Cybersecurity Events

Attack-defense final between the 12 teams that qualified through Nautilus Institute's quals. Held on the DEF CON main floor over three full game days.

The world's largest hacker convention. Multiple talk tracks, dozens of villages (Car Hacking, ICS, Bio-Hacking, AI, …), the DEF CON CTF Finals, badge hacking and an irreverent culture you have to experience to understand.

Community-organized infosec un-conference held the days before DEF CON. Single-track talks, a packed Pros vs. Joes CTF and a famously social hallway track.

The largest commercial information security conference. Four days of hands-on technical training followed by two days of briefings, a vendor expo and the Black Hat Arsenal open-source tools track.

Google's annual jeopardy-style CTF. Online 48-hour qualification round; top teams advance to an invite-only hackceler8 finale at Google offices.

Free monthly meetup of the OWASP New York City chapter. Two short talks on application security followed by pizza and discussion.

33rd edition of DEF CON, held in August 2025 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Headline themes included AI red-teaming, automotive ECUs and post-quantum crypto.

2025 edition of Black Hat USA at Mandalay Bay. Notable themes: agentic-AI security, supply chain attacks, and continued investment in defensive automation tracks.