Adversary City is under attack. Investigate the TTPs behind the attacks, breach every organization in the city before the real threat actors do, and capture the flags hidden inside each target.
10:00-18:00 PDT
Adversary Wars CTF Contest 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 City is under attack. Investigate the TTPs behind the attacks, breach every organization in the city before the real threat actors do, and capture the flags hidden inside each target.
10:00-18:00 PDT
Adversary Wars CTF Contest 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 WylieModerator · Chief Evangelist and Senior Consultant at Suzu Labs
Michael BellFounder & CEO, Suzu Labs
Ed SkoudisPresident, SANS Institute · Founder, Counter Hack
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 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, DrPHPrincipal Partner of CW PENSEC
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 TasciSenior Linux Systems Engineer
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 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
Final stretch. The CTF closes at 12:00 along with the village on Sunday, so land your last flags before the scoreboard locks.
10:00-12:00 PDT
Adversary Wars CTF Contest 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 DobbelaerAdversarial Engineer at Blackbaud
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 OrtizRed Team Engineer
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 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 LeibowitzSenior Principal Troublemaker, Oracle Red Team
Niranjanaa RagupathySecurity Engineer Manager, Google Red Team
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