Hackernews posts about DEF CON

DEF CON is an annual computer security conference held in Las Vegas, Nevada, that brings together hackers and cybersecurity experts to share knowledge, showcase innovative technologies, and engage in friendly competition through various hacking challenges.

  1. Python and C killer seekers rejoice
    2 points by kvthweatt 3 days ago | 1 comments
  2. Show HN: Seamless – Content-addressed computation caching for Python and bash (github.com)
    1 points by sjdv1982 12 days ago | discuss
  3. Show HN: Provepy – A Python decorator that proves your code using Lean and LLMs
    3 points by spaccy05 18 days ago | discuss
  4. Show HN: Cordon – Security gateway for MCP tool calls with HITL approvals (github.com)
    2 points by babas03 about 10 hours ago | 1 comments
  5. Ask HN: How are you stopping supply chain attacks via compromised dev keys?
    5 points by CountVonGuetzli 38 minutes ago | discuss
  6. Help a fellow dev on AI-localization?
    4 points by mightyAlien about 6 hours ago | 1 comments
  7. Show HN: Drive any macOS app in the background without stealing the cursor (github.com)
    128 points by frabonacci about 17 hours ago | 30 comments
  8. Ask HN: How do solo devs protect their work in the age of vibe coding?
    55 points by langs 5 days ago | 17 comments
  9. Show HN: Rocky – Rust SQL engine with branches, replay, column lineage (github.com)
    50 points by hugocorreia90 about 18 hours ago | 1 comments
  10. Ask HN: How I find a job where what is needed is solid code, not firefighting?
    36 points by speeder 3 days ago | 9 comments
  11. Ask HN: How are you using AI code assistants on large messy legacy code bases?
    13 points by thinkingtoilet 5 days ago | 13 comments
  12. Show HN: I built a reference site for the recurring hard problems in software (thehardparts.dev)
    9 points by ludovicianul 2 days ago | 3 comments
  13. Show HN: Integrations gateway for agents with 2FA for destructive ops (OSS) (github.com)
    3 points by yakkomajuri about 19 hours ago | 2 comments
  14. Your hex editor should color-code bytes (simonomi.dev)
    612 points by tobr 8 days ago | 157 comments
  15. Bugs Rust won't catch (corrode.dev)
    262 points by lwhsiao about 7 hours ago | 101 comments
  16. The versioned filesystem for AI agents (coregit.dev)
    2 points by AlenzhanJ about 5 hours ago | 1 comments
  17. Edge Computing and Intelligence: AI for Edge and AI on Edge (blog.sparsh.dev)
    2 points by sparshrestha about 6 hours ago | 1 comments
  18. Bitwarden CLI compromised in ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign (socket.dev)
    869 points by tosh 6 days ago | 427 comments
  19. Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers (colaptop.pages.dev)
    397 points by argentum47 20 days ago | 247 comments
  20. The West forgot how to make things, now it’s forgetting how to code (techtrenches.dev)
    1181 points by milkglass 3 days ago | 846 comments
  21. I cancelled Claude: Token issues, declining quality, and poor support (nickyreinert.de)
    967 points by y42 5 days ago | 580 comments
  22. Composition shouldn't be this hard (www.cambra.dev)
    126 points by larelli 5 days ago | 76 comments
  23. Patch applies fake diffs from commit messages (samizdat.dev)
    94 points by reconquestio 2 days ago | 30 comments
  24. Using a 1978 terminal in 2026 (DEC VT-100) (nikhiljha.com)
    16 points by ninjha about 14 hours ago | 3 comments
  25. SpaceX says it has agreement to acquire Cursor for $60B (twitter.com)
    823 points by dmarcos 7 days ago | 984 comments
  26. Google API change leads to $67k Gemini bill in 19 hours (discuss.ai.google.dev)
    4 points by StevenThompson about 6 hours ago | discuss
  27. Defcon stiffs badge HW vendor, drags FW author offstage during talk (twitter.com)
    534 points by dmitrygr over 1 year ago | 177 comments
  28. CrowdStrike accepting the PwnieAwards for "most epic fail" at defcon (twitter.com)
    405 points by teddyh over 1 year ago | 356 comments
  29. Room inspections at Resorts World confuse, annoy DEF CON attendees (www.reviewjournal.com)
    322 points by jarsin over 1 year ago | 327 comments
  30. DEF CON's response to the badge controversy (old.reddit.com)
    274 points by mmastrac over 1 year ago | 268 comments
  31. Entropic Engineering DEFCON 32 Statement (www.entropicengineering.com)
    220 points by tillulen over 1 year ago | 158 comments
  32. When DEF CON partners with the U.S. Army (jackpoulson.substack.com)
    213 points by OgsyedIE 9 months ago | 297 comments
  33. DEF Con 32 – AMD Sinkclose Universal Ring-2 Privilege Escalation (Not Redacted) [pdf] (media.defcon.org)
    195 points by ruik over 1 year ago | 30 comments
  34. Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America's leaky water infrastructure (www.theregister.com)
    49 points by rntn over 1 year ago | 25 comments
  35. DEFCON attendees having mandatory daily room searches by conference block hotels (twitter.com)
    43 points by intunderflow over 1 year ago | 4 comments
  36. DEF CON's hacker-in-chief faces fortune in medical bills (www.theregister.com)
    37 points by pjmlp over 1 year ago | 18 comments
  37. DEFCON found vulnerabilities in voting machines–but there's no time to fix them (www.politico.com)
    33 points by hammock over 1 year ago | 63 comments
  38. Defcon Response to Badge Issues (twitter.com)
    18 points by waihtis over 1 year ago | 1 comments
  39. DEF Con 19 – Charlie Miller – Battery Firmware Hacking [video] (www.youtube.com)
    16 points by shayanbahal over 1 year ago | 1 comments
  40. Deadmau5 at Defcon, talking about his coding [video] (www.youtube.com)
    12 points by asix66 over 1 year ago | 2 comments
  41. DEF CON 33 – "We are currently clean on OPSEC" – The Signalgate Saga – Micah Lee [video] (www.youtube.com)
    12 points by codewiz 7 months ago | 1 comments
  42. DEF Con 33 – Post Quantum Panic [video] (www.youtube.com)
    11 points by nodesocket 7 months ago | 1 comments
  43. Disenshittify or Die (Defcon Talk from Cory Doctorow) (pluralistic.net)
    10 points by po over 1 year ago | 2 comments
  44. DEF CON 33 videos now available (defcon.social)
    9 points by 8organicbits 7 months ago | discuss
  45. DEF CON 2024 – Cory Doctorow – Disenshittify or die [video] (www.youtube.com)
    8 points by stakent over 1 year ago | 1 comments
  46. Hacking Conference Def Con Bans Three People Linked to Epstein (techcrunch.com)
    7 points by TigerUniversity 2 months ago | discuss
  47. Jeffery Epstein Went to Defcon 26. Been Monitoring Since Defcon 21 (old.reddit.com)
    7 points by DyslexicAtheist 3 months ago | discuss
  48. Defcon badgemaker escorted off stage, kicked out for adding screen giving credit (twitter.com)
    6 points by djfergus over 1 year ago | 3 comments
  49. DEF CON bans three Epstein-linked men from future events (www.theregister.com)
    6 points by voxadam 2 months ago | 2 comments
  50. DEF CON – Unmasking the Snitch Puck: IoT surveillance tech in school bathrooms [video] (www.youtube.com)
    6 points by consumer451 6 months ago | 2 comments
  51. Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein (techcrunch.com)
    6 points by donutshop 2 months ago | discuss
  52. DEF CON 33 - 40 Years of Phrack: Hacking, Zines and Digital Dissent [video] (www.youtube.com)
    6 points by mindcrime 8 months ago | discuss
  53. DEF CON hackers plug security holes in US water systems amid tsunami of threats (www.theregister.com)
    6 points by rntn 9 months ago | discuss
  54. DEF CON hackers plug security holes in US water systems amid tsunami of threats (www.theregister.com)
    5 points by Brajeshwar 9 months ago | discuss
  55. Chris Hadnagy vs. DefCon Dismissed with Prejudice [pdf] (storage.courtlistener.com)
    5 points by healsdata 12 months ago | discuss
  56. DEF CON hackers vs. our internet voting system (SIV.org): Report (hack.siv.org)
    4 points by arianasiv 11 months ago | 3 comments