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Drone Hacking Village Challenges and Objectives

Hacking Objectives for DefCon 26

PAYLOADZ

RedSkyz

@TT@CK - Objective 1

Best new offensive capability or adaptation integrated with our RedSkyz Payloadz

DIGITAL SILENCE

Sponsored By

PAYLOADZ

BlueSkyz

D3F3ND - Objective 2

Best new defensive capability or adaptation integrated with our BlueSkyz Payloadz

DRONEWARZ

Sponsored By

MISSIONZ

Forensics

D1SC0V3R - Objective 3

DroneWarz team will fly a commercial drone throughout conference areas the day before the Village opens. With access to this drone post mission, the first individual or team to correctly identify the flight path, pictures or video, the payload, the pilot location and the intended mission wins the prize. This is a forensics challenge and mission analysis objective and the DroneWarz team may issue the challenge more than once during the event.

SET SOLUTIONS

Sponsored By

PWN-a-DRN

Hacking

0WN'd - Objective 4

Best active exploit to manipulate in flight drone operations through remote interface/s

KAVEMAN

Sponsored BY

PWN-a-DRN

Hacking

PWN'd - Objective 5

Best Passive exploit to manipulate in flight drone operations following manual or remote interface

EC-COUNCIL

Sponsored By

CONQUER THE CONTROLLER

Hacking

 INT3RC3PT - Objective 6

Intercept and control a drone in flight with a secondary controller without activating the drone failsafe.

DARKSKYZ

Sponsored By

CONQUER THE CONTROLLER

Hacking

 D1$RUPT - Objective 7

Disrupt the controllers intended flight operations by manipulating control settings or communications.

DIVESTICK

Sponsored By

CONQUER THE CONTROLLER

Hacking

 V1S10N - Objective 8

The Vision Systems objective sponsored by FatShark is seeking the best offensive and defensive capability for interruptions of controller vision systems

FATSHARK

Sponsored By

DRONEZONE

Hacking

 $T3@LTH - Objective 9

Turn an operational drone into a stealth or ghost drone that effectively evades defense technologies and/or masks/evades registration for covert or clandestine operations.

JASK

Sponsored By

DRONEZONE

Hacking

 3XPL01T - Objective 10

Best overall demonstrated exploit of a commercial drone available in the BYOD (Bring Your Own Drone) DroneZone Arena. 

R00tz

Sponsored By

CTF

Competition

B@TTL3 - Objective 11

Escape the crowds at DefCon and hang with DroneWarz!  The DroneWarz team has designed a CTF game that allows teams to engage each other in a cage match for flags. The arena includes several custom DroneWarz themed flags for teams to conquer before their opponents, or the audience. Yes, the audience can capture flags also. Audience captures reduce the flags in play for teams in the arena. The team with the most flags wins! This is a CTF and battle arena you must see to believe. Join us and conquer the skyz. All Skyz Belong to Us!

DARKSKYZ

Sponsored By

RACE SAFETY

Race

S@F3TY - Objective 12

How can we make races safer? If drone can be hacked in flight and controller operations manipulated, drone race outcomes may be influenced by these capabilities. This objective seeks the overall best demonstrated strategy for gaining a technical advantage in a race and best countermeasures for competitive racers. The goal is to identify risk and enable better spectator and racer safety during a sanctioned race event. While performing this objective, take time to race in the simulators and watch the MultiGP International Open in Indiana this same weekend. As official DroneWarz sponsors, results will be shared with DRL and MUltiGP using our principles of responsible disclosure. 

MultiGP

Sponsored By

RESEARCH

Hacking

R1GHT0FW@Y - Objective 13

Design a methodology for taking down multiple systems within a minute or less and/or tell the aircraft to lower or move (push) itself without enabling the failsafe. 

DEFCON

Sponsored By

RESEARCH

Hacking

R3G1ST3R - Objective 14

Licence plates for drones are coming. The FAA and UN as well as several other countries are seeking control over this growing population in the skyz. These license plates may be digital or physical. The proposed digital license plates will be available in a simulator touch, feel, interrogate, and test. 

DARKSKYZ

Sponsored By

SKYWARZ

Social

SKYW@RZ

Killing time between Objectives? Looking to stop fighting and take flight. Join us for head to head races in our simulators or real Tiny Whoop races in the flight area. Both will test your skill behind the sticks. 

DRL

Sponsored By

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DroneWarz Village Talks

FRI 08/10

10:00 AM

OPENING CEREMONIES

>> DRONEWARZ > ABRUZZI - CAESARS

MC DARKSKYZ

FRI 08/10

11:00 AM

PROJECT SKYJACKER: PWN WIRELESS NETWORKS FROM THE SKYZ

> DRONEWARZ - ABRUZZI - CAESARS

presented by H0M3L3SS H@CK3R and CAPTAIN KAVEMAN

FRI 08/10

1:00 PM

ANALOGUE SECURITY

> DRONEWARZ - ABRUZZI - CAESARS 

presented by: WINN SCHWARTAU

FRI 08/10

3:00 PM

PROJECT INTERCEPTOR: OWNING ANTI-DRONE SYSTEMS WITH NANODRONES

> DRONEWARZ - ABRUZZI - CAESARS

presented by: DAVID MELENDEZ

FRI 08/10

4:00 PM

COUNTER DRONE THREATS

> DRONEWARZ - ABRUZZI - CAESARS

presented by: ADRONEGURU

FRI 08/10

5:00 PM

SPLASH THE ZEROZ - OUR OCCUPIED SKYZ

> DRONEWARZ > ABRUZZI - CAESARS 

presented by: DARKSKYZ

SAT 08/11

10:00 AM

PWN-A-DRN and CONQUER THE CONTROLLER OBJECTIVES

> DRONEWARZ - ABRUZZI - CAESARS

CAPTAIN KAVEMAN

SAT 08/11

11:00 AM

DRONEWARZ DRONEZONE OBJECTIVES

> DRONEWARZ - ABRUZZI - CAESARS

presented by: IN2PLACES@ONCE

SAT 08/11

11:15 AM

THE R00Tz OF DRONEWARZ 

>> R00tz Asylum - MILANO III IV - CAESARS 

presented By: DARKSKYZ

SAT 08/11

1:00 PM

UAV FUTURISTS AND PHILOSOPHERS ROUNDTABLE

> DRONEWARZ - ABRUZZI - CAESARS

with thinkers Winn Schwartau, Travis Hartman, Chris Walach. Facilitated by DARKSKYZ

SUN 08/12

11:00 AM

FIGHT OR FLIGHT: THE ILLUSION OF CHOICE

> DRONEWARZ - ABRUZZI - CAESARS

presented by: DARKSKYZ

SUN 08/12

1:00 PM

AWARDS AND VILLAGE CLOSING REMARKS

> DRONEWARZ - ABRUZZI - CAESARS

MC DIVESTICK

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