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That's a wrap for 2023!
The #PacketHackingVillage at #DEFCON is CLOSED until next year!
We had a blast teaching, hacking, grooving, and meeting all of you.
Follow us at @wallofsheep to stay in touch till next time!
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I think we've discovered another critical vulnerability:
CVE-2026-BURNOUT: AppSec Professional Exhaustion
Severity: Critical (CVSS 10.0)
Description: A vulnerability affecting security professionals exposed to a continuous stream of critical RCEs, zero-days, emergency patches, and Friday afternoon disclosures.
Impact: Sleep deprivation, excessive caffeine consumption, and an inability to enjoy weekends.
Attack vector: Reading security advisories.
Affected versions: All AppSec professionals, regardless of experience.
Mitigation: No known patch. Air-gapping may delay the inevitable. Total system collapse remains a possibility. 🔥
Walkthrough Workshops numbers summary
people sat @defcon 34, three day total:
Password
Total - 240
Botnet
Total - 322
PacketAI/Scapy
Total - 276
Network
Total - 132
Walkthrough Workshops numbers for Sun (8/9/26)
People sat:
Password - 25
Botnet - 44
PacketAI/Scapy - 27
Network - 17
## CTP Winner
crash
## CTP Top 3 (in order)
crash
KnightSec
sg_t0x1cv4p0r
## % challenges solved
61% of possible points over the course of 3 days of competition.
At 11 AM at PHV (w303-310) we will be holding the biometric bypass workshop! Come by the Packet Hacking Village to watch the demo for facial recognition circumvention.
Walkthrough Workshops numbers for Sat (8/8/26)
People sat:
Password - 107
Botnet - 146
PacketAI/Scapy - 125
Network - 61
....
Total People sat on Saturday vs Friday --- Increase of 111
[2/2] We wish everyone the best of luck, and welcome to Finals!
1 cryze
2 KnightSec
3 crash
4 ambush2026
5 WittyAvenger
6 sg_t0x1cv4p0r
7 Droogy
8 notaduck
9 badrockandziknik
10 dflo16
11 mm2577
12 __Plumfoot__
13 [packethead]
[1/2] Thank you all who've played Capture the Packet for this year's DefCon. We are inviting the following teams to participate in our Finals round. Please report to the Packet Hacking Village prior to 10AM so that you can get seated and ready to play promptly at 10 AM.
Now on Creator Stage 6: Ghost Followers: Using AI to Unmask Fake LinkedIn Profiles at Scale – Aiswarya Venkitesh, Harish Reddy Elavala
Walkthrough numbers for Fri (8/7/26)
People sat:
Password - 108
Botnet - 142
PacketAI - 124
Network - 54
Now on Creator Stage 6: Why Couldn’t I See My Own Drone? Remote ID, ESP32s, and the Packet Trail to Friend or Foe – Will Hatzer and Charles Grow
In 10 minutes (3:30pm) in PHV (w303-310) we will be holding the biometric bypass workshop! Come by the Packet Hacking Village to watch the demo for facial recognition circumvention.
At 3:30 PM in PHV (w303-310) we will be holding the biometric bypass workshop! Come by the Packet Hacking Village to watch the demo for facial recognition circumvention.
17:00 – 18:00, Creator Stage 6: Ghost Followers: Using AI to Unmask Fake LinkedIn Profiles at Scale – Aiswarya Venkitesh, Harish Reddy Elavala hackertracker.app/defcon34/c…
16:00 – 17:00, Creator Stage 6: Why Couldn’t I See My Own Drone? Remote ID, ESP32s, and the Packet Trail to Friend or Foe – Will Hatzer and Charles Grow hackertracker.app/defcon34/c…