DEFCONConference Courses

How to Secure Unique Ecosystem Shipping 1 Billion+ Cores

Discover how NVIDIA secured its proprietary RISC-V ecosystem at billion-core scale with custom hardware/software architecture, novel ISA extensions, and future-proofing strategies.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Building the First Open Source Hackable Quantum Sensor

Discover how to build an open source quantum sensor using off-the-shelf parts and nitrogen-vacancy diamond to measure magnetic fields with light and explore hacking applications.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ReVault! Compromised by your Secure SoC

Discover how the ReVault attack compromises secure SoC chips in 100+ laptop models, enabling low-privilege users to extract secrets and gain persistent firmware access.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Designing and Participating in AI Bug Bounty Programs

Discover advanced AI vulnerability hunting techniques including adversarial prompts, injection attacks, and RAG manipulation to maximize bug bounty earnings and impact.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SSH-nanigans - Busting Open the Mainframe's Iron Fortress through Unix

Discover mainframe penetration testing through z/OS Unix System Services, exploring privilege escalation, database compromises, and buffer overflow attacks with live demos.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Conjuring Hardware Failures for Cross-ring Privilege Escalation

Discover how to exploit synthesized hardware failures to achieve privilege escalation, bypassing traditional safeguards and revealing new attack vectors across system architectures.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

China's 5+ Year Campaign to Penetrate Perimeter Network Defenses

Uncover China's persistent 5-year campaign targeting enterprise firewalls with custom exploits and bespoke malware, plus industry countermeasures and collaborative defense strategies.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Carding, Sabotage and Survival - A Darknet Market Veteran's Story

Uncover the unfiltered reality of darknet markets through a veteran's 10-year journey, revealing scam evolution, infrastructure secrets, and the psychological warfare behind market collapses.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How Nation-State Hackers Turn Human Error into Catastrophic Failures

Uncover how nation-state hackers exploit human vulnerabilities and system weaknesses through real-world case studies of attacks on critical infrastructure and industrial systems.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How NOT to Perform Covert Entry Assessments

Discover real-world mistakes and effective techniques for covert entry assessments, debunking Hollywood myths while learning physical surveys, social engineering, and troubleshooting.

• YouTube
• 56 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

One Key, Two Key, I Just Stole Your goTenna Key - Exploiting Encrypted Radio Key Management Vulnerabilities

Uncover critical vulnerabilities in goTenna Pro encrypted radios where single RF packets can overwrite encryption keys, enabling man-in-the-middle attacks and network manipulation.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

So You Want to Make a Badge? Badge Creation 101

Discover the complete process of designing and creating electronic conference badges, from concept to production, with insights from a seasoned hardware security engineer.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Playing Dirty Without Cheating - Getting Banned for Fun and Profit

Explore anti-cheat systems and learn innovative ways to trigger game bans without actual cheating, plus hardware ID spoofing and remote machine poisoning techniques.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Metal-as-a-Disservice - Exploiting Legacy Flaws in Cutting Edge Clouds

Uncover critical vulnerabilities in bare metal cloud environments through real-world attack demonstrations, firmware exploits, and multi-tenant compromise techniques.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Siriously Leaky - Exploring Overlooked Attack Surfaces in Apple's Ecosystem

Uncover critical zero-day vulnerabilities in Apple's trusted features like Siri, Spotlight, and Safari that bypass Face ID locks and expose sensitive data on fully updated iPhones.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video