Every year we head to the desert to learn the newest attack/defenses in the world, to share groundbreaking ideas… but not least of all, to have some fun!
|
Who? |
When? (July) |
Time |
Where? | Link/RSVP | Why? |
| ModSecurity Happy Hour | Wednesday 28th | 4-6pm | munchbar @ Caesar's Palace | open to anyone | modsecurity is awesome |
| MAD & Nitro Security Party |
Wednesday 28th | 8PM-10PM | TBA | Invite only | Go to the Nitro Security booth for invite |
| Black Hat Crawl by Stonesoft |
Wednesday 28th | 6PM-9PM | Trevi Room, Caesar’s Palace | http://www2.stonegate.com/l/1912/2010-07-13/2895X |
pinata and ipad contests |
| Tenable Party | Wednesday 28th | 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m | Margaritaville | http://www.tenable.com/bhparty2010/ |
Nessus is win, most of the time.
Beer and Margaritaville's world famous margaritas will be served. The first 100 people through the doors will receive a Tenable Hawaiian Shirt and a Nessus Cigar. |
| IOActive Cocktail Party |
Wednesday 28th | 8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m | Spago | Invite only |
pick up invites at booth #63 |
| Mcafee Party |
Wednesday 28th | 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m | Vanity @ Hard Rock Hotel | Invite only |
stop by McAfee booth #18 |
| Rapid 7 Party | Wednesday 28th | 9:00 p.m. – 02:00 a.m | Palms Fantasy tower | http://www.rapid7.com/forms/black-hat-rsvp.jsp |
Open Bar, GoGo Dancers, HD Moore. |
| Qualys Party | Wednesday 28th | 8:00 p.m. – 02:00 a.m | Jet Mirage Club | http://www.qualys.com/company/events/tradeshows/blackhat10/ |
Dance the night away to Tainted Love (a top 80's cover band) and DJ DIRTYHERTZ at one of the hottest Las Vegas nightclubs JET (JET is really nice) |
| Madiant Schmooze | Wednesday 28th | 7:00 p.m. – 09:00 p.m | Shadow Bar Inside Caesar's Palace | http://www.mandiant.com/news_events/forms/shadow_bar |
Random Google Find – dunno – open bar sounds like. |
| SourceFire VRT Adobe Haters Ball | Wednesday 28th | 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | Casa Fuente, Caesars Palace | Invite only | beg @VRT_Sourcefire for an inv? I dunno -_- |
| NetWitness | Wednesday July 28 | 9 pm – 12 am | PURE @ ceasars | http://netwitness.com/resources/register/blackhat2010.aspx | ??? |
| FishNet | Wednesday July 28 | ? | Rhumbar | http://is.gd/dy4RY | ??? |
| Cenzic/Dasient | Wednesday July 28 | 9 pm – 12 am | Caesar's Rainman Suite | http://blog.cenzic.com/public/item/256749 | stop by the Cenzic booth (#38) |
| TippingPoint ZeroDayInitiative 5 Year Anniv Party |
Wednesday July 28 | 8 pm – 12 am | Hard Rock Hotel SkyBar | Invite only |
i hear ZDI throws a good party |
| BSides | Wednesday & Thur 28/29 · | ??? | 2810 East Quail Ave., Las Vegas, NV, 89120 | http://www.securitybsides.com/BSidesLasVegas |
While not an "official" party, Bsides is a party by itself. Ask around and i'm sure there will be something going down… I mean c'mon… it's Chris Nickerson running it! |
| WhiteHat & Accuvant | Thursday July 29 | ? | PURE @ ceasars |
Invite only |
"swing by the booth and say hi and if we have any left – grab an invite for our party at Pure for Thursday night" |
| Security Twits | Thursday July 29 | 8 pm – ? | Caesar's (suite TBD) | ??? | ??? |
| Defcon Fundraiser | Thursday July 29 | ??? | Riviera Penthouse | ??? | Cost $40 |
| KartCON | Thursday July 29 | 7:30pm – 11pm | FastLap – 4288 Polaris Avenue Las Vegas, NV 89103-8100 | http://kartcon2010-owasp.eventbrite.com/ |
50mph Gokart tourney, with bar… win. |
| Defcon Toxic BBQ | Thursday July 29 | 5:30pm – 9pm | Sunset Park 7.6 miles from Riviera | http://www.toxicbbq.com/ |
BYOBBQ and some utensils. People will cook for you if you bring meat! |
| EFF Vegas 2.0 Party | Thursday July 29 | ??? | Top of Riviera | Open to all, $40 at the door (donation) |
All monies go to the EFF (you get a 1 yr. membership for your donation). DualCore, Minibosses, raffle, open bar and much, much more |
| Microsoft Party | Thursday July 29 | 9 pm – 11 pm | Vanity | Invite Only | Speakers and top notch security researchers. |
| Core Security Party | Thursday July 29 | ??? | Sushi Roh | Invite Only | I've been to a CORE shindig before, they can sure throw a party, or atleast spend a grip of cash |
| ISEC Partners Party | Thursday July 29 | 10:00pm-TBD | V-Bar @ the Venetian | Invite Only | ISEC peeps are awesome. |
| Spiderlabs Party | Friday July 30 | 10:00 p.m. – TBDam | Riviera SkyBoxes | Invite Only (ask a lab spider for an inv) | DJ Keith Swiat, Open Bar, Spiders are 31337. |
| HackerPimps Party | Friday July 30 | ??? | Riviera SkyBoxes | Invite (email pimpsparty at gmail dot com) @hackerpimps |
Caption says it all… |
| Attack Research Party | Friday July 30 | 7pm – 2 am | Top of the Riv | Invite only. | Dr Raid, Dj Sailor Gloom , Thee Swank Bastards , Dj Dark Mark, Regenerator, Dj Style. |
| Ninja Party | Saturday July 31 | 9 pm – ? | Secret Offsite Loc | Invite Only – https://forum.defcon.org/showthread.php?t=11511&highlight=ninja | Last year i went as part of "the event that didn't happen" the EFF Sec Pillow fight. This year i might be SOL on an invite. The Ninja Party is the most 31337 party there is. I heard finding a ninja and asking them works well… but they are invisible! ='( |
| IOActive FreakShow | Saturday July 31 | 9 pm – 1 am | Top of the Riviera |
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=135300963167159 & |
Tower of Bendy Girls, DJ Keith and Crew, the Return of the Bungee Run, and Gladiator Joust. |
This is what I know of atm, im sure im not privy to all the madness and will update accordingly. Also i heard @gattaca is gonna blog on parties too soon. =)
I'll be in Vegas from 23rd to the 1st. See ya there. Twitter DM's go to my mobile or you can email admin -a-t- securityaegis.com to meetup, shoot the sh*t, and have a good time!
*More party updates as they come… Thanks for reading!
* 7/18 Thanks for all the info from everyone on here and through twitter. Updated with toxic bbq, Qualys, Attack research, Sourcefire VRT.
*7/18 Massive update
*7/19 More parties added
*7/19 looking for info on mcafee party
*7/20 added 3 more parties by request of vendors…
*7/22 Added Mcafee party info


#1 by banasidhe - July 18th, 2010 at 03:22
EFF party is open to all. $40 at the door, all monies go to the EFF (you get a 1 yr. membership for your donation).
Top of the Riv, July 29th. DualCore, Minibosses, raffle, open bar and much, much more.
#2 by Delchi - July 18th, 2010 at 11:46
Info on the Attack Research party :
Friday 7pm – 2 am Top of the Riv , invite only
Dr Raid, Dj Sailor Gloom , Thee Swank Bastards , Dj Dark Mark, Regenerator, Dj Style
#3 by Miss Jackalope - July 19th, 2010 at 13:27
I'll be playing at the EFF party, too
We are currently in search of some equipment. (Help?)
#4 by Miss Jackalope - July 19th, 2010 at 16:05
I do believe EFF has now just received some help from the 949….
#5 by @Security_Freak - July 19th, 2010 at 16:56
Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000149 EndHTML:0000000515 StartFragment:0000000199 EndFragment:0000000481 StartSelection:0000000199 EndSelection:0000000481 Netwitness @ Pure on 28th
http://netwitness.com/resources/register/blackhat2010.aspx
#6 by Pedram Amini - July 20th, 2010 at 13:15
The ZDI 5 year anniversary party will be held on Wednesday from 8-12 at the Hard Rock Hotel SkyBar (new venue on the rooftop). Invites should start circulating in the next few hours.
#7 by Jesse Krembs - July 21st, 2010 at 10:58
SpiderLabs
ModSecurity Happy Hour – 07.28.2010 – munchbar @ Caesar's Palace – 4-6pm – food, drinks, and Wii #blackhatusa #owasp #waf about 3 hours ago via TweetDeck
#8 by Chris - July 22nd, 2010 at 14:27
The Hard Rock SkyBar isn't on the roof!! It's a two-story building outdoors by the pool..
#9 by humperdink - July 22nd, 2010 at 17:41
Accuvant Labs & Whitehat Party is @7:30-10:30pm Wed Night at Pure… Afterparty is Shadow Bar from 10:30-1:00am…
#10 by tacitus - July 26th, 2010 at 01:47
Hacker Drinkup – Vegas Edition
Wednesday 8pm at the AP
http://hackerdrinkup.com/