Full Schedule
Adversary Village at DEF CON 34

West Hall, Level 1, Las Vegas Convention Center
August 7 - 9, 2026



Adversary Village Schedule

Friday, August 7

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
All-Day Hands-On Activities
  • Choose-your-own-Adversary-Adventure Tabletop Game
    Choose-your-own-adventure style interactive cyber war-gaming tabletop game. Play as attacker, defender, or leadership.
    Adversary Village Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
  • Adversary Simulator Booth
    Hands-on adversary emulation and simulation exercises - emulate real-world threat actors and ransomware. Volunteer-assisted, all skill levels welcome.
    Adversary Simulator Booth, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
  • Breach and Attack Simulation Exercises
    Guided breach and offensive attack simulation hands-on exercises on a full cyber-range replica.
    Guided Breach Sim Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC

Keynote
Adversary Village Kick-off Keynote
10:00-10:45
Adversary Village Workshop Stage, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Adversary Village
Adversary VillageOpening keynote & welcome
Hands-on Workshop
The APT OSINT Challenge
11:00-12:55
Adversary Village Workshop Stage, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
William Thomas
William ThomasSenior Threat Intelligence Advisor at Team Cymru
Hands-on Activity
Power To The Purple
11:00-12:55
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Trey Bilbrey
Trey BilbreyHead of SCYTHE Labs
Tyler Casey
Tyler CaseyDeputy of SCYTHE Labs
Talk
Haetae: An Agent to Takedown North Korean C2 Servers
11:30-12:00
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Mauro Eldritch
Mauro EldritchLeader @ Bitso Quetzal Team
Nelson Rafael Colón Merán
Nelson Rafael Colón MeránSecurity Engineer
Talk
Yet Another Walking Dead of Active Directory
12:00-12:30
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Nikos Vourdas
Nikos VourdasSenior Offensive Security Consultant
Hands-on Workshop
Hunting GitHub to identify adversary TTPs in the wild
13:00-14:55
Adversary Village Workshop Stage, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Paul McCarty
Paul McCartyFounder & Lead Researcher at OpenSourceMalware
Jenn Gile
Jenn GileCo-Founder, OpenSourceMalware
Hands-on Activity
Just a TIP: DIY Your First Adversary Threat Intelligence Platform
13:00-14:55
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
A. Stryker
A. StrykerDirector of Threat Analysis at Fable Security
Panel Discussion
From threat-intel to tested defense, the adversary simulation playbook
13:15-14:00
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Adam Pennington
Adam PenningtonModerator · ATT&CK Lead, MITRE Corporation
Sarah Hume
Sarah HumePurple Team Service Lead at SRA
Cheryl Biswas
Cheryl BiswasThreat Intel Specialist
Panel Discussion
6 years of Adversary Village! Keeping up with the adversaries and why it takes a village
14:00-14:45
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Abhijith B R
Abhijith B R (Abx)Moderator · Founder of Adversary Village
Talk
SEND: Teaching Machines to Lie to Defenders
14:45-15:15
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Yi Ting Shen
Yi Ting ShenAIFT · Associate GenAI Security Researcher
Ariz Soriano
Ariz SorianoAssociate Director, Red Team Operations @ THEOS Cyber Solutions
Hands-on Workshop
Detection Coverage Is a Hypothesis: Testing It Through Adversarial Execution Variance
15:00-16:55
Adversary Village Workshop Stage, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Connor Jackson
Connor JacksonSenior Consultant at Security Risk Advisors
Russell Harvey
Russell HarveySenior Consultant at Security Risk Advisors
Nahid Sarker
Nahid SarkerLead Consultant at Security Risk Advisors
Talk
Hey Red Teamer, I've Got a Human EDR Bypass for You...
15:15-15:45
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Daniel Isler
Daniel IslerAwareness & Social Engineering Consultant, Team Leader · SEK
Tool Demo
Your SaaS Is My Foothold: Weaponizing Shadow SaaS for Initial Access and Persistence
15:30-15:55
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Jordan Bonagura
Jordan BonaguraSenior Security Consultant and Researcher at Secure Ideas
Tool Demo
Build a Threat Intelligence Team entirely with agents
16:00-16:25
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Renze Jongman
Renze JongmanFounder of Liberty91
Panel Discussion
Where hackers find their people, and security finds its strength
17:15-18:00
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
TBA
TBAModerator

Saturday, August 8

10:00 AM - 6:00 PM PDT
All-Day Hands-On Activities
  • Choose-your-own-Adversary-Adventure Tabletop Game
    Choose-your-own-adventure style interactive cyber war-gaming tabletop game. Play as attacker, defender, or leadership.
    Adversary Village Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
  • Adversary Simulator Booth
    Hands-on adversary emulation and simulation exercises - emulate real-world threat actors and ransomware. Volunteer-assisted, all skill levels welcome.
    Adversary Simulator Booth, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
  • Breach and Attack Simulation Exercises
    Guided breach and offensive attack simulation hands-on exercises on a full cyber-range replica.
    Guided Breach Sim Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC

Panel Discussion
Offensive Security, AI, and You: What Does the Future Hold?
10:00-10:45
Adversary Village Workshop Stage, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Phillip Wylie
Phillip WylieModerator · Chief Evangelist and Senior Consultant at Suzu Labs
Michael Bell
Michael BellFounder & CEO, Suzu Labs
Ed Skoudis
Ed SkoudisPresident, SANS Institute · Founder, Counter Hack
Jon Chase
Jon ChaseLead Security Consultant, LevelBlue
Talk
MCPwned: How Exposed AI Agents Became the Internet's New Recon Toy
10:00-10:30
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Eli Woodward
Eli WoodwardSenior Threat Intelligence Advisor with Team Cymru
Hands-on Activity
Augmented Offense: Open-Source Subdermal Implants as Hacking Tools
10:00-11:55
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Gregory Carpenter
Gregory Carpenter, DrPHPrincipal Partner of CW PENSEC
Len Noe
Len NoeTranshuman, Solutions Architect at BeyondTrust
Talk
Emulating the Identity-First Threat Actor: Automated Playbooks for IdP Hijacking
10:30-11:00
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Samet Can Tasci
Samet Can TasciSenior Linux Systems Engineer
Mehmet Önder Key
Mehmet Önder KeyCyber Security Consultant
Hands-on Workshop
Vibe Check: How Adversaries Exploit Developer Trust from Malicious Repos to AI Agents
11:00-12:55
Adversary Village Workshop Stage, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Michael Chan
Michael ChanSenior Offensive Security Consultant @ KPMG Canada
Tool Demo
Living Off Someone Else's Inference
12:00-12:25
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Redon Gashi
Redon GashiManaging Security Consultant · Sentry Cybersecurity
Armend Gashi
Armend GashiManaging Security Consultant at Sentry Cybersecurity
Tool Demo
Hands-On Autonomous Pentesting with Pentest Copilot
12:30-12:55
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Dhruva Goyal
Dhruva GoyalFounder, BugBase Security
Sitaraman Subramanian
Sitaraman SubramanianCo-founder & CTO, BugBase
Tool Demo
Hiding Infrastructure in Plain Sight
13:00-13:25
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Duane Dunston
Duane DunstonCybersecurity Training for Everyone
Hands-on Workshop
Infostealer: Replicating Commodity Threat Actor Credential Theft TTPs and Validating Detection Gaps
13:00-14:55
Adversary Village Workshop Stage, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Filipi Pires
Filipi PiresHead of Technical Advocacy at SCYTHE | CEO CROSS-INTEL
Tool Demo
Deceiving AI Agents, Prompt Thieves, and LLM Attack Tooling
13:30-13:55
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Adam Toscher
Adam ToscherSecurity Researcher at Cobalt
Talk
Field Notes on Offensive Agents: Reusability, Reliability, and What Breaks
13:30-14:00
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Dominika Pietrzak
Dominika PietrzakOffensive AI Engineer
Ibai Castells
Ibai CastellsSenior Red Team Hive Member
Talk
Microsoft and Amazon are my Favorite C2 Providers
14:00-14:30
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Robert Pimentel
Robert PimentelDirector, Offensive Security @ Humana · Hacker Hermanos
Hands-on Workshop
Malware Development for Ethical Hackers (Windows, Linux, Android)
15:00-16:55
Adversary Village Workshop Stage, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Zhassulan Zhussupov
Zhassulan ZhussupovMalware Researcher, Threat Hunter at ANY.RUN
Hands-on Workshop
The Agents of Chaos: AI Driven Malware Generation
17:00-18:00
Adversary Village Workshop Stage, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Arad Donenfeld
Arad DonenfeldAttacks and Exploits Developer at SafeBreach

Sunday, August 9

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT
All-Day Hands-On Activities
  • Choose-your-own-Adversary-Adventure Tabletop Game
    Choose-your-own-adventure style interactive cyber war-gaming tabletop game. Play as attacker, defender, or leadership.
    Adversary Village Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
  • Adversary Simulator Booth
    Hands-on adversary emulation and simulation exercises - emulate real-world threat actors and ransomware. Volunteer-assisted, all skill levels welcome.
    Adversary Simulator Booth, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
  • Breach and Attack Simulation Exercises
    Guided breach and offensive attack simulation hands-on exercises on a full cyber-range replica.
    Guided Breach Sim Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC

Tool Demo
Establishing a Beachhead: Post-Exploitation in Azure DevOps
10:00-10:25
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Jared Dobbelaer
Jared DobbelaerAdversarial Engineer at Blackbaud
Jon Rhodes
Jon RhodesAdversarial Engineer at Blackbaud
Hands-on Workshop
redStack: Boot-To-Breach Red Team Platform
10:00-11:55
Adversary Village Workshop Stage, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Michael Ortiz
Michael OrtizRed Team Engineer
Michael Kim
Michael KimSenior Consultant, Offensive Security, Proactive Services
Hands-on Activity
Reconstructing Red Team Engagements: Developing Your Own Red Agent
10:30-11:55
Adversary Village Hands-on Activity Area, West Hall, Level 1, LVCC
Jun Miura
Jun MiuraOffensive Security Researcher at Fujitsu LTD
Talk
Beyond the Hype: The Real Role of Red Teams in an AI World
11:00-11:30
DEF CON Creator Stage 3, LVCC
Michael Leibowitz
Michael LeibowitzSenior Principal Troublemaker, Oracle Red Team
Niranjanaa Ragupathy
Niranjanaa RagupathySecurity Engineer Manager, Google Red Team

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