That’s what organizers of the 15th annual Defcon hacking conference are telling attendees Friday after being tipped off that the TV news program Dateline NBC has sent a producer with a hidden camera ...

The Def Con hacking conference banned hackers Pablos Holman and Vincenzo Iozzo, as well as former MIT Media Lab director Joichi Ito, from attending the annual conference after their reported ...

DEF CON, one of the world’s largest and longest-running computer hacking conferences, was called off Friday as a result of the continuing global coronavirus pandemic. Jeff Moss, DEF CON’s founder, ...

When the Air Force showed up at the Defcon hacker conference in Las Vegas last month, it didn’t come empty-handed. It brought along an F-15 fighter-jet data system—one that security researchers ...

The Franklin project, which launched at DEF CON in 2024, enlists hackers to secure critical infrastructure, and 350 people signed up that year to donate their time and talent to securing water ...

A ‘suspicious package’ was reported at the hacking conference Def Con at Caesars Forum Saturday night, according to a post from conference. The conference was evacuated around 10 p.m., and the ...

Def Con recently celebrated its 20th birthday, and to mark the occasion, the famed hacker conference welcomed something it had strictly policed in prior years: A film crew. This year, Def Con creator ...

Thousands of hackers are gathered in Las Vegas this weekend at Def Con. Artificial intelligence is a big focus of this year's conference. This weekend, thousands of hackers are gathering in Las Vegas ...

Vincenzo Iozzo, Joichi Ito and Pablos Holman are barred from future attendance after Justice Department files revealed their roles in efforts to secure Jeffrey Epstein’s access to DEF CON.

The hacker conference's "Safe Mode" means that many of its attendees will have to concede to being tracked in some form. Alfred Ng Senior Reporter / CNET News Alfred Ng was a senior reporter for CNET ...

This independent exercise will provide critical information to researchers and the public about the impacts of these models, and will enable AI companies and developers to take steps to fix issues ...

As one of the world's largest gatherings of hackers, the Def Con conference has long welcomed experts from the security industry and the U.S. government, along with academics and hackers. But this ...