DEF CON 30 took place on August 11-14, 2022 at Caesars Forum, Flamingo, Linq, and Harrah’s in Las Vegas, NV, USA.  DEF CON 30 was a semi-hybrid event this year.

The 30th annual DEF CON conference brought together some of the biggest companies and professionals in cybersecurity and hacking. Several researchers and foundations exposed security flaws in some of today’s most highly regarded and respected companies. For example, the founder of the Objective-See Foundation, Patrick Wardle, highlighted the video conferencing application Zoom at DEF CON. Wardle demonstrated how he used the macOS version of Zoom to gain access to the entire macOS operating system.

Also at DEF CON, cybersecurity firm Pen Test Partners revealed how a flaw in the Electronic Flight Bag tablets used by some Boeing aircraft pilots could have been tampered with. The firm found that hackers could be given direct access to the tablet with the ability to modify data and cause pilots to make dangerous miscalculations.” Boeing responded in a statement to express that it was not aware of any airplane that has been affected by the issues and released a software update to address the problem. 

Cyber-MAR was represented by its UoP colleagues (Wesley Andrews, Avanthika Vineetha Harish, Rory Hopcraft, Juan Dorje Palbar Misas, Kevin Jones, Kimberly Tam, Chloe Rowland), who delivered a presentation for Cyber Physical Lab Environment for Maritime Cyber Security.

The presentation can be found here.

All speaker bios can be found here.