my home with plenty of storage. My next goal is to fully automate the build, including syncing. This will mark a good next step to eventually supporting mirroring our package repos. It's much easier to transfer a 140GB package repo over a local 2.5Gbps LAN than a 150Mbps link upstream.

I spent some time experimenting with Meshtastic and Reticulum. I'm getting a better picture from a user's perspective on the current state of mesh networking. My next goal is to teach Reticulum's BackboneInterface implementation how to work on FreeBSD/HardenedBSD.

Two of the four donated Protectli devices are providing the testing lab for this Meshtastic and Reticulum research. Even though the timeframe has shifted pretty dramatically, I'm grateful for their donations and their support.

In src:

1. Opt ipfw into -ftrivial-var-auto-init=zero
2. Remove our old MAC hook for jail/prison destruction (this commit breaks building secadm. I'm waiting on upstream to implement a specific MAC hook, and a patch for (for src, not for secadm) is being worked on by FreeBSD's Kyle Evans.)
3. Disable WITNESS' checking of vnode locks by default. FreeBSD changed some vnode locking semantics and not all filesystem code paths have been updated. As such, we are seeing vnode locking-related panics. I need to get a consequtive block of time to dive in. I'm not a filesytems developer, so this one might take a while to figure out unless someone beats me to it.
4. rc.subr: Ignore required_modules failures in jails (patch submission by leper4{ _AT_ }protnmail.com.)

In ports:

1. Bump ftp/curl to 8.18.0
2. Update Reticulum to latest git HEAD
3. Disable HARDCFLAGS for devel/avr-gcc
4. Enable ZEROREG for security/openssl3*. This could induce a noticeable performance hit. Please let me know if you have any serious performance issues after this next package build.

]]> HardenedBSD shawn.webb https://forum.defcon.org/node/255389 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255384 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:39:29 GMT Boa noite novos colegas, cheguei aqui de paraquedas e estou finalmente me dedicando nesse lado que sempre gostei, minha história é classica, comecei jogando aos 4 e hoje estou no curso de ciência da computação, mas nao existem matérias ou professores interessados na área do red team, então venho... Boa noite novos colegas, cheguei aqui de paraquedas e estou finalmente me dedicando nesse lado que sempre gostei, minha história é classica, comecei jogando aos 4 e hoje estou no curso de ciência da computação, mas nao existem matérias ou professores interessados na área do red team, então venho por meio deste para que possamos iniciar contato para que possamos dispor nosso tempo com foco em aprendizado, principalmente na situação política e economica que nos encontramos no momento. DCG5585 - Fortaleza, Brazil n0b0dy1n51d3 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255384 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255379 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 23:23:29 GMT Good news,everyone! We consulted the groundhog and DEF CON 34 content call season is officially open! Starting today, the calls for Villages Contests Communities Parties Meetups Events Music Good news,everyone! We consulted the groundhog and DEF CON 34 content call season is officially open!

Starting today, the calls for
Villages
Contests
Communities
Parties
Meetups
Events
Music
Soundtrack
Authors
Vendors
Exhibitors
Sponsors
Press Reg

Are all ready to accept your submissions.

https://defcon.org/html/defcon-34/dc-34-cfi.html

CFP, Workshops, Demo Labs and Policy calls will open shortly.

Let’s go.
]]> Announcements sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255379 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255375 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:01:54 GMT I am an independent investigative journalist. I believe that the Chinese Communist Party has long been implementing systematic censorship, surveillance, and repression abroad. Through this piece, I want to appeal to insiders, hackers, and anyone concerned with the truth to contact me.​​ I am an independent investigative journalist. I believe that the Chinese Communist Party has long been implementing systematic censorship, surveillance, and repression abroad. Through this piece, I want to appeal to insiders, hackers, and anyone concerned with the truth to contact me.​​]]> DEF CON Groups S2025ax https://forum.defcon.org/node/255375 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255368 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 23:22:54 GMT The wait is over - online reg for DEF CON Singapore is open! It’s all happening at the Marina Bay Sands, April 28-30. You can learn all about it at https://defcon.org/html/defcon-singapore/dc-singapore-index.html Online registration will be open until April 24, but if you secure your spot...
It’s all happening at the Marina Bay Sands, April 28-30. You can learn all about it at https://defcon.org/html/defcon-singa...ore-index.html

Online registration will be open until April 24, but if you secure your spot before February 15 there’s an Early Bird discount available, along with a Student discount.

DEF CON Singapore Training registration is open as well! Join us before the conference (April 26-27) if you’re looking to level up your skills with some intense, hands-on education from our world class trainers. Sessions and pricing are online at https://training.defcon.org.

Tickets for the conference and the trainings are waiting for you at https://sg.shop.defcon.org.

See you in Singapore!]]> Announcements sleestak https://forum.defcon.org/node/255368 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255367 Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:40:45 GMT https://www.meetup.com/dc608madison/events/312856578 https://www.meetup.com/dc608madison/events/312856578 DCG Madison TheL0singEdge https://forum.defcon.org/node/255367 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255356 Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:55:11 GMT The Kraken is a malformed monster. The kraken (/ˈkræ.kən/ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English); from Norwegian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_language): kraken, /ˈkrɑː.kən/ (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English)) is a legendary... The Kraken is a malformed monster.

The kraken (/ˈkræ.kən/; from Norwegian: kraken, /ˈkrɑː.kən/) is a legendary sea monster of enormous size, per its etymology something akin to a cephalopod.... It is believed that the legend of the Kraken may have originated from sightings of giant squid, which may grow to 10.5 metres (34 ft) in length. The word "kraken" in English derives from Norwegian. According to a Norwegian dictionary, the root meaning of krake is "malformed or overgrown, crooked tree".
​
The Kraken tentacles are everywhere now... I received this job offer to "build and train cutting-edge AI models" into Cyber Threat Intelligence, the objective of the AI model is to eventually drain my knowledge and leave me without a job. Nothing new. The company that advertises this offer has several hundred more positions, all of them are to train AI models into several and diverse fields of knowledge, from IT trough cybersecurity, chemistry, finances, writing, cinematography, translation... oddly the page of the organization uses the logos of prestigious universities like Berkeley, Stanford, Carnegie Melon, Oxford among others.

In a nutshell you get paid to be slowly drain your hard earned knowledge. To follow that path of self-deprecation the organization asks for a obligatory interview with the applicant, the interviewer is AI (sounds kind of sadly cool actually).

But the real hideous, disgusting caveat is in the small letters of their Terms of Use & Privacy.

"Alignerr is a global platform for flexible AI training work. Through the Services, you may have the opportunity to participate in an AI-conducted, video-recorded interview (the “Interview”). Among other things, the Interview may help us determine if you are qualified to become a member of the Alignerr Community. You hereby grant us an unlimited, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicenseable through multiple tiers, perpetual right to use, reuse, modify, display, publish and disseminate the Interview and your name, audio, photographic, video, and other likeness of you, as well as any materials you make available for the purposes of the Interview including in each case, any portion thereof (collectively, the “Interview Materials”) for any purpose. Alignerr and its successors, licensees and assigns shall own all right, title and interest in and to the Interview and have your permission to record the Interview, download, broadcast, distribute, exhibit, evaluate, make derivative works of and otherwise fully exploit the Interview, and allow others to do all of the foregoing, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised including, without limitation, via the internet, mobile and handheld devices, all other forms of digital transmission and exhibition throughout the world in perpetuity."

That is a blood-signed contract with the devil.

I wonder if some of the grandsons of that poor bastards that sign that devil's contract, will see (50 years from now) their AI-bot-ancestors advertising with their grandfather faces and voices over and over trough history, will they still remember the day that they sold their souls, knowledge, face, voice, biometrics for $35 dlls an hour.. for PERPETUITY!!!?!

I wonder if it's something really broken here, have we slowly but inevitably summoned the crooked monster that will devour us all?

Unmistakably something has changed since I got into technology and hacking more than ten years ago.

As the scene dialogue between Captain Sparrow and Barbosa next to the Kraken goes:

B. -The problem with being the last of anything is being by there be nothing left at all.
S. -Sometimes things come back mate, we're living proof you and me.
B. -Aye but that's a game of long odds ain't it?, there's never a guarantee of coming back. Passing on that's dead certain.
S. -Summoning the Brethren in court then it is?
B. -I really hope that.
S. -That's a sad commentary in and of itself.
B. -The world used to be a bigger place.
S. - The world still the same... it's just less in it.

Gliders, hold fast and prepare. Do not gift your hard earned knowledge and go gently into the dark abyss of AI. Use it and not let it use you.

The Kraken has emerged.

Only together we will survive.


🐙☠]]> Br3thr3n 0f th3 C04st D3lt4 M1cr0 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255356 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255341 Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:32:46 GMT Hi. I sent a message to the email address for the All Hacking Cons YouTube channel regarding a privacy request that I suspect found their way into the spam folder. Just reaching out. All Hacking Cons YouTube channel regarding a privacy request that I suspect found their way into the spam folder. Just reaching out.]]> infocon.org c1ph0r https://forum.defcon.org/node/255341 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255327 Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:12:19 GMT ⚡ DEFCON Group Karachi proudly welcomes Faisal Khan as an Honorary Advisor , a globally recognized cybersecurity leader known for turning strategy into strength and risk into resilience. With deep expertise spanning information security, cyber risk management, and regulatory compliance, Faisal... ⚡ DEFCON Group Karachi proudly welcomes Faisal Khan as an Honorary Advisor , a globally recognized cybersecurity leader known for turning strategy into strength and risk into resilience.

With deep expertise spanning information security, cyber risk management, and regulatory compliance, Faisal has successfully led enterprise-wide security programs across complex public and private sector environments. His work reflects clarity of vision, execution excellence, and governance-driven security leadership.

🏆 Recognized among the Top 100 Cybersecurity Leaders in the Middle East, Faisal has played a pivotal role in organizations earning cybersecurity leadership and risk management excellence awards , a testament to his impact at the highest levels.

Beyond the boardroom, Faisal is a mentor, speaker, and thought leader, consistently shaping conversations on security governance, regulatory alignment, and building resilient security cultures across industries and regions.

💥 His induction strengthens DEFCON Group Karachi’s mission to elevate cybersecurity maturity, empower future leaders, and connect global expertise with Pakistan’s growing cyber ecosystem.

⚡ This is leadership. This is vision. This is DEFCON Karachi moving forward — stronger than ever.
Faisal Khan - Poster.jpg]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255327 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255321 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:35:04 GMT We are honored to announce a Strategic Community Partnership between DEFCON Group Karachi (https://www.linkedin.com/company/dc9221/) 𝗮𝗻𝗱 Pakistan Information Security Association (PISA) (https://www.linkedin.com/company/pakistan-information-security-association-pisa-/).🇵🇰 This partnership... We are honored to announce a Strategic Community Partnership between
DEFCON Group Karachi 𝗮𝗻𝗱 Pakistan Information Security Association (PISA).🇵🇰

This partnership reflects the 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗰𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁.

🌟 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁:
🔹 Qazi Nauman Mujahid – 𝗖𝗼-𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿, 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗖𝗢𝗡 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶
A passionate community builder, consistently driving initiatives focused on cyber awareness, industry engagement, and youth enablement across Pakistan.
🔹 Amna Shariq Siddiqui – 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 & 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗖𝗢𝗡 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶
A strong advocate for inclusive leadership, diversity, and professional growth, ensuring that talent from all backgrounds finds opportunity and direction in cybersecurity.
🔹 Ammar Jaffri – 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗔)
A nationally respected cybersecurity leader whose efforts continue to strengthen policy dialogue, professional standards, and national cyber resilience for Pakistan.

🚀 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 & 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵:
✔ Unified leadership working toward a safer digital Pakistan
✔ New learning, mentorship, and leadership opportunities for students
✔ Stronger bridges between community, industry & national institutions
✔ A credible platform for sponsors & partners to create meaningful impact

🚀 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘂𝗽:
🔹 New opportunities for students & young professionals
🔹 Greater engagement for cybersecurity & technology leaders
🔹 A trusted platform for sponsors, brands & marketing partners to create real impact
🔹 Meaningful collaboration for government & national institutions

𝗔𝘁 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗖𝗢𝗡 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶, 𝘄𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲:
💡 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.
💡 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦.
💡 𝘊𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺.

🔥 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀 & 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀:
If you want visibility, credibility, talent access, and national-level impact — this is where it starts.

🔥 𝗧𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 & 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵:
Bigger platforms, stronger networks, and real opportunities are coming your way.

𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿, 𝗗𝗖𝗚 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶 × 𝗣𝗜𝗦𝗔 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲.

𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝘆𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗮𝗸𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 — 𝗧𝗼𝗴𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿
]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255321 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255319 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:29:19 GMT DEFCON Group Karachi continues to shape the cybersecurity narrative of Pakistan by bridging industry leadership, academia, and the next generation of cyber defenders. Recently, our leadership team conducted an impactful session at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari, Karachi, focused on: ... DEFCON Group Karachi continues to shape the cybersecurity narrative of Pakistan by bridging industry leadership, academia, and the next generation of cyber defenders.

Recently, our leadership team conducted an impactful session at Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari, Karachi, focused on:

🔹 AI & Automation in Cybersecurity
🔹 Future-ready security careers
🔹 How intelligent security is redefining digital trust

This session was led by the leadership of DEFCON Group Karachi:

🔐 Tabish Ali – Chapter Leader, DEFCON Group Karachi
🔐 Qazi Nauman Mujahid – Co-Chapter Leader, DEFCON Group Karachi
🔐 Amna Shariq Siddiqui – Director Community & Inclusion, DEFCON Group Karachi

What made this session special was not just the technology discussion — but the energy, clarity of vision, and commitment to community building.
We don’t just talk about cybersecurity — we build leaders, enable ecosystems, and inspire responsibility.

💡 To our Sponsors & Partners:
DEFCON Group Karachi offers a trusted platform for brand visibility, talent engagement, thought leadership, and national-level impact.

🏛️ To Government & Policy Leaders:
Cyber resilience starts with awareness, collaboration, and early engagement with youth — and this is where the future is being shaped.

👨‍💻👩‍💻 To Students & Young Professionals:
Cybersecurity is not just a career — it’s a mission. And DEFCON Group Karachi is your launchpad.

This was a past event, but its impact is ongoing — because strong communities don’t end with one session; they grow with every connection.

🔥 DEFCON Group Karachi
Community over credit.
Impact over noise.
Leadership with purpose.

#DEFCONKarachi cybersecurity #AI #Automation #FutureOfSecurity
#CommunityLeadership #YouthEmpowerment #DigitalPakistan
#TechnologyLeaders #CyberAwareness #AIinSecurity
]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255319 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255318 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 15:42:45 GMT We will be having our first in-person meetup! When - February 7th, 2026 from 2:30PM - 4:00PM Where - NOLS Port Angeles Margaret Coffey Room (2210 S Peabody St, Port Angeles, WA 98362) What - This will be a casual meet and greet with some lockpicking and great conversation! We will also have...
When - February 7th, 2026 from 2:30PM - 4:00PM
Where - NOLS Port Angeles Margaret Coffey Room (2210 S Peabody St, Port Angeles, WA 98362)
What - This will be a casual meet and greet with some lockpicking and great conversation! We will also have some fun robotics stuff available for young children. Fun for the whole family!]]> DCG Olympic Peninsula SH4MR0CK https://forum.defcon.org/node/255318 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255299 Tue, 13 Jan 2026 22:58:40 GMT Our meetup on January 19th will be held at The Union at Station West - 919 Berryhill Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 @ 7pm DC704 is back! Join us for our first meetup in Charlotte as we bring that DEF CON energy back to the 704. Whether you’re a seasoned pro, a student, or just curious about the scene,... Our meetup on January 19th will be held at The Union at Station West - 919 Berryhill Rd. Charlotte, NC 28208 @ 7pm

DC704 is back! Join us for our first meetup in Charlotte as we bring that DEF CON energy back to the 704. Whether you’re a seasoned pro, a student, or just curious about the scene, come hang out.

What to expect: Networking, shop talk, a presentation from one of our members, and general hacker camaraderie.
7:00 PM – 7:10 PM

Doors Open & Networking

7:10 PM – 7:20 PM

Welcome & Announcements

7:20 PM – 8:00 PM

Presenter: Chris Horner (@Agent Smith) Topic: “Protecting Yourself From People Like Me”

8:00 PM – 8:10 PM

Break

8:10 PM – 8:50 PM

Presenter: Aleksa (@skepticseptic) Topic: “Malware For Dummies; Being Cautious of Code”


https://defcon704.org for more details and link to the Discord.]]> DCG Charlotte k0rg https://forum.defcon.org/node/255299 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255288 Thu, 08 Jan 2026 01:38:00 GMT This Saturday January 17th 2026 More info a https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1q6ugav/defcon_group_dcg518_presenting_the_path_that/ This Saturday January 17th 2026 More info a https://www.reddit.com/r/Defcon/comments/1q6ugav/defcon_group_dcg518_presenting_the_path_that/ DCG Albany knightrider007 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255288 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255285 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:44:34 GMT Hello Hackers! Vulnerable firmware-based IoT and OT devices are hosted. Give it a try:


IP------------Username

54.46.50.131 --> user1

43.218.134.118 --> apc

51.84.215.16 --> webuser

202.122.18.66 --> administrator

43.212.249.31 --> AnEngineer

52.215.236.124 --> admin
]]> General Conversations cyberhub001 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255285 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255271 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 17:03:12 GMT This status report is going to be a lengthy one. Due to scheduling conflicts, I was unable to get out the November status report, this one will cover the two months November - December 2025. A large portion of my focus has been on the infrastructure, getting a build environment for the...
A large portion of my focus has been on the infrastructure, getting a build environment for the recently-created hardened/15-stable/main branch. As discussed in a previous mailing list thread[1], the 14-STABLE build infrastructure has now been migrated to 15-STABLE. We have archived the last 14-STABLE package build, which last completed on 24 Dec 2025.

We self-host nearly the entirety of our infrastructure out of my home. We have only one leased server, from the fine folks at NetActuate (previously RootBSD). This leased server hosts our main website, the hbsd-update build artifacts, and the package repos. Our package repos, naturally, grow over time. Back when we started this, each package repo was at most 75GB in size. Now we're encroaching 135GB.

We now have a 30TB NAS in the home-based infrastructure. In order to support the growth, we will be migrating the package repo to the home infra. The package repos themselves have already been migrated. The only thing left to do is adjust the various DNS entries. I plan to do that once we have a usable 15-STABLE package repo. We will update this[2] mailing list thread when the migration has completed, DNS records and all. There will likely be a little blip in HTTPS/TLS connections as we regenerate LetsEncrypt certs. There's a delicate dance here. I plan to keep everyone informed as to when I begin and complete the process.

The 14-STABLE build server (which is now being migrated to 15-STABLE) housed two VMs:

1. The OS installer/update build VM. This builds the artifacts published at https://installers.hardenedbsd.org/ and mirrors.
2. The package build VM.

When we deployed that (stupendously) slow server to test its capabilities as a build server for 15-STABLE, we followed the same pattern: two separate VMs. We are going to keep the 15-STABLE OS installer/update build VM on that slow server. We're going to power off the 14-STABLE OS build VM and increase the resources to the package build VM. This means we should be able to decrease the time it takes for that server to produce a usable package repo. Naturally, this comes at a cost of a slow build time for the OS installer/updates, but that process can tolerate **a lot** of slowness. So long as it can produce its build artifacts in less than 48 hours, I'm satisfied. It's the package building (36,000+ packages) that takes the most resources.

I spent a lot of time in the ports tree over the past couple months. The focus was on fixing ports broken by the various hardening techniques we employ. The introduction of -Werror=format-security caused a large amount of fallout, which I have been addressing. While addressing those, I figured I might as well fix ports broken by the other techniques.

I'm working on enhancing libhbsdcontrol with better error handling. I'm hoping to have that work committed in early January 2026.

I'm hoping in January to spend some time on hbsdfw. The VM I've been using to build hbsdfw has been panicking when the Poudriere build finishes when building the hbsdfw packages. In Q1 2026, I plan to migrate hbsdfw from HardenedBSD 14-STABLE to 16-CURRENT. Following the hardened/current/master src branch will lighten my load in maintaining this little hobby subproject.

I need to file a bug report upstream in FreeBSD/OpenZFS to track this kernel panic. The panic happens when something during the build checks whether PaX PAGEEXEC is enabled through looking up a filesystem extended attribute. OpenZFS recently changed how filesystem extended attributes work, so it's possible we're hitting a unique edge case.

In January, I'm going to get two lab environments set up:

1. Internal Reticulum nodes to test the Reticulum protocol and its potential for use with our censorship- and surveillance-resistant mesh network R&D.
2. Internal Radicle nodes to start concerted testing to eventually replace GitLab with Radicle.

I feel somewhat down for not making more progress this year on the censorship- and surveillance-resistant networks. I'm hoping to place more emphasis on this in 2026.

In src:

1. Always build elftc-nm and elft-ar
2. TPE: Ensure user-owned vnodes are unwritable
3. ASLR: Use VMFS_NO_SPACE to map the stack
4. Add various C/C++ hardening flags:
   1. -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
   2. -Werror=format-security
5. Unlock the sound mutex on error
6. Fix branch detection in release
7. Disable SafeStack for the Unbound daemon
8. Some pkgbase-related work

In ports (this is gonna be a long list (our longest to date)):

1. Disable LINUX for x11/nvidia-kmod
2. ftp/curl: Fixup .onion patch
3. Add "general compilation hardening" USES
4. Delete unneeded patch for databases/redis
5. Fix archivers/zip
6. Disable hardcflags for devel/m4
7. Disable hardcflags for lang/gcc13
8. Disable HARDCFLAGS for devel/t1lib
9. Fix HARDCFLAGS errors for devel/ctags
10. Disable HARDCFLAGS for archivers/unzip
11. Fix HARDCFLAGS for net-mgmt/libsmi
12. Disable HARDCFLAGS for x11-toolkits/open-motif
13. Disable HARDCFLAGS for devel/expect
14. Fix the devel/ivykis port
15. Fix HARDCFLAGS for multimedia/webcamd
16. Disable HARDCFLAGS for lang/gcc12
17. Disable HardenedBSD features for lang/gcc14
18. Disable HardenedBSD features for lang/gcc15
19. Disable HardenedBSD features for lang/gcc16-devel
20. Fix HARDCFLAGS for multimedia/smpeg
21. Disable HARDCFLAGS for devel/elfutils
22. Fix HARDCFLAGS for converters/recode
23. Disable fortifysource for graphics/netpbm
24. Fix hardcflags for devel/fortytwo-encore
25. Fix HARDCFLAGS for graphics/libvisual04
26. Disable HARDCFLAGS for devel/kBuild
27. Fix HARDCFLAGS for devel/libbegemot
28. Fix HARDCFLAGS for games/pmars-sdl
29. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE for security/signify
30. Disable HARDCFLAGS for mail/mailutils
31. Fix HARDCFLAGS for devel/ta-lib
32. Fix HARDCFLAGS for math/spooles
33. Fix HARDCFLAGS for textproc/wv
34. Fix HARDCFLAGS for databases/sqlite2
35. Disable HARDCFLAGS for graphics/lensfun
36. Fix HARDCFLAGS for devel/rlwrap
37. Disable fortifysource for mail/opensmtpd
38. Fix HARDCFLAGS for x11-toolkits/unique
39. Fix HARDCFLAGS for devel/efivar
40. Fix HARDCFLAGS for lang/f2c
41. Fix HARDCFLAGS for textproc/scim-table-imengine
42. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE and HARDCFLAGS for sysutils/fwupd-efi
43. Fix HARDCFLAGS for games/libmt_client
44. Disable HARDCFLAGS for games/gnugo
45. Fix HARDCFLAGS for comms/rxtx
46. Disable PIE and RELRO for databases/redis
47. Fix build for devel/omniORB
48. Fix build of security/rubygem-bcrypt_pbkdf
49. Fix HARDCFLAGS for math/grace
50. Fix HARDCFLAGS for audio/libbs2b
51. Disable HARDCFLAGS for graphics/plotutils
52. Fix HARDCFLAGS for emulators/libretro-reicast
53. Add -Wformat for HARDCFLAGS
54. Disable HARDCFLAGS for graphics/gracula
55. Fix HARDCFLAGS for mail/spmfilter
56. Add cheat support in games/ioquake3
57. Fix HARDCFLAGS for print/catdvi
58. Fix HARDCFLAGS for graphics/seom
59. Fix HARDCFLAGS for deskutils/presage
60. Fix HARDCFLAGS for graphics/alpng
61. Enable SLH for games/ioquake3
62. Fix -Werror=format-security bug in games/ioquake3
63. Fix HARDCFLAGS for x11-toolkits/fox16
64. Disable HARDCFLAGS for graphics/glslang
65. Re-enable PIE and RELRO for databases/redis
66. Fix HARDCFLAGS for converters/uudeview
67. Fix HARDCFLAGS for textproc/gdome2
68. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE for misc/mbuffer
69. Disable HARDCFLAGS for archivers/unarj
70. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE for misc/amanda-{client,server}
71. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE for net/dante
72. Fix HARDCFLAGS for archivers/sharutils
73. Fix HARDCFLAGS for lang/squeak
74. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE for devel/socket_wrapper
75. Fix HARDCFLAGS for net/pvm
76. Fix HARDCFLAGS for audio/snack
77. Fix HARDCFLAGS for textproc/sgmlformat
78. Fix HARDCFLAGS for cad/iverilog
79. Fix HARDCFLAGS for sysutils/genisoimage
80. Disable HARDCFLAGS for games/libretro-boom3
81. Fix HARDCFLAGS for math/testu01
82. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE for devel/pcc-libs
83. Disable PIE for security/cryptlib
84. Fix HARDCFLAGS for mail/addresses-goodies
85. Fix build of devel/ivykis on 14-stable
86. Disable HARDCFLAGS for security/pgpin
87. (0x1eef) Fix grub2-bhyve build error
88. Disable HARDCFLAGS for devel/cunit
89. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE for editors/dte
90. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE for mail/akpop3d
91. Disable HARDCFLAGS for emulators/x48
92. Fix HARDCFLAGS for net/osrtspproxy
93. Fix HARDCFLAGS for mail/qmailmrtg7
94. Fix HARDCFLAGS for print/transfig
95. Disable PIE for graphics/nsxiv
96. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE for devel/uid_wrapper
97. Disable HARDCFLAGS for devel/cweb
98. Fix FORTIFYSOURCE for multimedia/ffmpeg
99. Fix build of lang/gcc14
100. Fix FORTIFYSOURCE for devel/tex-libtexluajit
101. Disable FORTIFYSOURCE and HARDCFLAGS for security/barnyard2
102. Fix build of lang/gcc12
103. Fix build of databases/arrow

[1]: https://groups.google.com/a/hardenedbsd.org/g/users/c/51IARO8noYo/m/asRq...
[2]: https://groups.google.com/a/hardenedbsd.org/g/users/c/G6HbsE8DA5w/m/I4ou...
]]> HardenedBSD shawn.webb https://forum.defcon.org/node/255271 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255268 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 12:04:29 GMT With immense pride, DEFCON Group Karachi (DCG9221) welcomes Majid Noor as an Executive Member of our community. :skullblack::keyholeblack: 🌐 A leader who doesn’t just talk transformation — he delivers it at national and enterprise scale. Majid Noor stands at the intersection of Cybersecurity,... With immense pride, DEFCON Group Karachi (DCG9221) welcomes Majid Noor as an Executive Member of our community.

🌐 A leader who doesn’t just talk transformation — he delivers it at national and enterprise scale.

Majid Noor stands at the intersection of Cybersecurity, AI, ERP, and Digital Sovereignty, with a proven record of executing complex transformations across Pakistan’s retail, manufacturing, and enterprise ecosystems.

• First professional in Pakistan to implement RidgeBot ; AI-enabled, attacker-grade, fully automated security testing
• Driving proactive cyber defense, not reactive security
• Leading SAP, Oracle & Microsoft Dynamics 365 transformations
• Leveraging Data Science & AI analytics for smarter, faster decisions
• Strengthening governance, resilience, and global competitiveness of Pakistani organizations

🔥 This is not just leadership , this is nation-building through technology.

Majid’s vision aligns perfectly with DEFCON Group Karachi’s mission:
✔ Build real cyber capability
✔ Strengthen digital resilience
✔ Develop local expertise
✔ Raise Pakistan’s global cyber standard

⚡ Digital sovereignty isn’t declared, it’s engineered.
And leaders like Majid Noor are engineering it, one secure system at a time.

We are honored to have you onboard as an Executive Member, shaping the future of cybersecurity, AI, and digital trust in Pakistan.

Welcome to the movement, Majid Noor 💪
#DEFCONKarachi
dcg9221
#ExecutiveLeadership
#CyberResilience
#DigitalSovereignty
#AIinCybersecurity
#BuildingPakistan
#NationBuildingInCyberspace
Majid Noor - Poster.jpg]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255268 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255265 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 11:30:59 GMT Dr. Syed Muddasir Hussain has officially joined DEFCON Group Karachi (DCG9221) as an Advisor representing Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari (BBSUL).

🎓 A PhD in Digital Marketing,
🏛️ Associate Professor & Head of Department,
📚 Curriculum architect for HEC & U.S.-funded national initiatives,
🌱 Lead trainer for Prime Minister’s Youth Development Program,
🤝 A true champion of industry–academia collaboration.

Dr. Muddasir’s journey reflects leadership, vision, and impact from founding national-level Digital Marketing Summits to shaping sustainable curricula that empower Pakistan’s youth with real-world skills, entrepreneurial mindset, and digital excellence.

💡 His inclusion as an Advisor strengthens our mission to:
✔ Groom future leaders
✔ Bridge academia with offensive security & cyber awareness
✔ Enable universities to align with global cyber & digital realities
✔ Build confident, skilled, and future-ready youth

This collaboration with Benazir Bhutto Shaheed University Lyari marks another milestone in DEFCON Group Karachi’s commitment to capacity building, mentorship, and national impact.

🔥 This isn’t just a milestone — it marks the beginning of a movement.
Together, we shape minds. Together, we strengthen resilience. Together, we secure Pakistan’s cyber future. 💪

Welcome to the DEFCON Karachi family, Dr. Muddasir Hussain 💪
Dr. Muddasir - Poster.jpg
]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255265 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255252 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:37:02 GMT Hi folks, I just joined the group here, has there been any meeting? If yes when, I am very interested meeting or chatting with people who know stuff and are in CyberSecurity field, I live in New York near Manhattan, let me know if there will be any meeting soon I would like to join, Thanks. Hi folks, I just joined the group here, has there been any meeting? If yes when, I am very interested meeting or chatting with people who know stuff and are in CyberSecurity field, I live in New York near Manhattan, let me know if there will be any meeting soon I would like to join, Thanks. DC212 New York City, New York USA TheResolute https://forum.defcon.org/node/255252 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255250 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 08:36:08 GMT Some leaders don’t just teach security — they shape mindsets, build movements, and ignite communities. Today, DEFCON Group Karachi proudly welcomes Ali Bawazeer as our Brand Ambassador.:skullblack::keyholeblack: Ali’s journey in offensive security, privacy research, and hands-on training was... Some leaders don’t just teach security —
they shape mindsets, build movements, and ignite communities.

Today, DEFCON Group Karachi proudly welcomes Ali Bawazeer as our Brand Ambassador.

Ali’s journey in offensive security, privacy research, and hands-on training was forged long before cybersecurity became a global buzzword. From Black Hat, BSides, to payment security platforms, he has consistently transformed deep technical expertise into accessible, real-world learning, empowering professionals, researchers, and future leaders alike.

💥 What makes this collaboration powerful isn’t just credentials — it’s philosophy alignment.

At DEFCON Group Karachi, we believe:
✔ Security is built together, not in silos
✔ Knowledge grows when it’s shared, not guarded
✔ Communities win when leaders lift others, not themselves

Ali embodies this belief through his #CAvlance ethos — a skilled lancer leading from the front, powered by the collective strength of the community.

🌍 What This Means for the Ecosystem
This is more than an announcement. It’s a signal.

A signal that:
🔹 Offensive security education is leveling up
🔹 Community-led growth is our strategy
🔹 Pakistan’s cybersecurity talent is being positioned globally

Together, we are unlocking:
⚡ Deeper collaborative learning
⚡ Stronger mentorship pipelines
⚡ A strategic elevation of offensive security expertise

DEFCON Group Karachi isn’t just hosting events.
We’re building capability, credibility, and careers.

Welcome to the mission, Ali Bawazeer.
The charge forward just got stronger. 💪🔥

#DEFCONKarachi #CommunityPoweredSecurity #OffensiveSecurity #CAvlance #CybersecurityLeadership #HiddenTalentVisibleImpact
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]]> DCG Karachi ali.tabish https://forum.defcon.org/node/255250 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255227 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:50:22 GMT almost a year to figure it out...
At first it was an experiment, I was always feeling depressed after spending some time on face book so I asked myself: "how many ads am I watching a day in this shitty platform?", the noise-to-signal ratio was 17 ads to 3 real news from my contacts or liked pages.

85% of advertising at least.

It was long ago since the last time I remembered watching some update on my contacts, my "newsfeed" was a cesspool of shitty situations to make me feel insulted or enrage me. Just to keep me watching more advertising...
So I decided to use face book instead of them using me. I started to use a VPN every time that I interacted, erased all my photos and refrained to react to the "suggested content" ... (that was the hardest part).
Whenever they suggested some news, I manually visited the source page. (Mostly of politicians who are doing their specialty: lie and robbery). I visited their page and dropped a "nice" comment. 🤮🖕💩

But eventually the algorithm found out. There was someone behaving in a strange way, it was dangerous to them: I wasn't consuming any more. They asked me for a video of my face in all angles to map my biometrics data and prove that I'm human for "my own safety". Fuck them I wasn't giving my data for free, they will sell or leak it regardless of their so called permissions and controls, I took the video with the face of some matrix "Neo" toy that was lying around the office.
For the first time in years I interacted with a human being, they found out and banned my account forever.

Now my days seem to last longer, yes I miss the scrolling sometimes but I feel weirdly calmer.

I'm an outcast now , but they gave me one of the most strange gifts of the last years: Time.

Thanks for reading, see you around 1337 Glider .]]> Br3thr3n 0f th3 C04st D3lt4 M1cr0 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255227 https://forum.defcon.org/node/255204 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 16:53:18 GMT 𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗖𝗢𝗡 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶’𝘀 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲:skullblack::keyholeblack: 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 “𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯” 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦. Today, DEFCON Group Karachi proudly announces Sara Badran as 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿, 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡... 𝗔 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗗𝗘𝗙𝗖𝗢𝗡 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶’𝘀 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 “𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯” 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 - 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦.

Today, DEFCON Group Karachi proudly announces Sara Badran as 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗱𝗼𝗿, 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙝, 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚.

With over 4 years of experience in Web Penetration Testing and Bug Bounty, she understands real-world security challenges at a practitioner level.

As a Cybersecurity Awareness Specialist and SDR/BDR, Sara bridges the gap between technical security teams and business leadership, a capability that aligns strongly with DEFCON Group Karachi’s mission of practical, impact-driven cybersecurity.

She also maintains a strong, fully organic professional presence on LinkedIn, with:
• 𝟵𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬+ 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀
• 𝟮𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬+ 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖-𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀
• 𝟭𝟲𝗠+ 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁

Based in Egypt, Sara’s influence extends across the Middle East, supporting DEFCON Group Karachi’s vision of building a globally connected, regionally grounded cybersecurity community.

⚔️ 𝘍𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 “𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨.”
It has arrived and it leads from the front. Sara stands there with precision, confidence, and zero compromise.

DEFCON Group Karachi is already global.
You are just one step away from stepping into a network that recognizes real power.

Welcome to the frontlines, Sara Badran.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘦𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳.
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘮... 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. ⚡🔥


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