RF Village @ DEF CON 33
DEF CON 33 RF Village — radio-frequency hacking, SDR, Meshtastic, Flipper Zero, and wireless security.
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- Meshtastic Under the Microscope From Chirps to Chat — Allan Riordan Ball
Allan Riordan Ball’s talk at RF Village provided an in-depth, low-level exploration of Meshtastic, an off-grid, multi-mile, low-power mesh network. Meshtastic enables peer-to-peer communication…
- So What The Heck Is This Radio Stuff Anyway — Exploding Lemur
In this highly accessible and foundational talk delivered at RF Village, Exploding Lemur (Nick) demystifies the often-intimidating world of radio frequency (RF) communications. Aimed at hackers…
- Tactical Flipper Zero You Have 1 Hour and No Other Equipment — Grey Fox
In a compelling presentation at RF Village, Grey Fox, a seasoned expert with a background in Air Force signals intelligence and special operations, unveiled a training scenario demonstrating the…
- McJumpBox Leveraging free corporate Wifi for fun/profit — Loaning
In this engaging talk, "McJumpBox Leveraging free corporate Wifi for fun/profit," also known as "Wi-Fi Wormhole" to avoid potential trademark disputes, speaker Loaning delves into the fascinating…
- Open Source Cellular Test Beds for the EFF Rayhunter — Ron Broberg
Ron Broberg's talk at RF Village, "Open Source Cellular Test Beds for the EFF Rayhunter," delves into the critical need for accessible, open-source tools to detect **IMSI catchers**, commonly known…
- Warflying in a Cessna, Part II — Matthew Thomassen, Sean McKeever
In "Warflying in a Cessna, Part II: Upping Our Game," Matthew Thomassen, a security architect and commercial pilot, alongside his colleague Sean McKeever, a cybersecurity researcher and architect…
- The dirty laundry of stored value washing cards — Aidan Nakache, Equip
In "The dirty laundry of stored value washing cards," speakers Alexander and Lou (Aidan Nakache) from Equip unveil critical vulnerabilities within **Mifare Classic** RFID-based stored-value laundry…
- Airborne WiFi: Rogue Waves in the Sky - m0nkeydrag0n
In "Airborne WiFi: Rogue Waves in the Sky," Monkey Dragon, a seasoned blue team operator, threat hunter, and forensics expert, delves into the often-overlooked security challenges posed by in-flight…
- Running a Software Defined Radio CTF using challengectl — Dan Perret
Dan Perret's presentation at RF Village, "Running a Software Defined Radio CTF using challengectl," provides an in-depth look at the open-source software powering the RF Capture the Flag (RFCTF)…
- You might be a Wardriver if — MrBill, CoD_Segfault
The "You might be a Wardriver if" talk, presented by CoD_Segfault and MrBill at RF Village, offers a humorous yet insightful glimpse into the subculture of modern **war driving**. Far from a…
- Layer 2 Liberation: Things Your AP Never Dreamed Of — Allan Riordan Ball
Allan Riordan Ball's talk, "Layer 2 Liberation: Things Your AP Never Dreamed Of," presented at RF Village, delves into the fascinating and often overlooked realm of raw 802.11 frame manipulation…
- Small Packet of Bits That Can Save or Destabilize a City — Manuel Rabid
Manuel Rabad's talk, "Small Packet of Bits That Can Save or Destabilize a City," delves into the fascinating and critical world of **wireless alert systems** used for public safety, particularly…
- Meshtastic Command & Control — Eric Escobar
In this compelling talk at RF Village, Eric Escobar, Wireless Technical Lead at Sofos, introduced **Mesh C2**, a novel command and control (C2) system built atop the Meshtastic platform. The…