Movie Night is back for 2025 with ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’, the story of a tall fella and his dream. Join us tonight at 8pm Pacific in the movie-night-text channel of our discord (discord.gg/defcon) for some. BYOH(ulahoop) #defconmovienight fun. #defcon.

Here’s wishing a happy and healthy New Year to the entire #defcon community! Looking forward to seeing you at #defcon33 - we’ve got big things in the works!

Happy Holidays from DEF CON! Safe and jolly merrymaking to you all, and best wishes for the year to come. #defcon #HAPPYHOLIDAYS 

From our friends at the #DEFCONFranklin Project: Our Executive Director Jake Braun was interviewed at the AZ Cyber Summit. Jake shared his thoughts on foreign adversarial attacks, our #CyberCivilDefense network, and how Project Franklin can help. Check it out:

Expert: Foreign cyber threats targeting utilities compromise national security

A former White House cyber-security expert is warning of potential cyber attacks on critical infrastructure. Former Principal Deputy National Cyb...

DEF CON 33 CTF Qualifcations have a date! Packet sorcerers, make room in your calendar for the official qualifier event for #defcon 33 CTF! Our esteemed colleagues at the Nautilus Institute are hard at work building the challenges - can you afford to do less? Further information available at

Nautilus Institute

Nautilus Institute

Organizers of the DEF CON Capture the Flag (CTF)

. The long season of preparation begins.

from our friends at #defcon's #ProjectFranklin: The 2024 State of Arizona Cyber Summit is happening this Friday! Executive Director Jake Braun will chat with Ryan Murray, Deputy Director for Arizona DHS. Jake will discuss how Project Franklin can help improve cyber resiliency for critical infrastructure. #ArizonaCyberSummit #CyberCivilDefense

#defconmovienight continues the holiday theme with 1983's 'Trading Places'. Join us for the very 80s social experiment on Saturday, December 14 in the movie-night-text channel of the #defcon discord (discord.gg/defcon) at 8pm Pacific. Bonus points if you can teach us the 'Quart of Blood' technique.

#defconmovienight is back this Saturday at 8pm PST with the Finnish classic ‘Rare Exports’. Learn the terrible secret of Santa Claus with us in the movie-night-text channel of the #defcon discord (discord.gg/defcon). We’ll see you there.

Whether you're holiday shopping for your favorite hacker or a treat for yourself - the #defcon deals continue into #CyberMonday at shop.defcon.org. DC32 badge discounts, marked down swag galore and our chef's kiss DEF CON holiday sweater await you there. Happy holidays!