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<span style="font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial;line-height:110%">OPLIN 4Cast #660: Dispatches from DEF CON, the world's largest hacking convention</span><br>
<span style="font-size:11px;font-weight:normal;color:rgb(102,102,102);font-style:italic;font-family:arial">August 21th, 2019</span></p>
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One of the world's largest hacker conventions, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEF_CON" target="_blank">DEF CON</a>, recently wrapped up its 26th year in Las Vegas. <em>Wired</em> was there with <a href="https://link.wired.com/view/5cec28d12ddf9c4e32eb0208ajxz3.579p/f97be18d" target="_blank">full coverage</a>, including stories about drones taking over nearby smart TVs, how DARPA uses DEF CON's hackers to test new voting machines, and <a href="https://www.wired.com/tag/defcon/page/1/" target="_blank">many more</a>, including the first story below about weaponizing a smart speaker.
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</li><li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.wired.com/story/acoustic-cyberweapons-defcon/" target="_blank">Hackers Can Turn Everyday Speakers Into Acoustic Cyberweapons</a> [<em>Wired</em>] "Those aural barrages can potentially harm human hearing, cause tinnitus, or even possibly have psychological effects."</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://mashable.com/article/def-con-maintains-mischievous-hacker-roots/" target="_blank">Despite embracing the government, DEF CON maintains its mischievous hacker roots</a> [<em>Mashable</em>] "Casinos surrounding the convention were home to a <em>surprising</em> amount of malfunctioning digital slot machines."</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/evj4qw/these-iphone-lightning-cables-will-hack-your-computer" target="_blank">These Legit-Looking iPhone Lightning Cables Will Hijack Your Computer</a> [<em>Motherboard</em>] "It looks like a legitimate cable and works just like one. Not even your computer will notice a difference. Until I, as an attacker, wirelessly take control of the cable."</li>
<li style="text-align:justify;font-size:16px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><a href="https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/news/252468837/2020-election-security-to-face-same-vulnerabilities-as-in-2016" target="_blank">2020 election security to face same vulnerabilities as in 2016</a> [TechTarget] "We've taken these systems that weren't dependent on software before and made them dependent on software. And, as everybody here in Las Vegas can tell you, software is utterly terrible."</li>
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<p style="text-align:left;font-size:20px;font-family:arial;line-height:110%"><small><strong><em>From the <a href="http://ohioweblibrary.org" target="_blank">Ohio Web Library</a>:</em></strong></small><br>
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<li>Ann Hermes Staff photographer, Sara Sorcher Staff writer. “<a href="http://proxy.oplin.org:2054/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=117412388" target="_blank">Video: So You Want to Be a Hacker? Advice from the Kids of DEF CON</a>.” <em>Christian Science Monitor</em>, 12 Aug. 2016, p. N.PAG. </li>
<li>Fitch, Elizabeth S. “<a href="https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=buh&AN=128040406&site=ehost-live" target="_blank">Def Con Hacker Conference: An Accidental Tourist’s Observations</a>.” <em>Defense Counsel Journal</em>, vol. 84, no. 4, Oct. 2017, pp. 1–4. </li>
<li>Taylor Telford. “<a href="https://proxy.oplin.org:2111/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bwh&AN=wapo.4e2b5cfe-bd3c-11e9-9b73-fd3c65ef8f9c&site=ehost-live" target="_blank">At Def Con, Hackers and Lawmakers Examine Holes in U.S. Election Security</a>.” <em>Washington Post, The</em>, 2019 Spring 8AD.</li>
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