Hacker Conference

“Hacker Conferences” are one of the most popular categorizations that we have used throughout our Cybersecurity Conference directory.

What constitutes a “Hacker Conference”?
Difficult to say! But – we'd wager that the best way to associate an event with it being a “HackerCon” or other is one in whereby the focus is directed towards the research and “proof of concept” – rather than a Vendor-Led event.

It's a little tricky to get this categorization correct each time and with that being said we'd encourage you to search our homepage for upcoming Hacker Conferences in your city, US State of country.

Also! It's worth us mentioning here that we also have a specific page dedicated to our recommended “Hacker Conferences” of 2019.

InfoSecurity Brasil

 June 30th, 2020 - July 2nd, 2020  Free Event

Infosecurity will arrive in Brazil in 2020 and, with over 23 years of experience in the global information security industry, it will be one of the premier platforms for technological innovation bringing solutions for risk management, data security, and cybersecurity. A world reference in the industry, Infosecurity Brasil will provide attendees the opportunity to generate … Read more

Hack in Paris

 June 15th, 2020 - June 19th, 2020 

Intrusion attempts becoming more sophisticated and frequent regardless of their target (corporation or state). In this context, international hacking conferences and events are multiplying. A few events took place in France but until now, no one had covered hacking practices with a technical approach including both professional training and information aspects. Hack In Paris aims … Read more

Paranoia

 May 11th, 2020 - May 12th, 2020 

Paranoia is one of the largest InfoSec events in the Nordics that gathers more than 700 participants. The conference is Watchcom’s contribution to a safer society and has a reputation of bringing the most interesting international speakers to Norway. In their earlier years, they have had speakers such as Bruce Schneier, Kevin Mitnick, Rob Wainwright, … Read more

THOTCON

 May 8th, 2020 - May 9th, 2020 

THOTCON (pronounced \ˈthȯt\ and taken from THree – One – Two) is a hacking conference that is based in Chicago Illinois, United States. This is a non-commercial, non-profit, event looking to give the best conference possible on a very limited budget. The idea started in late 2009 by a group of Chicago hackers who wanted … Read more

KernelCon

 March 25th, 2020 - March 28th, 2020 

Kernelcon is the result of many motivated information security experts who recognized the chance to create an awesome security conference in Omaha. The idea for Kernelcon started within the local DEF CON Group, DC402, with lots of aid from other members of other local security groups such as OWASP and NebraskaCERT. The organizers are inspired … Read more

Insomni’Hack

 March 19th, 2020 - March 20th, 2020 

The conference started as a very small contest in 2008 that has grown to be one of the largest in Switzerland with more than 2,000 participants and considered as a must-attend event for Swiss information security experts. In March 2020, the 13th edition of Insomni’hack will take place at Geneva Palexpo, the week after the … Read more

NULLCON

 March 3rd, 2020 - March 7th, 2020 

Nullcon will once again be back in Goa, India for its 10th year. The focus of the event is to showcase the next generation of defensive and offensive security technology. The organizer is opening their doors to hackers and researchers around the world and the universe, working on the next big thing in security and … Read more

BSides Tampa

 February 29th, 2020  

BSides Tampa is an Information Technology Security event hosted by the Tampa Bay Chapter of (ISC)2 which is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The aim of the BSides Tampa is to provide an open platform for Information Security industry professionals to exchange ideas, collaborate, and develop long-standing relationships with others in the community. The BSides … Read more

Blacks In Cybersecurity Winter Summit

 February 1st, 2020  

Blacks In Cybersecurity, LLC is a conference series and meetup group that helps highlight and elevates minorities in Cybersecurity. The vision of Blacks in Cybersecurity is to conduct a premier conference series emphasizing minority influence and participation in Cybersecurity and STEM while its mission is to encourage the participation of people of color in Cybersecurity. … Read more

HACK-IT-N

 December 10th, 2019   Free Event

The themes of cyber defense and cyberattack will be at the heart of the concerns, to stick to the technical reality and current threats: hacking, cyber-espionage, cyber-surveillance, and more. Join this event to present the stakes and offensive or defensive techniques of the moment! HACK-IT-N have several possible formats for your intervention Talk of 40 … Read more

Bsides Cape Town

 December 7th, 2019 - December 7th, 2019 

BSides Cape Town is an annual Information/Security conference that is different, just like the other chapters of BSides around the world. They are a volunteer-organized event, put on by and for the community. Each year there is a staff of committee members and volunteers. There is a low-cost fee charged to the public to attend … Read more

NorthernRST

 December 6th, 2019 - December 8th, 2019 

NorthernRST is a community technology event that is held in the North East of Scotland with the main session running on December 6, 2019 and a hackathon running over the weekend. The event is interested in building things from dreams and pursuing ideas to completion. Organizers hope that participants will join in their friendly open … Read more

Black Hat Europe

 December 2nd, 2019 - December 5th, 2019 

Black Hat, as we all know, is one if not the biggest, most technical and relevant information security event series in the world. For over 20 years, Black Hat Briefings have provided participants with the most recent in development, information security research, and trends in a strictly vendor-neutral environment. These high-profile global events and Training … Read more

BSides Vienna

 November 30th, 2019  

BSides is a community organized series of events all over the world promoting independent education and security research as well as collaboration and discourse within the community. The organizers think that it’s important to have a BSides in Vienna as these events have spread globally by now and are an important source of input to … Read more

BHack Conference

 November 30th, 2019 - December 1st, 2019 

Since 2012, the BHack Cybersecurity Conferences has tried to meet the needs of the mining public when it comes to Information Security in Brazil. And this year, the 8th edition of the conference, which has already consolidated in the national scene as one of the most important annual events in the circuit, is even more … Read more

CyberCamp

 November 27th, 2019 - November 30th, 2019 

CyberCamp is one of major cybersecurity events that INCIBE organizes on an annual basis for the purpose of identifying, appealing, managing and contributing to the creation of talent in cybersecurity that can be transferred to the private sector according to its demands. This initiative is one of the tasks that the Trust in the Digital … Read more

DeepSec

 November 26th, 2019 - November 29th, 2019 

About DeepSec… Bringing together the world’s most renowned security professionals from academics, government, industry, and the underground hacking community. The DeepSec IDSC is an annual European two-day in-depth conference on computer, network, and application security. DeepSec IDSC 2019 will be held from November 26th to 29th 2019 at the Imperial Riding School Vienna, and aims … Read more

DC4420 – November

 November 26th, 2019 - November 26th, 2019  Free Event

DEF CON Local London chapter of the annual Defcon hacker convention. Meetings are the last Tuesday of the month except December. This event is free for all and new attendees are welcome to attend. There are usually two talks for every talk night, first is a primary 1 hour(ish) and a secondary 30 minutes(ish).

Unlock Your Brain, Harden Your System! (UYBHYS)

 November 22nd, 2019 - November 23rd, 2019 

This fourth edition will take place in four highlights: The workshops to train with professionals. The conference together with renowned speakers to cultivate knowledge and curiosity. A Rump session to try the presentation synthetic and percussive. A speakers mission will be to present a topic for a talk of 5 to 10 minutes in 5 … Read more

Security Summit North

 November 21st, 2019  

Security Summit North will explore the most topical issues in cybersecurity and participants will leave with extensive knowledge of how to implement more stringent security measures; a better understanding of how advancements in technology create challenges and opportunities in this arena and a wider understanding of what the future holds in terms of security. The … Read more

BSides Myanmar

 November 16th, 2019  

BSides events combine security expertise from a wide range of platforms in search of the “next big thing” in information security. BSides events are an open platform that gives industry professionals and security experts the chance to share ideas, insights and develop longstanding relationships with others in the community. It is a rare opportunity to … Read more

SecureWV – Hack3rCon

 November 15th, 2019 - November 17th, 2019 Recommended Event

There are not a lot of Cybersecurity events happening in West Virginia but we included this event on our list because according to the organizers, SecureWV is not a “big” conference which means that you can talk directly with the speakers but large enough to network with other attendees with similar interest.

GreHack

 November 15th, 2019  

What’s GreHack? GreHack is an international security conference which takes place in Grenoble (France). It aims at bringing together academia, industrials, governmental agencies, students and hackers to discuss new advances in computer and information security research. This year will be the seventh edition. As always, conferences and workshops by day and CTF by night are … Read more

No cON Name Congress

 November 15th, 2019 - November 16th, 2019 

No cON Name is a non-profit association registered in the register of associations of the CAIB (Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands) with the number 4588 of section 1. No cON Name was born in 1999 on the island of Mallorca in response to the need to gather hackers in Spain. It seems that NoConName … Read more

Cybersecurity & Cloud Expo North America

 November 13th, 2019 - November 14th, 2019 

The Cyber Security & Cloud Expo North America 2019 will be coming to North America for two days of top-level discussion around cybersecurity and cloud, and the impact they are having on industries including government, energy, financial services, healthcare and more. Arriving in the heart of Silicon Valley on November 13-14, the Cyber Security & … Read more

African Blockchain and Cyber Security Conference

 November 13th, 2019  

The African Blockchain and Cyber Security Conference will create a platform for the exchange of knowledge and experience in cybersecurity, blockchain, cryptocurrency universe with regulation topics. The conferences series will open its doors for government organizations, banks, universities, blockchain professionals, cybersecurity professionals, innovators, developers, investors, and media agencies from around the globe. Pre-Conference events are … Read more

ZeroNights

 November 12th, 2019 - November 13th, 2019 

ZeroNights will retain its focus and thematic focus – only impartially and worthy selected reports on the most relevant and interesting information security issues from colleagues and like-minded people from around the world. There will be no pathos of corporate conferences and “deep analytics” of amateurs. Reports from internationally recognized professionals, prizes and contests are … Read more

Nullbyte Security Conference

 November 9th, 2019  

The NullByte Security Conference came from the idea of ​​a group of friends to move the hacking scene in the Bahian capital. The aim of this event is to encourage the exchange and dissemination of knowledge about hacking and information security in Bahia. Topics covered will be limited to offensive security in the following areas: … Read more

ToorCon San Diego

 November 8th, 2019 - November 10th, 2019 

ToorCon started way back in 1999 when floppy disks and dial-up were widespread and DEFCON was still in its early years. At that time, conferences related to hacking were one of the only places where you could learn about state-of-the-art research and learn what other “hackers” were up to. Nowadays, there’s nearly unlimited courses and … Read more

Secure IoT 2019 – Internet of Things Cybersecurity Conference

 November 7th, 2019  

We are seeing an ever-increasing number and sophistication of cyber-attacks on systems and infrastructure that are using connected IoT devices. These attacks are being instigated by different types of actors including criminals; states and state-sponsored; hacktivists and ‘script kiddies. The risk and damage to a company or individual in terms of reputation, costs, and health … Read more