Payment Village is heading back to DEF CON 34, running August 6 to 9, 2026 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. We'll be on site all four days with talks, workshops, competitions and hands on demos exploring the security of payment systems, card readers, ATMs and the technology behind how we pay. Come and find us in the village.
Dates: August 6 to 9, 2026
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas
Village opens: 10:00 each day
Across the weekend we've got talks, hands on workshops, competitions and interactive demos, including an introduction to our Vulnerable ATM Badge and the Wall of Sheep Challenge. Whether you want to sit in on a talk, get hands on in a workshop, or take on a challenge, there's something for every level.
10:30 — Workshop: Village intro, what's happening at the village - Chris Marcotte
11:00 — Levi Schuck, "A real-time battle with a card-testing adversary" (20 mins)
11:30 — Workshop: Introduction to the Vulnerable ATM Badge, with Vincent Sloan
12:00 — Aidan Quimby, "Skimmers, Shimmers, and You" (45 mins)
13:00 — Workshop: Intro to the Wall of Sheep Challenge, with Dan Borgogno
14:00 — Kevin Buck, "How to Epically Fail Your PCI Assessment" (45 mins)
16:00 — Arnold Jared Morales Yepez, "Breaking BIOS in ATMs" (45 mins)
10:30 — Workshop: Village intro, what's happening at the village - Chris Marcotte
11:00 — Ariana Miriam, "Victim as a Service: Engaging with Trust-Based Scams Using AI"
11:30 — Workshop: Introduction to the Vulnerable ATM Badge, with Vincent Sloan
12:00 — Ken Pyle, "Breaking PBKDF: Adversarial Cryptanalysis and Techniques for Hunting Cryptographic Flaws" (60 mins)
14:00 — Furkan Fatih Demir, "BNPL's Blind Spot: Exploiting Business Logic Flaws in Buy Now Pay Later APIs" (20 mins)
16:00 — Matt Burch, "Compounding Interest: Exploiting the ATM Supply Chain" (45 mins)
10:30 — Intro to the Wall of Sheep Challenge, with Dan Borgogno
12:00 — CAPTURE THE COIN - Announcement of the CTF Winners
10:45 Stage 4 Panel: "The Future of Payments: AI, Agentic Commerce and the Next Wave of Innovation" Featuring Sanjeev Sharma, Jorge Braniff, Monique Garcia, Daniel Cuthbert (45 mins - Moderated by Leigh-Anne Galloway)
13:30 Stage 4 Talk: Chiao-Lin Yu (Steven Meow), "It's a Payment Terminal. It's My Arcade. It's Everywhere. It Cost Me Nine Bucks." (30 mins)
Chiao-Lin Yu (Steven Meow) -Staff Red Team Security Threat Researcher at Trend AI (Trend Micro)
Come find us at DEF CON 34, August 6 to 9 in Las Vegas.
Catch a talk, get hands on in a workshop, or take on one of our challenges.