DEF CON 34 · Aug 2026
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The Cyber Owl - DEF CON 33

The Cyber Owl

DC33 · 2025

The Recon Soldier - DEF CON 32

The Recon Soldier

DC32 · 2024

The Spy Silhouette - DEF CON 31

The Spy Silhouette

DC31 · 2023

The Radar Badge - DEF CON 30

The Radar Badge

DC30 · 2022

The Skull Badge - DEF CON 27

The Skull Badge

DC27 · 2019

The Dual Design - DEF CON 26

The Dual Design

DC26 · 2018

The Original - DEF CON 25

The Original

DC25 · 2017

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Easy EASM

Easy EASM

Zero dollar attack surface management

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BBOT

BBOT

Recursive internet scanner

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OWASP Amass

OWASP Amass

Attack surface mapping & asset discovery

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SkipTracer

SkipTracer

OSINT python webscraping framework

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DorXNG

DorXNG

Next gen search engine dorking tool

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DataSploit

DataSploit

OSINT recon framework

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2025 · Recon Village @ DEF CON 33

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Autonomous Video Hunter: AI Agents for Real-Time OSINT
Autonomous Video Hunter: AI Agents for Real-Time OSINT
Building Local Knowledge Graphs for OSINT: Bypassing Rate Limits and Maintaining OPSEC
Building Local Knowledge Graphs for OSINT: Bypassing Rate Limits and Maintaining OPSEC
CTI-Agent: Automated battlecards from CTI reports
CTI-Agent: Automated battlecards from CTI reports
Discord OSINT: An Empathic Banana and a Data Scraper Walk into a Search Bar
Discord OSINT: An Empathic Banana and a Data Scraper Walk into a Search Bar
enumeraite: AI assisted web attack surface enumeration
enumeraite: AI assisted web attack surface enumeration

2024 · Recon Village @ DEF CON 32

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Bastardo Grande: Hunting the Largest Black Market Bike Fence In The World
Bastardo Grande: Hunting the Largest Black Market Bike Fence In The World
Bypassing WHOIS Rate Limiting and Alerting on Fresh Enterprise Domains
Bypassing WHOIS Rate Limiting and Alerting on Fresh Enterprise Domains
GeoINT Mastery: A pixel is worth a thousand words
GeoINT Mastery: A pixel is worth a thousand words
Maltego Community Workshop
Maltego Community Workshop
OSINT at Clemson: Unmasking John Mark Dougan's Disinformation Empire
OSINT at Clemson: Unmasking John Mark Dougan's Disinformation Empire

2023 · Recon Village @ DEF CON 31

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Azure AD recon with OSINT tools
Azure AD recon with OSINT tools
Bug Bounty Recon - Bypassing Geographic DNS with Ensemble
Bug Bounty Recon - Bypassing Geographic DNS with Ensemble
Bugs, Bounties, & Breaches - Insider Tales from the Trenches
Bugs, Bounties, & Breaches - Insider Tales from the Trenches
Crushing crumbs of information to eat a whole cake.
Crushing crumbs of information to eat a whole cake.
Easy EASM - the zero dollar attack surface management tool
Easy EASM - the zero dollar attack surface management tool

2021 · Recon Village @ DEF CON 29

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.GOV Doppelgänger: Your Häx Dollars at Work
.GOV Doppelgänger: Your Häx Dollars at Work
Adversary Infrastructure Tracking with Mihari
Adversary Infrastructure Tracking with Mihari
Can I Make My Own Social Threat Score?
Can I Make My Own Social Threat Score?
Finding Hidden Gems via URL Shortener Services
Finding Hidden Gems via URL Shortener Services
Future of Asset Management
Future of Asset Management

2020 · Recon Village @ DEF CON Safe Mode

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Ambly the Darknet Spider
Ambly the Darknet Spider
Burnout is Real
Burnout is Real
COVID 1984: Pandemic Propaganda and Surveillance
COVID 1984: Pandemic Propaganda and Surveillance
Hunting for Blue Mockingbird Coinminers
Hunting for Blue Mockingbird Coinminers
Twitter Word Phrequency
Twitter Word Phrequency

2019 · Recon Village @ DEF CON 27

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“Can you add a conference line, please?” - Using Cloud Services for Dial-In Reconnaissance Automation
“Can you add a conference line, please?” - Using Cloud Services for Dial-In Reconnaissance Automation
A URL Shortened By Any Other Name
A URL Shortened By Any Other Name
Advanced Recon with OWASP Amass
Advanced Recon with OWASP Amass
Asset Discovery: Making Sense of the Ocean of OSINT
Asset Discovery: Making Sense of the Ocean of OSINT
Building an OSINT and Recon Program to address Healthcare Information Security issues
Building an OSINT and Recon Program to address Healthcare Information Security issues

2018 · Recon Village @ DEF CON 26

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1983: I’m born. 2018: I’m taking on the bad guys
1983: I’m born. 2018: I’m taking on the bad guys
Adventures in the dark web of government data
Adventures in the dark web of government data
Applied OSINT For Politics: Turning Open Data Into News
Applied OSINT For Politics: Turning Open Data Into News
Bug Bounty Hunting on Steroids
Bug Bounty Hunting on Steroids
Building visualisation platforms for OSINT data using open source solutions
Building visualisation platforms for OSINT data using open source solutions

2017 · Recon Village @ DEF CON 25

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An Introduction to Graph Theory for OSINT
An Introduction to Graph Theory for OSINT
Attack Surface Discovery with Intrigue
Attack Surface Discovery with Intrigue
Building Google For Criminal Enterprises
Building Google For Criminal Enterprises
Do Tinder Bots Dream of Electric Toys? How Tinder Bots are breaking hearts all over the world, and trashing Tinder’s reputation while they’re at it.
Do Tinder Bots Dream of Electric Toys? How Tinder Bots are breaking hearts all over the world, and trashing Tinder’s reputation while they’re at it.
Domain Discovery: Expanding your scope like a boss
Domain Discovery: Expanding your scope like a boss
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