DefCon… DefCon Chronicles: Short Story Contest 5 Oct 202314 Dec 2024 A little known part of DefCon is its short story contest. A different theme is provided each year and anyone can submit. The winner gets two free tickets and some…
cybersecurity… DefCon Chronicles: My Dad’s Personal Story and the WWII Origin of Hackers 28 Sep 2023 This Chronicle shows how Hackers have their origin in WWII techs and engineers like my father. There were at least five Villages of DefCon Dad would have liked: Soldering Skills,…
AI Hacks… DefCon Chronicles: Quick Glimpse of the Thirty-Two Villages 25 Sep 2023 There were Thirty-Two Villages at DefCon 31, each with their own mission and culture. Cybersecurity hackers from all over the world went in and out of these villages. It was…
Chinese Hackers… DefCon Chronicles: The Hacker Olympics – ‘Capture The Flag’ Games with 1,828 Competing Teams 18 Sep 2023 Fake Photo by Ralph of Hackers Competing in CTF Games. A big draw at every DefCon is the team event, CAPTURE THE FLAG (CTF). This competition is for the world's…
AI Hacks… DefCon Chronicles: Sven Cattell’s AI Village, ‘Hack the Future’ Pentest and His Unique Vision of Deep Learning and Cybersecurity 13 Sep 2023 Sven Cattell, AI Village Founder. Image from DefCon video with enhancements by Ralph using spherical cows inspired by Dr. Cattell's recent article, The Spherical Cow of Machine Learning Security DefCon's…
DefCon… Ralph’s Reading Background and Favorite Fiction Books 12 Sep 202312 Sep 2023 Image by Ralph using MidJourney First, as to my bonafides for writing a review. My first job after college was as manager of my father's book store. I've been an…
AI Hacks… DefCon Chronicles: The Crazy Big Hall of Contests, Demos and Seminars 2 Sep 20233 Aug 2024 Ralph Losey. Published September 2, 2023. Photo by Ralph of daughter in front of the Cat Eyes electronic mural in a corner of the usually dark Crazy Big Hall. A…
AI Hacks… DefCon Chronicles: Where Tech Elites, Aliens and Dogs Collide – Series Opener 23 Aug 20233 Sep 2023 From Boris to Bots: Our First Dive into the DefCon Universe. This begins a series of blogs chronicling the infamous DefCon event in Las Vegas. The next installment will cover…
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