Making the Most of DEF CON
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Making the Most of DEF CON
Introduction “Overtaken by Events”. This is a military term for a situation in which part of your plan has been made obsolete by the forces of chaos: unpredictable events, bad estimations of time, unforeseen circumstances. There is no better term from that space to describe what happens in Vegas during DEF CON. You meant to meet up for dinner, attend that specific talk, or engage with…
SRE Books
Added Software Reverse Engineering Bookshelf to Writings
Software Reverse Engineering Bookshelf
Introduction In my workshops that focus on software reverse engineering (SRE) and low-level programming, I recommend books that, in my opinion, are very high quality for self-study and reference. Here, I’ll try to collect together all of those recommendations for future workshop attendees, and anyone trying to self-study. The focus is on having a bookshelf (real and virtual) of good primary…
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Initial release for the new site, primarily focused on DEF CON 33 content and previous talks.
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Contact Please reach out for speaking engagements, teaching/training, or any other questions. Consider joining the Proper Villains Discord to network with fellow workshop attendees, conference goers, and other unprofessional infosec professionals. In some cases, you may get a faster or better answer from the community there than you would from me privately.
Email: wesley@mcgrewsecurity.com or…
DEF CON 33
UPDATE : DEF CON 33 is over! The talks and workshop were a huge success, and I enjoyed meeting so many of you. I’ll be transitioning the information on this page over into my “Talks” and “Teaching” section.
I’ll be in Las Vegas the week of DEF CON 33: presenting, teaching, and meeting with folks like you. This page serves as a reference to that content, as…
DJ
I have been DJing since late 2019, and enjoy performing at parties that happen surrounding various hacker conferences, such as DEF CON.
Rent an Assassin for Workgroups 3.11, DEF CON 32 - Saturday Night @ Las Vegas Convention Center DEF CON 32 - Saturday Night ACK Stage @ Las Vegas Convention Center Mixcloud - Combined with RAA 3.11 set to serve as a DC33 demo mix BlanketFortCon, DEF CON 32-…
Proper Villains Discord
The Proper Villains Social Club is the Discord I run for folks who enjoy both the technical and social aspects of hacking/infosec. Activity picks up the week of BSidesLV/Black Hat USA/DEF CON, but feel free to start a conversation whenever.
Main Goals Coordination of conference activity. Find a friend for working on a CTF, grabbing food/drink. Party Bloc. Encouraging the attendance of parties,…
Talks
DEF CON DEF CON 33 (2025) - Amber64: Mining Hacker History from Over Half a Million Commodore 64 Disks Video will be added once it’s available Slides Code DEF CON 32 (2024) - Reverse Engineering MicroPython Frozen Modules: Data Structures, Reconstruction, and Reading Bytecode Video Slides DEF CON 31 (2023) - Retro Exploitation: Using Vintage Computing Platforms as a Vulnerability Research…
Teaching
Workshops DEF CON DEF CON 33 (2025) - 64-bit Intel Assembly Language Programming for Hackers: Updated and Revised Material DEF CON 33 - Malware Village (2025) - Getting Started in Malware Analysis with Ghidra DEF CON 32 (2024) - 64-bit Intel Assembly Language Programming for Hackers DEF CON 31 (2023) - The Joy of Reverse Engineering: Learning With Ghidra and WinDbg DEF CON 29 (2021) - The Joy of…