Exclusive Defcon 16 Badge Sneak Peek | Threat Level from Wired.com

Later this week Defcon, the world’s largest hacker convention, will kick off in Las Vegas. One of the more popular gadgets from the previous two Defcons were the hackable convention badges. This year we convinced Defcon’s founder Jeff Moss, AKA Dark Tangent, and badge designer Joe “Kingpin” Grand, to give Wired.com an exclusive sneak preview of the Defcon 16 badge.

Keep in mind that the badge in the photo is a prototype, the actual badges will be a different color, won’t have the USB and debug ports soldered on nor include an SD card (so bring one, seriously).


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The front of the Defcon 16 badge shows the IR transmitter (top eye), receiver (lower black square) and status LEDs. The back of the Defcon 16 badge shows the SD card slot (SD card not included), microprocessor, battery, mode button, debug and USB ports as well as a 2D barcode for your decoding pleasure.
Here is what else you need to know:

Here is what you need to know for Defcon16. If you are reading this, you need to find either Surbo or myself (hevnsnt) at Defcon. I will make it easy for everyone, you will be able to find us by following us on twitter:

hevnsnt http://www.twitter.com/hevnsnt
Surbo http://www.twitter.com/surbo
i-hacked.com (updates & interesting stuff) http://www.twitter.com/ihacked

TRUST ME. YOU WILL WANT TO FIND US.

Here is the final schedule for the I-Hacked Skybox & Party.

* 10 AM to 7 PM - Open to Podcasters Only
* 7 PM - 8:30 - Setup and Testing for Live show
* 8:30 - 9:00 - Doors open for audience
* 9 - 10 - COME SEE A LIVE SHOW
* 10pm + I-Hacked After Party
o DJ AMP, DJ XMS & DJ Great Scott! are going to battle it out. This party is open to the public, Dont miss this one!

As I mentioned before, I-Hacked and the Podcaster’s Meetup will be hosting a LIVE PODCAST with some of your favorite security podcasters from:

* PaulDotCom - Larry and Paul
* CyberSeapk - Bret and Ovie (possible)
* Network Security Podcast
* Security Justice
* Securabit
* SploitCast
* Security Catalyst (possible)