Villages List

Adversary Village is a community initiative which primarily focuses on adversary simulation/emulation, purple teaming, and adversary tradecraft. The village covers offensive operations, threat/APT/ransomware simulation, breach and adversarial attack simulation, supply chain security, adversary tactics, research on nation-state-sponsored threat-actors, adversary intelligence, adversarial mindset, philosophy, and hacker survival skills.

The goal of the Adversary Village is to build an open security community for the researchers and organizations, who are putting together new means, methodologies towards the simulation-emulation of adversary tactics and collaboration.

Subsequent to feedback from past editions, Adversary Village shall focus on hosting hands-on deep technical workshops, live demonstrations, panel discussions and a ton of other hands-on activities on adversarial attack simulation/emulation, offensive tradecraft to engage and educate the community. Adversary Village would have the following hands-on activities for this year at DEF CON;

Adversary simulator and purple teaming hands-on booth

Adversary Simulator booth is a volunteer assisted activity, which has hands-on adversary emulation plans and exercises specific to a wide variety of threat-actors; these are meant to provide the participants with a better understanding of adversarial attack emulation. The booth will be hosting a simulated environment meant to recreate enterprise infrastructure, operational technology environment, which serves targets for various attack simulations. The hands-on simulator booth also hosts an activity, which would need the participants to generate their own adversary emulation plans to assess the efficacy of the defense systems based on publicly available cyber threat intelligence.

Choose-your-own-Adversary-Adventure Tabletop Game

Adversary adventure is a story-scenario based, interactive, cyber war-gaming, choose-your-own adventure model interactive game. This is a gamified version of table-top exercises which is presented to the participants as they can choose to play as an attacker, post exploitation OR a Defender who is defending against an attacker group-threat actor OR even play as a CISO who is dealing with an adversarial situation such as a ransomware incident.

Hands-on deep technical workshops

Adversary Village will feature a limited number of deep technical workshops focused on advanced adversary tradecraft and techniques.

Hands-on guided breach and offensive attack simulation exercises

This area will feature guided attack simulation exercises for participants to engage with. There will be a few scenario-focused activities, “Breach-the-Hospital”, “Breach-the-Office”, “Breach-the-Bank” etc., visually represented by modular-brick-LEGO sets. A simulated cyber range will be available for each scenario, providing an exact replica of an enterprise production environment. We will provide a detailed walkthrough of the attack scenarios, including Tools-Techniques-and-Procedures, commands and how-to guides, demonstrating how to attack and breach the target environment. This exercise will give participants a clear understanding of how threat actors infiltrate corporate environments.

Adversary Wars CTF

Adversary Village will be hosting “Adversary Wars CTF”, where the participants will have to pose as adversaries and replicate adversarial actions against each element of a “target” organization. Adversary Wars would have real world challenge scenarios and challenges, where the participants can perform various attacks and learn new TTPs. To visualize the CTF environment, the contest area will feature a miniature model of the city made using interlocking-plastic-bricks. The breached components will be physically marked in the city model as the CTF progresses. There will be prizes, complimentary hoodies (yes, the iconic adversary village hoodies), free t-shirts, cool stickers, village coins, badges, and various other swags.

The aviation and space industries, security researchers, and the public share a common goal: safe, reliable, and trustworthy aviation and space operations. For too long, negative perceptions and fractured trust on all sides have held back collaboration between the aviation, space, and security researcher communities that has advanced safety, reliability, and security of other industries. As the traditional domains of aviation safety and cybersecurity increasingly overlap, more effective collaboration between stakeholders ensures we will be safer, sooner, together.

Through the Aerospace Village, the security research community invites industry leaders, researchers and academia interested in aviation and space security, safety, and resilience to attend, understand, collaborate together to achieve our common goals. Empathy and understanding build common ground, while acts and words likely to increase division between these two communities undermine these efforts. The Aerospace Village welcomes those who seek to improve aviation and space security, safety, and resilience through positive, productive collaboration among all ecosystem stakeholders.

Our Goal

The Aerospace Village is a volunteer team of hackers, pilots, and policy advisors who come from the public and private sectors. We believe the flying public deserves safe, reliable, and trustworthy air travel which is highly dependent on secure aviation and space operations.

Come immerse yourself in everything the world of application security has to offer. Whether you are a red, blue, or purple teamer, come learn from the best of the best to exploit software vulnerabilities and secure software. Software is everywhere, and Application Security vulnerabilities are lurking around every corner, making the software attack surface attractive for abuse. If you are just an AppSec n00b or launch deserialization attacks for fun and profit, you will find something to tickle your interest at the AppSec Village.

Software runs the world. Everything from IoT, medical devices, the power grid, smart cars, and voting apps – all have software behind them. Such a variety of topics will be reflected in our cadre of guest speakers representing all backgrounds and walks of life.

AppSec Village welcomes all travelers to choose from talks and workshops by expert community members, an all-AppSec-focused CTF, contests that challenge your mind and your skillz, and more. Bring your thirst for knowledge and passion for breaking things, and your visit to AppSec Village will be thrilling!​

Join us at the AI Village for interactive demonstrations at the intersection of AI and security. We’ve got something new this year with a full purple team demonstration from the AI Cyber League.

For the third Generative Red Team we are going to “red team” the evaluations that establish a model’s performance. We are bringing several model systems built to do different tasks each with their own model card. These model cards will define uses and restrictions the model creators want and determine what we mean by “trust” when it comes to fuzzier concepts like “can write good Rust” and “doesn’t help you hack”. This model card will be built off of open source evaluations that prove and establish how effective the model is. We will be paying bounties for findings against the evaluations that the model cards used to make their claims.

Following the success of last year’s real-time deepfake demonstrations, we’re taking things to the next level. This year, we’re showcasing five different deepfake systems across a spectrum of computational requirements – from high-end professional setups to consumer-grade hardware that’s becoming increasingly accessible. You can see how detections we have will break down as compute per dollar keeps improving.

The AIxCC Finals will unfold at DEF CON 33 in August 2025. The top seven teams who qualified during Semifinals will compete for a grand prize of $4 million.

The AIxCC Final Competition will introduce new challenge repositories and vulnerabilities, encouraging teams to improve upon their current CRS implementations and push forward their systems’ capabilities in terms of robustness, scale, and real-world impact.

At the Biohacking Village, attendees can expect an immersive, hands-on experience at the intersection of cybersecurity, healthcare, and medical technology, offering opportunities to learn, explore, and collaborate on some of the most pressing challenges in the industry.

What Attendees Can Learn at the Biohacking Village:

1. Medical Device Security: Understand how medical devices work, the cybersecurity vulnerabilities they face, and the critical importance of securing these devices for patient safety and national security. Participate in hands-on demonstrations, such as penetration testing on virtualized devices, learning real-world techniques for identifying and addressing vulnerabilities.
2. Critical Infrastructure Resilience: Explore the intersection of healthcare and critical infrastructure, including how hospitals and medical systems rely on interconnected technologies. Learn about best practices for securing healthcare networks, including strategies to mitigate ransomware attacks and manage incident response.
3. Collaboration and Ecosystem Development: Discover how to work effectively with manufacturers, regulators, researchers, and practitioners to build secure and innovative healthcare technologies. Engage in discussions about fostering trust, transparency, and accountability within the cybersecurity and healthcare communities.
4. New Technologies in Healthcare: Get hands-on with cutting-edge innovations, such as AI-driven medical devices, digital twins, and IoT-enabled healthcare systems. Learn about emerging regulatory requirements, including those surrounding AI, cybersecurity, and the EU Cyber Resilience Act (CRA).
5. Ethical Hacking and Vulnerability Disclosure: Delve into the principles of responsible disclosure and how ethical hackers contribute to securing patient safety. Understand the legal and ethical considerations of hacking medical devices, guided by frameworks like the Hippocratic Oath for Hackers.
6. Policy and Regulatory Insights: Gain insights into the latest global regulations, standards, and metrics impacting medical technology, such as FDA guidelines, GDPR, NIS2, and more. Participate in workshops and panels with experts discussing policy advocacy and global harmonization of cybersecurity standards.
7. Tabletop Exercises and CTFs (Capture the Flags): Engage in interactive tabletop exercises designed to simulate real-world scenarios, from ransomware incidents to critical system failures, promoting teamwork and problem-solving. Compete in cybersecurity challenges and CTFs to test your skills in securing medical and healthcare IT systems.
8. Networking and Community Building: Connect with a diverse group of stakeholders, including hackers, healthcare professionals, medical device manufacturers, and policymakers. Collaborate in an environment that fosters innovation, trust, and shared learning.

The Biohacking Village is your gateway to understanding and addressing the complex challenges of medical technology and cybersecurity. Attendees will leave equipped with knowledge, skills, and connections to drive meaningful change in the industry.

The Blacks In Cybersecurity (B.I.C.) Village seeks to bring culturally diverse perspectives to the holistic Cybersecurity community; by way of a series of talks and a capture the flag event. In providing these activities, we hope to help highlight Black experiences, innovations in the field, Black culture and educate the community about Black history.

In doing this, we believe that we can better educate and normalize the discussion of deficiency or prejudices in Cybersecurity education/development for minority communities. We also believe this effort can be translated to aid in eradication of these issues in the Cybersecurity and Hacker/Maker community and allow for more diverse hobbyists and professionals to engage and contribute.

Blue Team Village (BTV) is both a place and a community built for and by people who defend computer systems, networks, and people against cyber attacks. It’s a place to gather, talk, share, and learn from each other about the latest tools, technologies, and tactics that our community can use to detect attackers and prevent them from achieving their goals.

The Blue Team Village’s Project Obsidian is a defensive cybersecurity learning experience that provides attendees with the opportunity to gain knowledge of Incident Response (IR), Digital Forensics (DF), Malware Analysis, Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), and Cyber Threat Hunting (CTH). Deep dive into technical topics through training and exercises that provide practical hands-on experience across each discipline. Project Obsidian 101 trainings provide cybersecurity knowledge that will enable attendees to develop the skills needed to be successful in their current and future roles.

Two of the most valuable takeaways are how to strategically approach a task and the operational processes supporting each task’s objectives. Knowing ‘how’ to do something is only part of the challenge. Knowing ‘when’ and ‘why’ to perform specific tasks adds the necessary context to develop the full story of defensive cybersecurity.

The global bug bounty community has witnessed exponential growth, with thousands of members actively engaged in the field. This thriving ecosystem now represents a legitimate and sought-after profession for hackers and cybersecurity specialists. After a big success and great feedback during the first ever Bug Bounty Village during DEFCON 32, We want to be part of DEFCON 33 and keep celebrating the bug bounty community, where hunters, learners, and enthusiasts can converge, interact with top-tier hackers, attend insightful workshops, talks, and immerse themselves in hands-on activities.

With over 20 workshops, panels and talks, the Bug Bounty Village at DEFCON 32 was a huge success. The room was completely full of hackers at all times, Some of the best bug bounty hunters in the community were part of our village to share knowledge, create content, teach others, and also, to make new friends. With waiting lines of over 100 people waiting to get in for some of our workshops, we have demonstrated that there is a huge interest in Bug Bounty to remain as a specific village at DEFCON, and have that special place in the biggest hacker conference in the world, where the Bug Bounty community can connect, grow and help others become the future of Bug Bounty.

For over a decade, we’ve been leading the charge in automotive security, and this year, we’re shifting into high gear! Get ready for an electrifying DEF CON 33 experience packed with interactive challenges, exclusive badges, and mind-bending exercises designed to supercharge your skills.

Join us and make this DEF CON one for the record books!

With the industry’s rapid growth in cloud infrastructure, the presence of an open platform to discuss and showcase cloud research becomes a necessity. Cloud village is an open platform for researchers interested in the area of cloud security. We plan to organise talks, tool demos, CTF and workshops around Cloud Security and advancements.

Our CTF will be a jeopardy style 2.5 days contest where participants will have to solve challenges around Cloud infrastructure, security, recon, etc. These challenges will cover different cloud platforms including AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba, Digital Ocean, etc. We will also reward our top 3 teams with awards.​

Launched in 2014, Crypto & Privacy Village (CPV) is a community-run village centred on privacy and cryptography that aims to educate and inform the general public, students, educators, hackers, security and privacy professionals, and policymakers. We provide a unique hybrid space that features talks; chill space for relaxing with friends, doing CTFs, and cross industry networking; the Gold Bug Challenge and desk for hints and support; privacy-related art installations; and an information desk for questions about privacy and cryptography. Come talk with us about facial recognition technology, privacy-preserving data analytics, or crypto backdoor laws!

The Data Duplication Village has all the updated bits and bytes available from infocon.org packed up into nice, neat packages.  If you’re looking for a copy of just about any security con talk known to hacker-kind or a copy of the VX-Underground archive (along with a few hundred gigs of cat pictures), you’ll find it here. Our village provides a “free-to-you” service of direct access to terabytes of useful data to help build those hacking skills and allow open discussions with other storage enthusiasts.

We’ll also be partnering with DC Next Gen to ensure that our future generations have the opportunity to explore the details of how past and current data storage works!

Embedded systems exist at the intersection of hardware and software, built to accomplish a specific task. Often these disciplines are dealt with individually, but understanding the custom relationships between hardware and software is key to performing security research on these devices.

Embedded Systems Village advances the security of embedded systems by hosting hands-on hacking workshops, showcasing new security research demos, and organizing exciting hacking contests to educate attendees and manufacturers on the approach hackers use to attack these devices. Attendees will leave the village with an understanding of how to reduce complex, exotic devices to their underlying embedded components and to extract the information required to use the tools and techniques taught at other villages where embedded systems are on display.

Gaming and cybersecurity intersect in many exciting and interactive ways. Our mission is to delve into various aspects of game security, fostering an environment of exploration, play, and learning. At the Game Hacking Community, participants can engage in activities ranging from modding games to exploring the intricacies of memory hacking and multiplayer cheats and learning about game malware. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced hacker, we will have presentations and activities to challenge your skills. Be part of the evolution of game security. Dive into our activities, engage with other game hackers, and explore opportunities to contribute to and support the Game Hacking Community. Let’s play, learn, exploit, and perhaps even profit. Our community focuses on learning and does NOT endorse cheating in competitive online games.

Ham Radio has been considered to be the original group of hackers, launching before computers, integrated circuits, and even the transistor! Hams of all generations have a hacker mindset, solving problems their own way, regardless of what the manual has to say. Continuing this pioneer spirit, the Ham Radio Community is here to support advancement of the hobby with a cybersecurity slant.

Everything we do today involves wireless communications of some sort, and a basic knowledge of how radio works is crucial. In the Ham Radio Community, you can learn hand-on with topics such as how to legally use a radio to send commands to a satellite, communicating around the globe when no other methods exist, and how to send and receive real-time location data without relying on any cellular networks. You can put your skills to the test by trying to find the hidden transmitters in the Ham Radio Fox Hunt contest, as well as transmitting memes over the airwaves to DEF CON attendees.

We provide license testing services for those looking to become licensed or upgrade their license class, as well as guidance on how to hack on the medium to achieve the best results and have the most fun!

Every day our lives become more connected to consumer hardware. Every day the approved uses of that hardware are reduced, while the real capabilities expand. Come discover hardware hacking tricks and tips regain some of that capacity, and make your own use for things! We have interactive demos to help you learn new skills. We have challenges to compete against fellow attendees. We have some tools to help with your fever dream modifications. Come share what you know and learn something new.​

**Mission**. ICS Village is a non-profit organization with the purpose of providing education and awareness of Industrial Control System security.

• Connecting public, industry, media, policymakers, and others directly with ICS systems and experts.
• Providing educational tools and materials to increase understanding among media, policymakers, and general population.
• Providing access to ICS for security researchers to learn and test.
• Hands on instruction for industry to defend ICS systems.

**Exhibits**. Interactive simulated ICS environments that provide safe yet realistic examples to preserve safe, secure, and reliable operations. We bring real components such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Human Machine Interfaces (HMI), Remote Telemetry Units (RTU), and actuators, to simulate a realistic environment throughout different industrial sectors. Visitors can connect their laptops to assess these ICS devices with common security scanners, network sniffers to sniff the industrial traffic, and more! We will also have space dedicated to Maritime technology as well as Escape Rooms ran by Idaho National Labs and CISA. In addition to talks, hands-on demos/hacking, and escape rooms we are collaborating with BioHacking Village to demonstrate how Industrial Control Systems are used in Health Care.

IoT Village advocates for advancing security in the Internet of Things (IoT) industry through bringing researchers and industry together. IoT Village hosts talks by expert security researchers, interactive hacking labs, live bug hunting in the latest IoT tech, and competitive IoT hacking contests, including our 4 time black badge DEF CON CTF. Over the years, IoT Village has served as a platform to showcase and uncover hundreds of new vulnerabilities, giving attendees from around the globe the opportunity to learn about the most innovative techniques to both hack and secure IoT. IoT Village is organized by security consulting and research firm, [Independent Security Evaluators (ISE)](https://www.ise.io/).

Want to tinker with locks and tools the likes of which you’ve only seen in movies featuring secret agents, daring heists, or covert entry teams?

Then come on by the Lockpick Village, run by The Open Organization Of Lockpickers, where you will have the opportunity to learn hands-on how the fundamental hardware of physical security operates and how it can be compromised.

The Lockpick Village is a physical security demonstration and participation area. Visitors can learn about the vulnerabilities of various locking devices, techniques used to exploit these vulnerabilities, and practice on locks of various levels of difficultly to try it themselves.

Experts will be on hand to demonstrate and plenty of trial locks, pick tools, and other devices will be available for you to handle. By exploring the faults and flaws in many popular lock designs, you can not only learn about the fun hobby of sport-picking, but also gain a much stronger knowledge about the best methods and practices for protecting your own property.

Malware Village is dedicated to providing a safe and engaging environment for participants to learn and share knowledge about malware analysis. Our mission is to equip attendees with the skills, techniques, and historical context needed to understand, research, and combat malware. Participants will gain hands-on experience with real-world analysis techniques, guided by seasoned infosec professionals.

Beyond technical training, Malware Village fosters a strong community where researchers, enthusiasts, and professionals can connect. We welcome everyone—whether you’re an artist creating malware-inspired art, a hardware researcher discovering unexpected connections to malware analysis, or a seasoned analyst reminiscing about early malware history. Even children can explore malware through Malmons (Malware Monsters), making cybersecurity education more accessible.

At its core, Malware Village is about uniting people—newcomers and experts alike—with a shared mission: understanding, analyzing, and defending against malware to protect society.

The Maritime Hacking Village (MHV) has set sail for LVCC to deliver the first and only immersive maritime hacking experience for you to learn what it takes to exploit and defend real-world maritime systems. Our mission is simple: we are creating a space for stakeholders to come together and navigate the changing tides in the maritime sector’s technological, geopolitical, and adversarial landscapes which demand ever-more-urgent collective action to address the systemic cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the systems which underpin global maritime defense and trade. Together we hack to facilitate the discovery and sharing of knowledge integral to the development of effective maritime cybersecurity policy, industry standards and regulations, vulnerability information sharing, cyber threat intelligence, and most importantly – a capable and trusted workforce and community-of-interest.

Why? Maritime infrastructure is the backbone of the global economy and order. Countries, companies, and militaries all use the sea for power projection and commerce, but no single stakeholder controls the implementation of policies and regulations. Stakeholders unanimously agree that from machines, to systems, to governance, the maritime domain is fundamentally insecure. Still, seemingly insurmountable access barriers are preventing the security community, and anyone else, from doing anything to help.

MHV has made it our purpose to eliminate these barriers – and to provide every human with the access and resources necessary to engage in maritime vulnerability research and cybersecurity innovation. Our village is a safe, shared space where the security community (elite hackers, trusted providers, and young talent alike) can develop and demonstrate their competence in attacking and defending real maritime systems – and where maritime industry stakeholders can engage with this community on neutral ground to grow their arsenals of knowledge, tools, trusted and capable providers, and fresh talent. We believe that this work together will create rising tides of awareness, information sharing, and innovation that will lift all ships and allow us to gradually secure the maritime sector.

The Packet Hacking Village at DEF CON provides a community learning experience for people of all skill levels, from absolute beginners to seasoned professionals. While DEF CON is made up of dozens of small community-of-interest villages, we are one of the largest and most well known. We host practical training, network forensics and analysis games, and the renowned Capture The Packet event, which has been a Black Badge contest over 10 times and draws world-class hackers from around the world. Our mission has always been simple: to teach people good internet safety practices, and to provide an atmosphere that encourages everyone to explore and learn.

We provide a welcoming environment for hackers of all skill levels and backgrounds to network, learn new things, and be active participants in DEF CON. Our famous “Wall of Sheep” provides a fun and interactive take on internet security and privacy, while our contests Packet Inspector, Packet Detective, and Capture The Packet serve as a zero-to-hero pathway for individuals to learn network security, packet analysis, and delve into advanced security topics. Every year we strive to bring something new and innovative to DEF CON, whether it’s never-seen-before talks or creative games to teach and test skills.

Come to the Payment Village to learn about payment technologies! Payments play a crucial role in our daily lives, yet many of us lack an understanding of how they work. Our mission is to educate and cultivate the next generation of payment security experts and to foster open discussions around payments. We want to raise the bar in payment security! We invite you to explore the history of payments and to learn how modern-day payments work.

The village is jam-packed with hands-on experiences and exciting challenges! Unsure of where to start? Register for one of our workshops to acquire new skills or attend a talk by one of our carefully chosen experts. Already a pro? Pick up a Payment Village credit card to take part in our contest! Looking for unique challenges? Take home all the money from our cash-grab machine or have a go at our scavenger hunt!

As if that is not enough, this year we have created the largest badge EVER at DEF CON, our vulnerable ATM badge. We are bringing ATM hacking to the masses; our badge simulates an ATM attack surfaces in a physical form factor you can carry with two hands! not a forklift truck.

Physical security is an important aspect to think about when considering securing your facility. The Physical Security Village provides an important opportunity to learn about real-world threats, hands-on mitigation techniques, and best practices for protecting assets. Our village brings together experts, practitioners, and enthusiasts to share knowledge through interactive demos, talks, and discussions. Whether you’re new to physical security or a seasoned professional, you’ll find valuable insights and practical skills.

The DEF CON community understands that creating a safer digital society requires collaboration between security and policy experts. Policy @ DEF CON provides a space for representatives of all areas of security to come together to educate and engage each other.

Tech policy is being written as we speak and we believe that including diverse expert voices will improve outcomes and help to bridge gaps between technical and policy practitioners. Senior government officials, nonprofit and private sector experts, security researchers, hackers, academics and technologists from around the world all come together at Policy @ DEF CON.

Quantum Village Returns with our Year of Quantum Edition @ DEF CON 33!! Our theme this year is “Sense and Security” and we are bringing some amazing talks, workshops, demos, and hands-on activities to this year’s incredible Quantum Village! Come and find out how to hack quantum computers, learn more about quantum technologies, and meet the engineers and scientists who are building the machines that manipulate the quantum world. We also introduce the world’s first hackable, fully open sourced diamond-based quantum sensing platform – and we’ll be showing some of the amazing things it can do! We have quantum computers, quantum sensors, The OG Quantum CTF, quantum art (and artists), and all you need to prepare for the quantum future!

After 17 years of evolution, from the WiFi Village, to the Wireless Village, RF Hackers Sanctuary presents: The Radio Frequency Village at DEFCON 32. The Radio Frequency Village is an environment where people come to learn about the security of radio frequency (RF) transmissions, which includes wireless technology, applications of software defined radio (SDR), Bluetooth (BT), Zigbee, WiFi, Z-wave, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared (IR) and other protocols within the usable RF spectrum. As a security community we have grown beyond WiFi, and even beyond Bluetooth and Zigbee. The RF Village includes talks on all manner of radio frequency command and control as well as communication systems. While everyone knows about the WiFi and Bluetooth attack surfaces, most of us rely on many additional technologies every day. RF Hackers Sanctuary is supported by a group of experts in the area of information security as it relates to RF technologies. RF Hackers Sanctuary’s common purpose is to provide an environment in which participants may explore these technologies with a focus on improving their skills through offense and defense. These learning environments are provided in the form of guest speakers, panels, and Radio Frequency Capture the Flag games, to promote learning on cutting edge topics as it relates to radio communications. We promise to still provide free WiFi.

Co-located with the RF Village is the RF Capture the Flag. Come for the talks, stay for the practice and the competition.

Who runs this thing?

RF Hackers Sanctuary is a group of all volunteers with expertise in radio security and various other related fields. We are the original creators of the WiFi Capture the Flag, Wireless Capture the Flag, and RF Capture the Flag. We are the original founders of the WiFi Village, Wireless Village, and RF Village. Often imitated, never duplicated.

Recon Village is an Open Space with Talks, Live Demos, Workshops, Discussions, CTFs, etc., with a common focus on Reconnaissance. The core objective of this village is to spread awareness about the importance of reconnaissance and open-source intelligence (OSINT) and demonstrate how even a small piece of information about a target can cause catastrophic damage to individuals and organizations.

As recon is a vital phase for infosec as well as investigations, folks should have this skill set in their arsenal. People should check out Recon Village, as they get to learn novel point/recon techniques, play hands-on CTF, participate in Live Recon, and, most of all, have fun. At RV, we keep things simple, and the focus is on generating quality content using talks, workshops, CTF, live hacking, hackathons, and other hands-on activities, etc.

We also run fun and hands-on live competitions where participants learn while they play.

The Red Team Village is focused on training the art of critical thinking, collaboration, and strategy in offensive security. The RTV brings together information security professionals to share new tactics and techniques in offensive security.

The Social Engineering Community is formed by a group of individuals who have a passion to enable people of all ages and backgrounds interested in Social Engineering with a venue to learn, discuss, and practice this craft. We plan to use this opportunity at DEF CON to present a community space that offers those elements through panels, research opportunities, and contests in order to act as a catalyst to foster discussion, advance the craft and create a space for individuals to expand their network. DEF CON attendees can either participate in these events, or they can watch the events unfold and learn about Social Engineering as an audience member. We plan to accomplish the above by bringing together passionate individuals to have a shared stake in building this community.

At Telecom Village, our mission is to cultivate critical and innovative thinking in telecom security, with a strong focus on 5G networks. We offer a structured learning approach that enables participants to:

• Identify key areas for research and security analysis.
• Explore telecom vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in depth.
• Develop essential skills, including security gap analysis, penetration testing of telecom protocols, Radio Access Networks (RAN), 5G API gap analysis and ICT-related threat mitigation.

Our goal is to bridge the gap between theory and real-world application, equipping participants with the expertise to navigate and counter emerging telecom security challenges effectively. Through guided research, hands-on learning, and continuous exploration, we foster a community of skilled professionals ready to tackle the evolving telecom landscape.

The [Voting Village](https://votingvillage.org) has been an annual event since 2017 that provides hands-on opportunities to understand and analyze voting system hardware and software. Before the Voting Village, ordinary technologists and citizens had no access to the systems that run our election infrastructure. As the only open environment that gives the public hands-on access to their election systems, it is a critical antidote to rampant misinformation about election security and provides an opportunity to strengthen these systems against malicious attacks. The Voting Village is brought to you by our 501(c)3 tax exempt not for profit organization, the Election Integrity Foundation, EIN: 83-4089169.

The Voting Village has been invited to testify to Congress several times about how to strengthen election infrastructure. Conversely, we have drawn fire from voting system manufacturers, prompting a bipartisan group of senators to co-sign a public letter defending the Voting Village against some of the largest voting machine companies in 2018.

Even between presidential election cycles, expanding the reach of the Voting Village and providing education about how our election systems work is critical to democracy.