Recon Village Talks
8th (Friday) and 9th August 2025, (Saturday)
Dive into the shadows with Recon Village Talks, where the deepest secrets of the cyber realm are unveiled. Join us as elite hackers share cutting-edge techniques and jaw-dropping exploits. Get ready to upgrade your toolkit and outsmart the adversary.
GE(O)SINT Contest
Join the Recon Village GEOSINT Challenge, where your geospatial intelligence skills will be put to the ultimate test. Navigate through complex scenarios, uncover hidden clues, and outsmart your competition. Sharpen your analytical prowess and prove your mastery in this thrilling contest of wits and strategy.
Contest
GEOSINT PlayOffs
8th Aug
10:00 - 18:00
GEOSINT PlayOffs
9th Aug
10:00 - 14:00
GEOSINT Semi Finals
9th Aug
14:00 - 15:30
GEOSINT Final
9th Aug
15:30 - 16:30
Live Recon
Experience Live Recon at Recon Village, where real-time hacking meets high-stakes excitement. Watch as experts demonstrate advanced reconnaissance techniques on live targets, uncovering vulnerabilities and revealing hidden threats. This is your chance to learn from the pros, enhance your skills, and see cutting-edge recon in action.
Contest
Prizes to be Announced Soon
Live Recon in Progress
8th Aug
10:00 - 11:59
Live Recon in Progress
9th Aug
00:00 - 13:00
Live Recon Finalist Selection Process
9th Aug
13:00 - 16:00
Live Recon Finalist Presentations
9th Aug
16:00 - 18:00
Recon Mindmap
Want to earn a Recon Village badge at DEFCON? Here’s your chance. Submit a useful resource related to any topic from our mind map - OSINT, Cybercrime, Security, Threat Intelligence, Attack Surface, Tools, or Social Media. This could be a blog, GitHub project, technique, or anything original and valuable for the recon community.
Only unique submissions will be accepted—no duplicates. If your submission makes the cut, you’ll be rewarded with an official Recon Village badge. Show us what you’ve got.
Contest
Do Your Own Recon
Curious about your own digital footprint? This year at Recon Village, you can drop by and Do Your Own Recon — a quick, free exercise where you run basic recon on yourself using open-source tools. See what’s publicly exposed about you online, understand how attackers think, and learn how to better protect your digital presence. No signup needed, just walk in and try it out.
Hands-On Activity
Recon Dashboards
Got an internet-wide OSINT, recon, or visibility dashboard that offers meaningful insights? Share it with the community! We’re inviting creators, researchers, and tinkerers to donate their dashboards to Recon Village this year. We'll showcase them at the village for everyone to explore. Whether it’s passive DNS visualizations, threat feeds, cloud exposure trends, or something experimental—we’re all in. Just make sure it tells a story or sparks a conversation.
