Defcon @ the Venetian?

[jackmama]

Anyone know what this article is referring to?

The switches are integrated with virus protection but they can also detect suspicious guest activity. The Venetian recently hosted a Defcon hacker conference and the network thwarted attempts by conference attendees to infiltrate the Venetian network.

[theprez98]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

Anyone know what this article is referring to?

I believe BlackHat was previously held at the Venetian, but that was more than "recently" ago (1999?)...

[Sereyna]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

Somehow, I think this would have garnered some attention, if it had happened at either BlackHat or DefCon...

In both cases, the Venetian network alerted Vollmer and other IT officials to unusually high bandwidth usage. Then the Venetian's ISP noted a slew of hits against its DNS servers coming from the resort. The ISP then handed over the IP addresses of the perpetrators to the Venetian and the room-to-room roundup began.

[renderman]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

I've been going to Defcon since 99 and sneaking into Blackhat about the same time. Google shows that the venetian opened May 3, 1999.

I think the reporter and/or IT director is talking out of their ass. I think DT should make them issue a correction that we have never had an event their.

[streaker69]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

Googling for "hacker conference +venetian" returned this link about the fourth one down.

http://www.virtualforge.de/events.php

September 10, 2006
Virtual Forge presents portfolio of Application Security and Global Risk & Compliance
Visit us at TechEd ´06 in Las Vegas (September 12th to 14th, 2006). Together with our partner SecurIntegration we willl show you how to secure your SAP NetWeaver® installations and application as well as how to reach compliance.
Visit our exciting live security competition and training in the Security Lounge at the SDN Clubhouse and win a brand-new iPod! Additionally, interesting demos of solutions for strong authentication in SAP NetWeaver® applications like the SAP Enterprise Portal are waiting for you at booth 67 in the ballroom of the Venetian Congress Center on level 2.

Visit the lecture of our CTO Andreas Wiegenstein, a frequent TechEd speaker. This year he will talk about "Top Five Application Security Threats and Contermeasures", and demonstrate how easily hackers can bypass security solutions like firewalls, reverse proxies and others if the developers have not done their homework. The lecture will be of approximately one hour length. Please check the official TechEd '06 site for up-to-date information.

Venetian Conference Centre
3355 Las Vegas Blvd South
Las Vegas, NV 89109.

Read our Press Release for further information.

I'm wondering if this is what they're talking aboot.

[theprez98]

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I checked, Black Hat was at the Venetian in 1999, must have been right after it opened. But I'm pretty sure they didn't install 10G Ethernet back then. ;)

[converge]

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zomg, they're holding blackhat/defcon conferences without us!

[goathead]

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I've heard its all cancelled.

[TheCotMan]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

I've heard its all cancelled.

That is just what *they* want you to believe!

I heard it is still going to happen, but only with the most elite hackers that are able to decode uber-leet, super-fly, Double-XOR, HTML over public HTTP encoding technique. Maybe it is kind of like a rave, where you have to be able to decipher the cryptic clues, or know someone that is able to do the same.

Great. How will I ever find out when the real Defcon is going to take place?

Does anyone have what they call "web browser" "warez"? I heard about some called MSIE, FireFox, Opera, and Safari, but nobody will give me a copy. I want to be able to decode the encoded HTML over public HTTP!

"Hook a brutha' up, yo!" (Hook a brother up == "help me")


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[neil]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

Anyone know what this article is referring to?

I found this article a few weeks ago in my google alerts, and mentioned it to Nikita. She promptly wrote them a letter informing them of their error, but I haven't heard anything since.

[Dark Tangent]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

Wow, they really are smoking the rock.. Wonder why they made that up about DEFCON?

[renderman]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

Wow, they really are smoking the rock.. Wonder why they made that up about DEFCON?

Should hold them too it.

Or even better, inquire about actually moving Defcon there and if their network will handle us :)

[[Syntax]]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

Damn, I must have really been drunk that year.. I don't remember the con at all..

[moleprince]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

The only possible explanation is that we hacked them-- FROM THE FUTURE.

Tunneling temporal paradox over DNS is so hot right now.

[noid]

Re: Defcon @ the Venetian?

The only possible explanation is that we hacked them-- FROM THE FUTURE.

Tunneling temporal paradox over DNS is so hot right now.

You just spoiled Kaminsky's DEFCON talk..