Defcon 22 - Weaponizing your pets (WarKitteh and DoS Dog) - General

So defcon 22 happened and this cool guy equipped a cat with a wifi sniffer and a dog with a thing that turns off tvs and a fake wifi hotspot [video=youtube;DMNSvHswljM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMNSvHswljM[/video]

Great presentation and a great speaker, thanks for sharing!

Hilarious as hell. Wonderful video.

DEFCON is interesting stuff, anyone got ones they like? I've seen probably most of the entertaining ones. I'm not a fan of the technical stuff.

Holy crap, the DOS Dog Sounds like the most hilarious thing to do. A lot of people won't pay attention to something that small just because all it says is "SERVICE DOG", and a lot of unimportant havoc could be unleashed.

[QUOTE=patq911;45744954]DEFCON is interesting stuff, anyone got ones they like? I've seen probably most of the entertaining ones. I'm not a fan of the technical stuff.[/QUOTE] One of my favorites was about lock picking and getting through safes. I can't find it, sadly. Had a good insight on why those fingerprint scanners are not a good idea

[QUOTE=Crash155;45745149]One of my favorites was about lock picking and getting through safes. I can't find it, sadly. Had a good insight on why those fingerprint scanners are not a good idea[/QUOTE] Wasn't this one by any chance? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWrzVJYLWw[/media]

Ah I'll just post some, in link form so it won't stretch screens. The Classic, stealing from a hacker. Best place to start if you haven't seen any defcon videos other than OP. [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4oB28ksiIo[/URL] Informative (Web attacks) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEmO7wQKCMw[/URL] Entertaining (Study of firearm safes, spoiler some are not that good) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJFQO4DIxw[/URL] Informative (History of Computer Viruses, including a trip to Pakistan!) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2g9lgYrYJM[/URL] Entertaining (Sued for 2 billion dollars) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSWqx8goqSY[/URL] Entertaining (How my Botnet Purchased Millions of Dollars in Cars and Defeated the Russian Hackers) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgz5dutPF8M[/URL] Informative (Most boring one, but I like the speaker and SQL Injection is interesting) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdyQoUNeXSg[/URL] Entertaining (Security flaws in the real world) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsVtHqICeKE[/URL] Informative (Studying stock scams in 2005-2006, sound more boring than it is) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytDamqTjPwg[/URL] Entertaining (No-Tech Hacking) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CWrzVJYLWw[/URL] Fun fact on this one, someone did the exact same presentation in a TED talk (slides and everything) I don't know if he got permission, but it made me a little angry tbh. Entertaining (Unsecured servers not on the internet, but you can easily reach through a website called SHODAN. Think webcams, but BIGGER.) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cWck_xcH64[/URL] Informative (3 generations of DDOS attacks with a man I wish was my father) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EAnjZqXK9E[/URL] This is certainly not all, but the ones I watch every couple months because they're entertaining or informative and keep my interest. Keep on the look out for more videos in the suggestion box of these videos. I recommend all of these, except maybe the SQL one and the 3 gen of DDOS attacks if those don't interest you. [QUOTE=Crash155;45745149]One of my favorites was about lock picking and getting through safes. I can't find it, sadly. Had a good insight on why those fingerprint scanners are not a good idea[/QUOTE] Entertaining (Study of firearm safes, spoiler some are not that good) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJFQO4DIxw[/URL] [B]BONUS![/B] Lock Picking! If you want to know how to pick locks this guy will tell you how. Also look for his personal youtube channel where he goes into more detail, his channel is just his name. [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChbyaXBKNY8[/URL]

[QUOTE=patq911;45745207]Entertaining (Study of firearm safes, spoiler some are not that good) [URL]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIJFQO4DIxw[/URL][/QUOTE] That's the one! I gotta start watching/listening to DEFCON panels more Should see if I could go to the next one

this presentation is just proof that defcon is a conference for reddit.com/r/hacking. a common joke was that defcon talks are all trendy shit like strapping routers to your dog. it isn't an interesting presentation to anyone familiar with the field(this is a problem because security people is sorta what defcon is meant to be for). quality of defcon talks has progressively degenerated

[QUOTE=Soda;45745477]this presentation is just proof that defcon is a conference for reddit.com/r/hacking. a common joke was that defcon talks are all trendy shit like strapping routers to your dog. it isn't an interesting presentation to anyone familiar with the field(this is a problem because security people is sorta what defcon is meant to be for). quality of defcon talks has progressively degenerated[/QUOTE] defcon was a con for every hacker well before /r/hacking existed. and i disagree, the quality has stayed the same, we just have more talks. [editline]20th August 2014[/editline] in fact it's good we have funnier talks because it attracts more people to the community and keeps it more interesting than a business presentation

[QUOTE=patq911;45745207]Ah I'll just post some, in link form so it won't stretch screens. :words:[/QUOTE] You missed the best one! [video=youtube;V-Zz74FDGo0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-Zz74FDGo0[/video]

[QUOTE=usa;45745644]defcon was a con for every hacker well before /r/hacking existed. and i disagree, the quality has stayed the same, we just have more talks. [editline]20th August 2014[/editline] in fact it's good we have funnier talks because it attracts more people to the community and keeps it more interesting than a business presentation[/QUOTE] talks about strapping routers to dogs are worthless. this is literally "intro to hobby hardware hacker stuff and also pineapples." people should be attracted to the field by interesting new research, not rehashes of the pineapple user manual with animals thrown in and obviously by /r/hacking I meant that culture/mindset(which has existed in plenty of other forms than that website). it's not a good thing to cater to that. behind closed doors the orgs have affirmed that most of these talks suck, but there's really nothing they can do without starting a new conference(because it's already attracted that useless crowd)

[QUOTE=patq911;45745207]Ah I'll just post some, in link form so it won't stretch screens. [/QUOTE] Yeah, covered all the defcon must watches it seems. One I really like is about backups and GeoCities. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2ZTmuX3cog[/url]