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Hey everyone!
Vegas is next week.
The Arcanum team will be all over Black Hat and DEF CON: two panels, six talks, a workshop, DEFCON KIDS, an impromptu meetup, and a table up all weekend. Full schedule is below.
The TL;DR
The Arcanum Meetup. Friday, Aug 7, 1:30 to 3:30 pm, Promenade Food Hall in the Fontainebleau. Walk up, no RSVP.
Our table is outside n00b Village for all four days of DEF CON. Somebody from the team is almost always sitting there.
At Black Hat: the AI Zone talk on Thursday, plus two panels that need pre-registration ahead of time.
At DEF CON: Building Hackbots runs three times in three villages, plus a hands-on AI for Noobs workshop at n00b Village.
Badge drops and free class giveaways are going out on social all week. Watch @jhaddix and Arcanum on X.
/ The Meetup
Friday, August 7. 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Promenade Food Hall, Fontainebleau Las Vegas.
The Fontainebleau is the big blue glass tower, and it is under a five-minute walk from LVCC West Hall. You can step out of DEF CON, find us, and be back on the floor before you miss anything you care about.
There is no agenda, no talk, no slides, and nobody is going to scan your badge. It is two hours in a food hall with the Arcanum crew and whoever shows up.
Come chat with us; recon, hackbots, war stories… It’s all a good time. Heck maybe XSSDoctor will whip out his laptop again and show a few bugs!
And if you are new to all this and the whole week feels like it was built for people who already know everybody, come to this. That is genuinely who we want in the room.
/ Our Table
We have a table set up just outside n00b Village for the run of DEF CON.
I want to be blunt about this, because I think people are too polite to walk up to a table without a reason. The table exists so you can talk to us. Somebody from the team will be sitting there most of the con, and they are there to talk.
Ask us about an engagement. Ask how we got into this. Ask what we would do differently if we were starting today. Or do not ask anything and just grab some swag, that is fine too.
If the table is empty when you swing by, we are off at a village talk. Come back, we will be there.
/ What We're Presenting
Seven sessions across the week. The through line is AI: attacking it, building offensive tooling on top of it, and figuring out where the guardrails actually hold.
At Black Hat
Panel: Beyond "Just Ask the AI" — Wednesday Aug 5, 3:00pm, Libertine Social
Talk: Attacking AI — Thursday Aug 6, 2:40pm, Black Hat AI Zone
Panel: AI Guardrails — Thursday Aug 6, 5:30pm, The Renaissance Hotel
Both panels require pre-registration, so do not just turn up at the door. Registration links are going out on our socials as they open.
At DEF CON
Talk: Building Hackbots — Friday Aug 7, 11:30 am, Bug Bounty Village
Talk: Privilege Escalation: A Career Story - Friday Aug 7, 11:00 am, n00b Village
Talk: Building Hackbots — Saturday Aug 8, 10:30 am, AppSec Village
Workshop: AI for n00bs — Saturday Aug 8, 2:00pm, n00b Village
Talk: Skill Issue: A Recon Story - Sunday Aug 9, 10:00 am, Bug Bounty Village
Talk: Building Hackbots — Sunday Aug 9, 10:00 am, Red Team Village
Building Hackbots runs three times in three different villages. Village rooms fill up fast, so if you get shut out of one, you have two more shots at it. The Q&A tends to go somewhere different in each room anyway.
The n00b Village workshop is hands on with no prerequisites. If you have been watching the AI security wave from the shore and feeling like you missed the boat, that is the on ramp.
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/ Badge Drops and Giveaways
We are doing Arcanum badge drops during the week, plus free class giveaways and last minute updates when rooms and times move around. Vegas being Vegas, something always moves.
All of that goes out on social first. Follow @jhaddix and Arcanum on X and keep an eye on our LinkedIn.
/ The Whole Week at a Glance
When | What | Where |
|---|---|---|
Wed Aug 5, 3:00 pm | Panel: Beyond "Just Ask the AI" | Libertine Social (pre-reg) |
Thu Aug 6, 2:40 pm | Talk: Attacking AI | Black Hat AI Zone |
Thu Aug 6, 5:30 pm | Panel: AI Guardrails | The Renaissance Hotel (pre-reg) |
Fri Aug 7, 11:00 am | Talk: Privilege Escalation: A Career Story | n00b Village |
Fri Aug 7, 11:30 am | Talk: Building Hackbots | Bug Bounty Village |
Fri Aug 7, 1:30 to 3:30 pm | Arcanum Meetup | Promenade Food Hall, Fontainebleau |
Sat Aug 8, 10:30 am | Talk: Building Hackbots | AppSec Village |
Sat Aug 8, 2:00 pm | Workshop: AI for n00bs | n00b Village |
Sun Aug 9, 10:00 am | Talk: Skill Issue: A Recon Story | Bug Bounty Village |
Sun Aug 9, 10:00 am | Talk: Building Hackbots | Red Team Village |
All con | Arcanum table | Just inside n00b Village |
/ Outro
Every year the same thing turns out to be true. The talks get recorded. The hallway does not.
So use the schedule above as an excuse to be in the same place as people, and then go have the conversation. That goes double if you have been reading this newsletter for a while and we have never actually met. Come say hi!
See you in the desert.
Happy hacking 😎
-Jason Haddix