DEFCONConference Courses

Passkeys Pwned - Turning WebAuthn Against Itself

Uncover critical vulnerabilities in passkey authentication systems and learn how attackers can exploit WebAuthn API calls to forge registration and authentication responses.

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

Win-DoS Epidemic - Abusing RPC for Win-DoS and Win-DDoS

Discover how to exploit RPC vulnerabilities to create devastating DoS attacks against Windows domain controllers and launch DDoS botnets using public DCs in this security research presentation.

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

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

Thinking Like an Attacker Is No Longer Optional - Adversarial Mindset for Modern Cybersecurity Defense

Discover why adopting an adversarial mindset is essential for modern cybersecurity, covering red teaming, threat emulation, and defensive strategies against evolving attacks.

• YouTube
• 37 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

Winners of DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge

Discover DARPA's AI Cyber Challenge winners and their revolutionary AI-driven cybersecurity solutions that automatically find and fix software vulnerabilities in critical systems.

• 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

Building a Malware Museum - Digital Culture Preservation and the Evolution of Cyber Artifacts

Discover the world's first Malware Museum and learn how digital artifacts like computer viruses preserve underground hacking culture and early digital aesthetics through modern emulation.

• YouTube
• 40 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