DEFCON - The largest Hacking Convention in the World

DEF CON (also composed as DEFCON or Defcon) is just one of the world's largest yearly hacker conventions, held every year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The very first DEF CON occurred in June 1993.
The event is composed of many tracks of speakers regarding computer system- and cracking-related subjects, as well as social occasions and contests in everything from producing the longest Wi-Fi connection and splitting computer systems to which can most properly cool a draft beer in the Nevada heat. Other contests include lockpicking, robotics-related contests (discontinued), art, slogan, coffee wars (not currently running), scavenger look and Capture the Flag. It is a hacking competition where teams of biscuits attempt to strike and shield computer systems and networks using certain software program and network frameworks.
Conference founder Jeff Moss deals that the quality of sent talks has actually diminished since DEF CON's inception because safety and security analysts have found business and government firms to pay for the research study, leaving the analysts less willing to unveil their zero-day susceptability research "for free" at DEF CON. Furthermore, the conference has gone from one track to five and approving speaker propositions for five times the research decreases the quality of "elite" speeches.
Since DEF CON 11, charity events have actually been conducted for the Electronic Frontier Foundation. In 2010, over 10,000 people attended DEF CON 18.