Security & Hacking Videos Hacker News Recommends

talk#59

Behind the Scenes of iOS Security

Black Hat

“if you haven't watched the talk at Black Hat I'd highly recommend it”

9 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

explainer#75

Why Electronic Voting Is Still A Bad Idea

Tom Scott

“Tom Scott still has the best argument against e-voting IMO [1].”

11 HN recommenders · 2020–2026

talk#119

USENIX Security '18-Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?

USENIX

“His keynote at USENIX Security 2018 is by far the best summation of the dangers of ML that I've ever seen.”

10 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

talk#121

Defcon 18 Changing threats to privacy Moxie Marlinspike Part

killab66661

“I would highly encourage anyone who thinks that the solution is as simple as "don't use XYZ" to see what Moxie Marlinspike had to say”

6 HN recommenders · 2012–2019

talk#203

28c3: The Science of Insecurity

28c3

“The best talk on computer security I have seen is Meredith Patterson's Science of Insecurity at 28c3”

9 HN recommenders · 2012–2024

talk#244

DEF CON 25 - John Sotos - Genetic Diseases to Guide Digital Hacks of the Human Genome

DEFCONConference

“The talk is absolutely amazing, probably the most captivating talk I have ever watched”

11 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

talk#249

Elevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse

DeviantOllam

“it was so interesting to me that I ended up watching the entire 2 hours in one sitting.”

9 HN recommenders · 2014–2026

talk#272

Compiling C to printable x86, to make an executable research paper

suckerpinch

“His video about the printable x86[1] is my favorite engineering video of all time.”

8 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

talk#276

Break Me00 The MoVfuscator Turning mov into a soul crushing RE nightmare Christopher Domas

Adrian Crenshaw

“Christopher Domas's conference talk on the movfuscator is legendary”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

talk#282

BlackHat USA 2011: SSL And The Future Of Authenticity

Christiaan008

“best talk I know of this subject”

9 HN recommenders · 2011–2017

talk#294

27C3: Adventures in analyzing Stuxnet (Bruce Dang from Microsoft)

basti0007

“For an amazing technical deep dive into each 0-day Stuxnet vulnerability watch this talk with Bruce Dang from Microsoft[1].”

8 HN recommenders · 2011–2024

talk#298

Frank Abagnale | Catch Me If You Can | Talks at Google

Talks at Google

“One of the best google talks I have seen.”

8 HN recommenders · 2018–2023

talk#312

#HITB2012KUL D1T3 - The Grugq - OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpd

Hack In The Box Security Conference

“It's a great watch if you're interested in how various (in)famous hackers thought they were secure and got busted anyway.”

9 HN recommenders · 2013–2024

talk#346

Breaking the x86 Instruction Set

Black Hat

“I found it easy to follow and pretty entertaining.”

9 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

talk#351

Guarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One Story — Tony Chen, Microsoft

Platform Security Summit

“This is a very interesting talk from Microsoft about how they made Xbox immune to physical attacks”

8 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

talk#371

Cybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer presented at Black Hat USA 2014

Black Hat

“Dan Geer, in his incredible talk last year[1]”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

talk#374

DEF CON 26 - Svea, Suggy, Till - Inside the Fake Science Factory

DEFCONConference

“It's a funny talk, if depressing. A great investigation.”

5 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

talk#390

OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (in plain English)

OktaDev

“it was a requirement for new joiners to watch this in their first week”

7 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

talk#407

Theory and Practice of Cryptography

Google TechTalks

“Here's a long but fascinating tech talk on a real solution”

5 HN recommenders · 2011–2019

explainer#428

Why Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea - Computerphile

Computerphile

“I love [this video]( ) from Tom Scott in which he explains quite well why e-voting is inherently bad.”

7 HN recommenders · 2015–2025

talk#465

DEF CON 22 - Zoz - Don't Fuck It Up!

DEFCONConference

“According to Zoz in his excellent DEFCON 22 talk”

3 HN recommenders · 2016–2021

talk#493

Bryan Cantrill on Jails and Solaris Zones

PapersWeLove

“I highly recommend this talk, talking about Jails and Zones.”

6 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

talk#500

DEF CON 22 - Deviant Ollam & Howard Payne - Elevator Hacking - From the Pit to the Penthouse

DEFCONConference

“If you liked the original post, you will probably LOVE this DEFCON talk about elevator hacking”

5 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

talk#506

[HOPE X] Elevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse

themarimbaincident

“This version is the best, with all details, no secrets withheld.”

4 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

talk#527

4 2 1 Christopher Domas The future of RE Dynamic Binary Visualization

Adrian Crenshaw

“really blew my mind when I saw it.”

7 HN recommenders · 2013–2026

talk#533

David Kriesel: Traue keinem Scan, den du nicht selbst gefälscht hast

media.ccc.de

“If you speak german and haven’t seen this yet, watch it, this is a classic.”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

talk#570

BlueHat IL 2019 - Andrew "bunnie" Huang - Supply Chain Security: "If I were a Nation State...”

Microsoft Israel R&D Center

“This is an eye opening talk in the subject”

6 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

talk#622

DEF CON 23 - Chris Rock - I Will Kill You

DEFCONConference

“Really eye opening, and potentially devastating if it's done to you.”

7 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

talk#746

LibreSSL with Bob Beck

Jason Tubnor

“The entire talk is amazing, even 7 years later.”

6 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

talk#794

NSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status Report

HUP

“The entire talk is an eye opener.”

9 HN recommenders · 2014–2019

talk#828

I'll Let Myself In: Tactics of Physical Pen Testers

Wild West Hackin' Fest

“Deviant Ollam's talks are always first class.”

5 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

talk#852

Building a Better Web Browser - James Mickens - Harvard CS Colloquium 2015

Paul Irish

“which I definitely think this still the most forward-looking browser architecture out there”

4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

talk#917

DEF CON 19 - Moxie Marlinspike - SSL And The Future Of Authenticity

DEFCONConference

“I've found Moxie Marlinspike's talk [1] to be a great overview of these sorts of issues.”

4 HN recommenders · 2013–2026

talk#948

Replace Your Exploit-Ridden Firmware with Linux - Ronald Minnich, Google

The Linux Foundation

“Absolutely fantastic video from a google engineer”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

talk#1075

GDC 2018: John McDonald (Valve) - Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in CSGO

max4warn

“The actual presentation is worth listening to if you have the time.”

5 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

talk#1146

CppCon 2017: Louis Brandy “Curiously Recurring C++ Bugs at Facebook”

CppCon

“is a great video that covers a lot of good stuff in particular this usability bug. It's worth watching in its entirety.”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

talk#1196

Nina Kollars - Confessions of an Nespresso Money Mule - DEF CON 27 Conference

DEFCONConference

“here's an excellent defcon talk on what these some groups do”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

talk#1243

DEF CON 18 - Moxie Marlinspike - Changing Threats To Privacy: From TIA to Google

DEFCONConference

“It was formative in my understanding of privacy and security.”

3 HN recommenders · 2017–2022

demo#1246

[1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Made Here

LockPickingLawyer

“The interaction of engineering and "use" by the Lock Picking Lawyer”

5 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

talk#1258

DEF CON 23 - Chris Domas - Repsych: Psychological Warfare in Reverse Engineering

DEFCONConference

“Christopher Domas is one of my absolute favorite all-time hackers. He does such a fantastic job of explaining his work.”

4 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

talk#1259

36C3 - Open Source is Insufficient to Solve Trust Problems in Hardware

media.ccc.de

“Here's an excellent talk that addresses your question”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

talk#1349

DEF CON 29 - Richard Henderson - Old MacDonald Had a Barcode, E I E I CAR

DEFCONConference

“This guy put the EICAR test string into a barcode and started to scan it on various systems, with rather funny effects.”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

talk#1381

DEF CON 26 - Christopher Domas - GOD MODE UNLOCKED Hardware Backdoors in redacted x86

DEFCONConference

“Christopher Domas is one of my absolute favorite all-time hackers. He does such a fantastic job of explaining his work.”

4 HN recommenders · 2019–2026

talk#1382

"Why do you lock your door?" - RVASec 2012

Schuyler Towne

“It's a great place to start.”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2020

talk#1463

DEF CON 30 - Sam Bent - Tor - Darknet Opsec By a Veteran Darknet Vendor

DEFCONConference

“Here is an awesome DefCon talk about this topic from the perspective of a darknet vendor. It's amazing”

3 HN recommenders · 2024

talk#1466

Defcon 21 - Decapping Chips The Strike Easy Hard Way

HackersOnBoard

“One of my favourite talks is Decapping Chips the Hard Way by Adam Laurie and Zac Franken”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

talk#1554

REcon 2013 - The Future of RE : Dynamic Binary Visualization (Christopher Domas)

Sébastien Duquette

“after having seen Christopher Domas present "The Future of RE: Dynamic Binary Visualization" my mind was forever blown.”

3 HN recommenders · 2015–2024

talk#1614

Defeating Ssl Using Sslstrip (Marlinspike Blackhat)

TheSecurityTube

“Very entertaining.”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2018