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Security & hacking Videos Recommended on Hacker News (192)
Security & hacking is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 192 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2011 and 2026 — 481 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Computer security: vulnerabilities, exploits, malware, reverse engineering, CTF, penetration testing, Black Hat and DEF CON talks, OS security, memory safety, zero-days, responsible disclosure.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Behind the Scenes of iOS Security: “if you haven't watched the talk at Black Hat I'd highly recommend it” — an HN commenter, 2018.
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11 mo on HNWhy Electronic Voting Is Still A Bad Idea
Tom Scott
11 HN recommender · 2020–2026
10 mo on HNUSENIX Security '18-Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?
USENIX
10 HN recommender · 2018–2026
10 mo on HNDefcon 18 Changing threats to privacy Moxie Marlinspike Part
killab66661
6 HN recommender · 2012–2019
9 mo on HN28c3: The Science of Insecurity
28c3
9 HN recommender · 2012–2024
8 mo on HNDEF CON 25 - John Sotos - Genetic Diseases to Guide Digital Hacks of the Human Genome
DEFCONConference
11 HN recommender · 2017–2023
7 mo on HNElevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse
DeviantOllam
9 HN recommender · 2014–2026
7 mo on HNCompiling C to printable x86, to make an executable research paper
suckerpinch
8 HN recommender · 2018–2023
7 mo on HNBreak Me00 The MoVfuscator Turning mov into a soul crushing RE nightmare Christopher Domas
Adrian Crenshaw
6 HN recommender · 2017–2026
7 mo on HNBlackHat USA 2011: SSL And The Future Of Authenticity
Christiaan008
9 HN recommender · 2011–2017
7 mo on HN27C3: Adventures in analyzing Stuxnet (Bruce Dang from Microsoft)
basti0007
8 HN recommender · 2011–2024
7 mo on HNFrank Abagnale | Catch Me If You Can | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
8 HN recommender · 2018–2023
8 mo on HN#HITB2012KUL D1T3 - The Grugq - OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpd
Hack In The Box Security Conference
9 HN recommender · 2013–2024
8 mo on HNBreaking the x86 Instruction Set
Black Hat
9 HN recommender · 2017–2022
8 mo on HNGuarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One Story — Tony Chen, Microsoft
Platform Security Summit
8 HN recommender · 2019–2026
6 mo on HNCybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer presented at Black Hat USA 2014
Black Hat
1 HN recommend · 2014–2023
6 mo on HNDEF CON 26 - Svea, Suggy, Till - Inside the Fake Science Factory
DEFCONConference
5 HN recommender · 2018–2025
7 mo on HNTheory and Practice of Cryptography
Google TechTalks
5 HN recommender · 2011–2019
6 mo on HNWhy Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea - Computerphile
Computerphile
7 HN recommender · 2015–2025
6 mo on HNDEF CON 22 - Zoz - Don't Fuck It Up!
DEFCONConference
3 HN recommender · 2016–2021
6 mo on HNBryan Cantrill on Jails and Solaris Zones
PapersWeLove
6 HN recommender · 2016–2025
6 mo on HNDEF CON 22 - Deviant Ollam & Howard Payne - Elevator Hacking - From the Pit to the Penthouse
DEFCONConference
5 HN recommender · 2016–2026
5 mo on HN[HOPE X] Elevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthouse
themarimbaincident
4 HN recommender · 2014–2023
5 mo on HN4 2 1 Christopher Domas The future of RE Dynamic Binary Visualization
Adrian Crenshaw
7 HN recommender · 2013–2026
5 mo on HNDavid Kriesel: Traue keinem Scan, den du nicht selbst gefälscht hast
media.ccc.de
4 HN recommender · 2019–2025
6 mo on HNBlueHat IL 2019 - Andrew "bunnie" Huang - Supply Chain Security: "If I were a Nation State...”
Microsoft Israel R&D Center
6 HN recommender · 2019–2024
6 mo on HNDEF CON 23 - Chris Rock - I Will Kill You
DEFCONConference
7 HN recommender · 2016–2025
5 mo on HNLibreSSL with Bob Beck
Jason Tubnor
6 HN recommender · 2014–2025
5 mo on HNNSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status Report
HUP
9 HN recommender · 2014–2019
5 mo on HNI'll Let Myself In: Tactics of Physical Pen Testers
Wild West Hackin' Fest
5 HN recommender · 2018–2021
5 mo on HNBuilding a Better Web Browser - James Mickens - Harvard CS Colloquium 2015
Paul Irish
4 HN recommender · 2017–2023
4 mo on HNDEF CON 19 - Moxie Marlinspike - SSL And The Future Of Authenticity
DEFCONConference
4 HN recommender · 2013–2026
4 mo on HNGDC 2018: John McDonald (Valve) - Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in CSGO
max4warn
5 HN recommender · 2018–2026
4 mo on HNCppCon 2017: Louis Brandy “Curiously Recurring C++ Bugs at Facebook”
CppCon
4 HN recommender · 2020–2025
4 mo on HNNina Kollars - Confessions of an Nespresso Money Mule - DEF CON 27 Conference
DEFCONConference
4 HN recommender · 2020–2025
3 mo on HNDEF CON 18 - Moxie Marlinspike - Changing Threats To Privacy: From TIA to Google
DEFCONConference
3 HN recommender · 2017–2022
3 mo on HN[1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Made Here
LockPickingLawyer
5 HN recommender · 2021–2022