Wild West Hackin’ Fest 2018

A recap of Wild West Hackin’ Fest 2018 in Deadwood highlights Ed Skoudis’ keynote stressing that penetration testing should drive business improvement, alongside talks on topics like Offensive WMI, Windows quirks, Python, Slack data extraction, and Android testing. The event featured hands-on activities including hardware hacking labs, an Escape Room, extensive lockpicking challenges, the MetaCTF conference CTF, GRIMM’s IoT-focused “Howdy Neighbor” CTF, and Active Countermeasures’ DNS Scavenger Hunt, emphasizing community, learning, and practical infosec skills.