T - 65 Days and Counting

The Dark Tangent posted to the Daily Dave list yesterday that the Call for Papers for Defcon is officially open. Any security pros, hackers, lock pickers, or general trouble makers have until June 15 to submit their ideas for sessions that will be seen by throngs of script kiddies, feds, and the aforementioned trouble makers at Defcon 15 this year from August 3rd through 5th.

Now you may have noticed that Vulnerable Minds made a decent splash this year at Shmoocon. Mike was on top of the hacking side of Hack Or Halo by an impressive margin. Mike, Steve D, and Tim also got more than a little press for their release and subsequent recall of Billy Hoffman's Jikto code. Myself and new Mind Corey were both involved with the inaugural Shmoocon Labs. A few people might have also heard of the little talk done by Sean and I towards the end of the con. Regardless Vulnerable Minds had quite the presence and I was proud to be a small part.

With DefCon gearing up we're weighing our options. I know I'm considering working on something to submit for a talk, and a few of the Minds might join me. We're also considering a little of Kenshoto's brand of CTF. Or who knows, maybe it'll be good old fashioned talks, hacking, and causing trouble in Las Vegas. Either way it should be a good time and Vulnerable Minds plans to be in the middle of it.