Adversary Village
DEF CON 33

Las Vegas Convention Center
08-10 August, 2025.


Welcome to Adversary Village at DEF CON 33!

Adversary Village is a community initiative focused on adversary simulation/emulation, purple teaming, and adversary tradecraft. The village covers a wide range of topics, including offensive cyber security, threat/APT/ransomware emulation, breach and adversarial attack simulation, adversary tactics, research on nation-state-sponsored threat-actors, adversary intelligence, adversarial mindset and hacker survival skills.

📍 West Hall, Level 2, Las Vegas Convention Center
đź“… Friday 10:00-18:00 | Saturday 10:00-18:00 | Sunday 10:00-12:00
Schedule: Village Workshop Stage

Adversary Village Hands-on Workshops

Schedule for the hands-on workshops and other sessions to be hosted in the Adversary Village workshop stage!



Adversary Village kick-off




Hands-on workshop: Be The Threat!

Trey Bilbrey | Head of SCYTHE Labs


Panel discussion: Cultivating the Adversarial Mindset, Offensive Cyber security and the Power of Security Communities

Adversary Village Panel
Keynote panel

Adversary Village kick-off keynote panel: Let's Hack the Planet!

Adversary Emulation

Adversary Emulation

Trey-Bilbrey

Hands-on workshop: Be The Threat!

Trey Bilbrey | Head of SCYTHE Labs

Adversary Guru Panel
Adversarial mindset

Panel discussion: Cultivating the Adversarial Mindset, Offensive Cyber security and the Power of Security Communities


Panel discussion: Modern defenses, ancient problems! Why adversaries can still break cyber defenses


Hands-on workshop: MITRE iCaldera: Purple Teaming in the Future

Ethan Michalak | cybersecurity engineer | MITRE | Caldera contributor


Hands-on workshop: Using Evil Human Digital Twins for Fun and Profit

Matthew Canham | Executive Director, Cognitive Security Institute


Workshop: Malware Attack in PDFs: An Adversary Real Attack Analysis

Filipi Pires | Head of Identity Threat Labs and Global Product Advocate

Adversary Guru Panel
Adversary Simulation

Panel discussion: Modern defenses, ancient problems! Why adversaries can still break cyber defenses

Purple Team
Adversary Emulation

Hands-on workshop: MITRE iCaldera: Purple Teaming in the Future

Ethan Michalak | cybersecurity engineer | MITRE | Caldera contributor

Adversary Tactics

Hands-on workshop: Using Evil Human Digital Twins for Fun and Profit

Matthew Canham | Executive Director, Cognitive Security Institute

Adversary Tradecraft

Workshop: Malware Attack in PDFs: An Adversary Real Attack Analysis

Filipi Pires | Head of Identity Threat Labs and Global Product Advocate



Panel Discussion: Modern warfare and nation state sponsored cyber threat actors

Panelist

MSGT Brett Fowler (Ret) | Chief Executive Officer at STAG, Former U.S. Air Force Cyber Warfare Operator


Hands-on workshop: Just a TIP: DIY Your First Threat and Adversary Intelligence Platform

Stryker | Threat Intelligence Analyst at GEICO Tech


Panel Discussion
Adversary Philosophy

Panel Discussion: Modern warfare and nation state sponsored cyber threat actors

Panelist

MSGT Brett Fowler (Ret) | Chief Executive Officer at STAG, Former U.S. Air Force Cyber Warfare Operator

Workshop
Adversary Intelligence

Hands-on workshop: Just a TIP: DIY Your First Threat and Adversary Intelligence Platform

Stryker | Threat Intelligence Analyst at GEICO Tech

Village closing
Adversary Village

Adversary Village talks and panels discussions will be hosted in the DEF CON Creator Stages. Don't forget to use the Hacker Tracker app to stay on top of the schedule. Mark your calendars. Don't miss a single session!

Schedule: DEF CON Creator Stage

Talks and Panel discussions DEF CON Creator Stage

Schedule for the Adversary Village Technical talks and Panel discussions happening in the DEF CON Creator Stages.


Panel discussion: From adversarial to aligned, redefining purple teaming for maximum impact



Panel discussion: Adversarial mindset, thinking like an attacker is no longer optional


Talk: Of Stochastic Parrots and Deterministic Predators: Decision-Making in Adversarial Automation

Adversary Village Panel
Purple Teaming

Panel discussion: From adversarial to aligned, redefining purple teaming for maximum impact

Adversary Village Panel
Adversarial Mindset

Panel discussion: Adversarial mindset, thinking like an attacker is no longer optional

Adversary Automation

Talk: Of Stochastic Parrots and Deterministic Predators: Decision-Making in Adversarial Automation


Talk: Malware in the gist: How malicious packages on npm bypass existing security tools

Paul McCarty | Founder of SecureStack. DevSecOps evangelist




Talk: Blurred Lines of Cyber Threat Attribution: The Evolving Tactics of North Korean Cyber Threat Actors

Seongsu Park | APT Research team, Staff Threat Researcher at Zscaler


Talk: Operational Twilight: APTs, OT, and the geopolitics of a dying climate

Cybelle Oliveira | Cyber Threat Intelligence Researcher at Malwarelandia

Adversary Tradecraft

Talk: Malware in the gist: How malicious packages on npm bypass existing security tools

Adversary Simulation
Adversarial Mindset

Threat Actors

Talk: Blurred Lines of Cyber Threat Attribution: The Evolving Tactics of North Korean Cyber Threat Actors

Seongsu Park | APT Research team, Staff Threat Researcher at Zscaler

Threat Actors

Talk: Operational Twilight: APTs, OT, and the geopolitics of a dying climate

Cybelle Oliveira | Cyber Threat Intelligence Researcher at Malwarelandia


Talk: Red Russians: How Russian APT groups closely follow offensive security research

Will Thomas | Senior Threat Intel Advisor at Team Cymru


Talk: Letthemin: Facilitating High-Value Purple Teams Using an Assumed Compromise Approach

Sarah Hume | Purple Team Service Lead at Security Risk Advisors


Talk: TotalTest 2.Oh!: Unleashing a Testing Program to Break Smarter, Measure Better, and Fund Your Fixes

Nebu Varghese | FTI Consulting LLP - Senior Director, EMEA Offensive Security Leader

Threat Actors
APT

Talk: Red Russians: How Russian APT groups closely follow offensive security research

Will Thomas | Senior Threat Intel Advisor at Team Cymru

Purple Teaming

Talk: Letthemin: Facilitating High-Value Purple Teams Using an Assumed Compromise Approach

Sarah Hume | Purple Team Service Lead at Security Risk Advisors

Adversary Simulation

Talk: TotalTest 2.Oh!: Unleashing a Testing Program to Break Smarter, Measure Better, and Fund Your Fixes

Nebu Varghese | FTI Consulting LLP - Senior Director, EMEA Offensive Security Leader

Hands-on hacking activities Schedule
[Adversary Village hands-on hacking area]

Adversary Village will be hosting a few cool hands-on activities for the participants to come and play with. Here is a detailed list of hands-on hacking sessions. Let's hack the planet!

Schedule: Hands-on activities

Hands-on Activities

Schedule for the Adversary Village Technical talks and Panel discussions happening in Adversary Village Hands-on hacking activity area.



Adversary Wars CTF Contest

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Choose-your-own-Adversary-Adventure Tabletop Game

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Adversary Simulator Booth
Adversary attack simulation and purple teaming hands-on booth

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Contest
Adversary Wars CTF

Adversary Wars CTF Contest

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Hands-on Game

Choose-your-own-Adversary-Adventure Tabletop Game

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Adversary Simulation

Adversary Simulator Booth
Adversary attack simulation and purple teaming hands-on booth

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Breach Simulation
Adversary Philosophy


Adversary Wars CTF Contest

More details



Choose-your-own-Adversary-Adventure Tabletop Game

More details



Adversary Simulator Booth
Adversary attack simulation and purple teaming hands-on booth

More details




Contest
Adversary Wars CTF

Adversary Wars CTF Contest

More details


Hands-on Game

Choose-your-own-Adversary-Adventure Tabletop Game

More details


Adversary Simulation

Adversary Simulator Booth
Adversary attack simulation and purple teaming hands-on booth

More details


Breach Simulation
Adversary Philosophy


Adversary Wars CTF Contest

More details



Choose-your-own-Adversary-Adventure Tabletop Game

More details



Adversary Simulator Booth
Adversary attack simulation and purple teaming hands-on booth

More details




Contest
Adversary Wars CTF

Adversary Wars CTF Contest

More details


Hands-on Game

Choose-your-own-Adversary-Adventure Tabletop Game

More details


Adversary Simulation

Adversary Simulator Booth
Adversary attack simulation and purple teaming hands-on booth

More details


Breach Simulation
Adversary Philosophy

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