Best new defensive capability or adaptation integrated with the EC-Council STORM Payloadz

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.

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

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

Intercept and control a drone in flight with a secondary controller without activating the drone fail-safe.

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

The Vision Systems objective sponsored by FatShark is seeking the best offensive and defensive capability for interruptions of controller vision systems. FatShark supplies new goggles each year for your viewing pleasure. If you are not here for the hacking, just try on the goggles and strap in for the thrilling experience first person view (FPV).

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.

Find and get recognized for new CVEs for commercial and enterpise drones in the zone. All CVEs get awarded.  Best overall demonstrated exploit of a commercial drone available in the BYOD (Bring Your Own Drone) DroneZone Arena. 

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 or changes colors to match their favorite team 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!

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.