JanuWhile the world has been focused on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, China has warned the United States of a full blown military conflict over Taiwan. JanuRussia says that they are now conscripting 'Russians permanently residing in the Donetsk and Luhansk people's Republics' (DNR and LNR) into the Russian military 'if they so wish' while Belarus also says that if Russia invades #Ukraine or gets attacked it 'will fight alongside Russia'. JanuThere has been a 6.6 magnitude earthquake in the Kermadec islands region south-southwest of Tonga at a depth of around 6 miles, though some reports say 6.4 magnitude. JanuDoes Russia want war? Verbal indications may say no, but actions indicate yes. JanuA Chinese satellite has been observed grappling and pulling another satellite out of its orbit. JanuThe Japanese Prime Minister' office put out a tweet saying that North Korea has fired a possible ballistic missile. JanuJapan is planning to evacuate some of its Embassy staff from Ukraine amid tensions in the region according to a Japanese Foreign Ministry official Read more JanuThe British government says that they are considering making a major NATO deployment across Europe in response to Russia amassing troops, tanks and artillery near the Ukrainian border in order to "send a clear message to the Kremlin".
JanuAccording to the White House, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is 'downplaying' the risk of invasion on the country and pointed out that Zelensky has paid 'hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of weapons 'to defend against one'. It fired a missile that flew for 30 minutes and reached a maximum altitude of 2,000 km or roughly 1,200 miles. JanuIt has been confirmed that North Korea has carried out its 7th missile launch this month. and NATO's written response did not address Moscow's key concerns. JanuForeign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia plans on asking NATO to make it more clear whether it intends on implementing Russia's security demands after Russia stated that The U.S. Oh the swagiest of swag! Epic t-shirts, cool and weird stickers, army backpacks with a bajillion pockets, personalized hotel cards, challenge coins, and the crown jewel of them all… The coveted unofficial electronic badges.ĭefcon has the best badges-in part out of necessity, I theorize.JanuRussia: 2022 will be a year of crisis between the US and Russia, and a new world order is needed that weakens the US on the world stage for peace between the two countries to be possible. The list goes on and on in a cornucopia of coolness.Īnd let’s not forget the swag. There’s the car hacking village, drone hacking, the social engineering events. Warranties are gleefully broken and tamper mechanisms are ignored or defeated in an undetectable manner. Soldering irons abound, and disassembling is encouraged. Then there are various hardware hacking villages, where routers, Wi-Fi repeaters, or anything containing a small computer is picked apart. Villages, such as the LockPick village, exist where volunteers demonstrate just how illusionary the protection a physical lock provides. And let’s not forget HallCon, where you strike up a conversation with random strangers and never, not once, have them roll their eyes when you start talking about security. There’s even a LineCon, consisting of the impromptu discussions that take place while waiting to register or waiting to get into a room to see a presentation. A giant melting pot of hackers, security professionals, various three-letter agency employees, lawyers, students, black hats, grey hats, white hats, IT admins, help desk warriors, journalists, activists, reversers, cypherpunks, scary pentesting voodoo red team experts, and stoic blue team defenders.ĭefcon is the conference of conferences.
It is the place where you hear about the newest attack techniques, the coolest hacks, and the most spectacular security failures. It is an opportunity to see and interact in real life with industry peers that would forever remain a digital persona otherwise. One more year gone, one more Defcon completed.ĭefcon is the longest-running security conference in existence and one that I have been attending since Defcon 18.