DEF CON 34 takes place Aug 6, 2026 – Aug 9, 2026 in Las Vegas. Hacking, security research, CTF, hardware hacking. ConvCast tracks DEF CON 34 with on-the-ground coverage.
Hacking, security research, CTF, hardware hacking
DEF CON 34 lands at the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall August 6-9, 2026, under the theme "Agency" — a pointed nod to the year's dominant storyline: autonomous AI agents as both attack surface and attacker. Expect the AI Village, Car Hacking, ICS, IoT, Aerospace, Quantum, and Voting Machine villages to anchor a floor of live exploitation, plus the DEF CON CTF finals, #badgelife hardware, and the fresh zero-day disclosures and vendor-response dramas the con is known for. After agentic tooling made waves in the 2025 CTF, this edition is where AI-driven offense and defense get stress-tested in public.
ConvCast trains its cameras on the show floor's hands-on hacks — badge teardowns, lock-picking and hardware-hacking benches, and the CTF grind — while tracking the mainstage disclosures and tool drops as they break. The trend to watch: whether "Agency" means autonomous agents defending networks, or breaking them.
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