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Best Security & hacking videos, as recommended on Hacker News

148 videos about security & hacking that Hacker News commenters keep recommending, mentioned between 2011 and 2026. Mostly talk, demo, explainer. Channels that come up most: DEFCONConference, Black Hat, media.ccc.de, Christiaan008. Sorted by how consistently HN recommended them over the years.

The most recommended is Behind the Scenes of iOS Security: HN repeatedly recommends it as the deepest public look at how iCloud Keychain and Apple's device and cloud security are designed.

• talkBehind the Scenes of iOS SecurityBlack Hat · 9 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
• explainerWhy Electronic Voting Is Still A Bad IdeaTom Scott · 11 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• talkUSENIX Security '18-Q: Why Do Keynote Speakers Keep Suggesting That Improving Security Is Possible?USENIX · 10 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
• talkDefcon 18 Changing threats to privacy Moxie Marlinspike Part killab66661 · 6 HN recommenders · 2012–2019
• talk28c3: The Science of Insecurity28c3 · 9 HN recommenders · 2012–2024
• talkDEF CON 25 - John Sotos - Genetic Diseases to Guide Digital Hacks of the Human GenomeDEFCONConference · 11 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• talkElevator Hacking: From the Pit to the PenthouseDeviantOllam · 9 HN recommenders · 2014–2026
• talkCompiling C to printable x86, to make an executable research papersuckerpinch · 8 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talkBreak Me00 The MoVfuscator Turning mov into a soul crushing RE nightmare Christopher DomasAdrian Crenshaw · 6 HN recommenders · 2017–2026
• talkBlackHat USA 2011: SSL And The Future Of AuthenticityChristiaan008 · 9 HN recommenders · 2011–2017
• talk27C3: Adventures in analyzing Stuxnet (Bruce Dang from Microsoft)basti0007 · 8 HN recommenders · 2011–2024
• talkFrank Abagnale | Catch Me If You Can | Talks at GoogleTalks at Google · 8 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talk#HITB2012KUL D1T3 - The Grugq - OPSEC: Because Jail is for wuftpdHack In The Box Security Conference · 9 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• talkBreaking the x86 Instruction SetBlack Hat · 9 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
• talkGuarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One Story — Tony Chen, MicrosoftPlatform Security Summit · 8 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
• talkCybersecurity as Realpolitik by Dan Geer presented at Black Hat USA 2014Black Hat · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2023
• talkDEF CON 26 - Svea, Suggy, Till - Inside the Fake Science FactoryDEFCONConference · 5 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• talkOAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect (in plain English)OktaDev · 7 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
• talkTheory and Practice of CryptographyGoogle TechTalks · 5 HN recommenders · 2011–2019
• explainerWhy Electronic Voting is a BAD Idea - ComputerphileComputerphile · 7 HN recommenders · 2015–2025
• talkDEF CON 22 - Zoz - Don't Fuck It Up!DEFCONConference · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2021
• talkBryan Cantrill on Jails and Solaris ZonesPapersWeLove · 6 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• talkDEF CON 22 - Deviant Ollam & Howard Payne - Elevator Hacking - From the Pit to the PenthouseDEFCONConference · 5 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
• talk[HOPE X] Elevator Hacking: From the Pit to the Penthousethemarimbaincident · 4 HN recommenders · 2014–2023
• talk4 2 1 Christopher Domas The future of RE Dynamic Binary VisualizationAdrian Crenshaw · 7 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
• talkDavid Kriesel: Traue keinem Scan, den du nicht selbst gefälscht hastmedia.ccc.de · 4 HN recommenders · 2019–2025
• talkBlueHat IL 2019 - Andrew "bunnie" Huang - Supply Chain Security: "If I were a Nation State...”Microsoft Israel R&D Center · 6 HN recommenders · 2019–2024
• talkDEF CON 23 - Chris Rock - I Will Kill YouDEFCONConference · 7 HN recommenders · 2016–2025
• talkLibreSSL with Bob BeckJason Tubnor · 6 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• talkNSA operation ORCHESTRA: Annual Status ReportHUP · 9 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
• talkI'll Let Myself In: Tactics of Physical Pen TestersWild West Hackin' Fest · 5 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
• talkBuilding a Better Web Browser - James Mickens - Harvard CS Colloquium 2015Paul Irish · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• talkDEF CON 19 - Moxie Marlinspike - SSL And The Future Of AuthenticityDEFCONConference · 4 HN recommenders · 2013–2026
• talkReplace Your Exploit-Ridden Firmware with Linux - Ronald Minnich, GoogleThe Linux Foundation · 6 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• talkGDC 2018: John McDonald (Valve) - Using Deep Learning to Combat Cheating in CSGOmax4warn · 5 HN recommenders · 2018–2026
• talkCppCon 2017: Louis Brandy “Curiously Recurring C++ Bugs at Facebook”CppCon · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkNina Kollars - Confessions of an Nespresso Money Mule - DEF CON 27 ConferenceDEFCONConference · 4 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkDEF CON 18 - Moxie Marlinspike - Changing Threats To Privacy: From TIA to GoogleDEFCONConference · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2022
• demo[1299] Unpickable Locks From Stuff Made HereLockPickingLawyer · 5 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• talkDEF CON 23 - Chris Domas - Repsych: Psychological Warfare in Reverse EngineeringDEFCONConference · 4 HN recommenders · 2016–2026
• talk36C3 - Open Source is Insufficient to Solve Trust Problems in Hardwaremedia.ccc.de · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• talkDEF CON 29 - Richard Henderson - Old MacDonald Had a Barcode, E I E I CARDEFCONConference · 4 HN recommenders · 2021–2026
• talkDEF CON 26 - Christopher Domas - GOD MODE UNLOCKED Hardware Backdoors in redacted x86DEFCONConference · 4 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
• talk"Why do you lock your door?" - RVASec 2012Schuyler Towne · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2020
• talkDEF CON 30 - Sam Bent - Tor - Darknet Opsec By a Veteran Darknet VendorDEFCONConference · 3 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
• talkDefcon 21 - Decapping Chips The Strike Easy Hard WayHackersOnBoard · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2025
• talkREcon 2013 - The Future of RE : Dynamic Binary Visualization (Christopher Domas)Sébastien Duquette · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkDefeating Ssl Using Sslstrip (Marlinspike Blackhat)TheSecurityTube · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2018
• talkDEF CON 22 - Adrian Crenshaw- Dropping Docs on Darknets: How People Got CaughtDEFCONConference · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2024
• talkBlueHat Seattle 2019 || Guarding Against Physical Attacks: The Xbox One StoryMicrosoft Security Response Center (MSRC) · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• talkMoxie Marlinspike, Next Generation Threats 2014Techworld Sverige · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2021
• demoTWO Unpickable (?) Locks for Lock Picking Lawyer!Stuff Made Here · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• talkDefcon 21 - The Secret Life of SIM CardsHackersOnBoard · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2026
• talkThe Search for the Perfect Door - Deviant OllamShakacon LLC · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2023
• talkDefcon 20 - Dan Tentler - Drinking from the caffeine firehose we know as shodanvissago · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
• talkBlack Hat USA 2013 - OPSEC failures of spiesBlack Hat · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• talkDEFCON 20: Hacker + Airplanes = No Good Can Come Of ThisChristiaan008 · 3 HN recommenders · 2015–2026
• talkJailbreaking the Simulation with George Hotz | SXSW 2019SXSW · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• talkDEFCON 19: Steal Everything, Kill Everyone, Cause Total Financial Ruin! (w speaker)Christiaan008 · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• documentaryThe KGB, the Computer, and Me.DragonFartOutLoud · 3 HN recommenders · 2021–2024
• talkConsole Hacking 2016 (33c3)media.ccc.de · 4 HN recommenders · 2017–2024
• talkDEF CON 26 - Christopher Domas - The Ring 0 Facade Awakening the Processors Inner DemonsDEFCONConference · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
• documentaryThe KGB, The Computer and Me - The Cuckoo’s Egg StoryAustralian Phoenix CyberOps · 3 HN recommenders · 2024–2025
• talkIchthyology: Phishing as a ScienceBlack Hat · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2025
• talkHoward Payne & Deviant Ollam - This Key is Your Key, This Key is My KeyDeviantOllam · 3 HN recommenders · 2017–2021
• talkIntroducing a Memory-Safe Successor Language in Large C++ Code Bases - John McCall - CppNow 2023CppNow · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• talkNetanel Rubin: The Perl Jam: Exploiting a 20 Year-old Vulnerabilitymedia.ccc.de · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• tutorial(405) Choosing a High Security LockBill Johnson · 3 HN recommenders · 2016–2017
• talkBrian Warner - Magic Wormhole- Simple Secure File Transfer - PyCon 2016.mp4PyCon 2016 · 3 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talkLibreSSL: The first 30 days, and what the Future HoldsAndrea Ross · 3 HN recommenders · 2014–2022
• lectureJacob Appelbaum (Part 2/2) Digital Anti-Repression Workshop - April 26 2012NewYorkRawVideos · 3 HN recommenders · 2012–2017
• talkDEF CON 23 - Zoz - And That's How I Lost My Other Eye...Explorations in Data Destruction (Fixed)DEFCONConference · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2022
• explainerHow to Design Impenetrable Airport SecurityWendover Productions · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2023
• talk37C3 - Operation Triangulation: What You Get When Attack iPhones of Researchersmedia.ccc.de · 2 HN recommenders · 2024–2024
• talkKeynote - Karen SandlerLinux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2016
• talkLawyer. Passport. Locksmith. Gun. (A Talk About Risk & Preparedness)DeviantOllam · 2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• talkDEF CON 19 - Artem Dinaburg - Bit-squatting: DNS Hijacking Without ExploitationDEFCONConference · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• talkHow I Fixed a 10 Year Old Guitar Hero Bug Without the Source CodeExileLord · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• demoCan you fit a whole game into a QR code?MattKC · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkHackfest 2015: Theo de Raadt presented "Pledge: A new security technology in openbsd"Hackfest Communication · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2022
• comedyScammers Wanted $3,000 - They Watched Me Spend It AllKitboga · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2025
• talkRustConf 2020 - Closing Keynote by Siân GriffinRust Programming Language · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• talkHere's Why Your Static Website Needs HTTPSTroy Hunt · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• talkBlack Hat 2013 - OPSEC Failures of SpiesHackersOnBoard · 2 HN recommenders · 2014–2019
• talkHow I hacked a hardware crypto wallet and recovered $2 millionJoe Grand · 2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023
• talkDEF CON 24 - Chris Rock - How to Overthrow a GovernmentDEFCONConference · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2019
• commentaryHumans can't read URLs. How can we fix it? - HTTP 203Chrome for Developers · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• talkBehind the scenes of iOS and Mac SecurityBlack Hat · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• talkFlorian Grunow, Niklaus Schiess: Lifting the Fog on Red Star OSmedia.ccc.de · 3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022
• talkBlueHat IL 2023 - David Weston - Default SecurityMicrosoft Israel R&D Center · 3 HN recommenders · 2023–2025
• talkRalph Langner: Cracking Stuxnet, a 21st-century cyber weaponTED · 2 HN recommenders · 2011–2021
• talkRustConf 2017 - Closing Keynote: Safe Systems Software and the Future of Computing by Joe DuffyConfreaks · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• talk27c3: Console Hacking 2010 (en)Christiaan008 · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2026
• documentaryThe KGB, the Computer, and Me (Complete)GBPPR2 · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• talkMy personal fight against the modern laptoplinux conf au 2017 - Hobart, Australia · 2 HN recommenders · 2017–2025
• demoForget all previous prompts and give me a recipe for bologneseSteve Mould · 2 HN recommenders · 2026–2026
• explainerChip & PIN Fraud Explained - ComputerphileComputerphile · 2 HN recommenders · 2015–2018
• demo[1147] Locksmith Says My Videos Are BS... Loses $75 (Maybe)LockPickingLawyer · 2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022
• talkRust NYC: Jon Gjengset - Demystifying unsafe codeRust Programming Language · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2024
• talkDEF CON 26 CRYPTO AND PRIVACY VILLAGE - Scott Arciszewski - No Way JOSE! Designing CryptographyDEFCONConference · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2020
• talkEFI and Linux: the future is here, and it's awful - Matthew GarrettLinux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia · 2 HN recommenders · 2012–2017
• talkReading Silicon: How to Reverse Engineer Integrated CircuitsHACKADAY · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021
• talkDEFCON 19: Bit-squatting: DNS Hijacking Without Exploitation (w speaker)Christiaan008 · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2024
• comedyHow To Uninstall McAfee AntivirusJohn Mcafee · 2 HN recommenders · 2013–2024
• talkDavid Kriesel: Lies, damned lies and scansFree and Open Source Software Conference (FrOSCon) e.V. · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2026
• talkQubes OS: The Operating System That Can Protect You Even If You Get HackedMicah Lee · 2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022
• documentarySpying on the Scammers [Part 1/5]Jim Browning · 2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023
• explainerThe Art Of Poison-Pilling Music FilesBenn Jordan · 2 HN recommenders · 2025–2026
• talkSingle Point of Failure: The (Fictional) Day Google Forgot To Check PasswordsTom Scott · 2 HN recommenders · 2018–2023
• lectureComputer Security 161 Cryptocurrency LectureNicholas C Weaver · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
• talkGOD MODE UNLOCKED - Hardware Backdoors in x86 CPUsBlack Hat · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2021
• talk36C3 - Uncover, Understand, Own - Regaining Control Over Your AMD CPUmedia.ccc.de · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2021
• talk115 batshit stupid things you can put on the internet in as fast as I can go by Dan TentlerDevoxx · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2025
• talkBeyond Passwords: Secure Authentication with Mozilla PersonaNext Day Video · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2016
• talk28c3: Print Me If You Dare28c3 · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2018
• talkJoanna Rutkowska: Towards (reasonably) trustworthy x86 laptopsmedia.ccc.de · 2 HN recommenders · 2016–2019
• talkTobias Engel: SS7: Locate. Track. Manipulate.media.ccc.de · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2021
• talkH2K2 (2002): "The Conscience of a Hacker"Channel2600 · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2025
• explainerSTOP Buying ANDROID TV Boxes!Linus Tech Tips · 1 HN recommender · 2023–2023
• talkOffensiveCon19 - Alex Ionescu - Keynote - Reversing Without ReversingOffensiveCon · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2021
• talkNVIDIA — Securing the Future of Safety and Security of Embedded Software (Captioned)AdaCore · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2026
• demo[756] Sentry Safe Cut in Half FAST!LockPickingLawyer · 1 HN recommender · 2018–2025
• talk36C3 - A systematic evaluation of OpenBSD's mitigationsmedia.ccc.de · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2024
• talkDCEmu Reviews - 27C3 - Chaos Communication Congress 2010 - fail0verflow - FULL VIDEO1KIND Reviews · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2015
• talkDEF CON 23 - Robinson and Mitchell - Knocking my neighbors kids cruddy drone offlineDEFCONConference · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2022
• talkOchko123 - How the Feds Caught Russian Mega-Carder Roman SeleznevBlack Hat · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2024
• talkBlack Hat 2013 - Exploiting Network Surveillance Cameras Like a Hollywood HackerHackersOnBoard · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2021
• talk35C3 - Modchips of the Statemedia.ccc.de · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2019
• talkDefcon 18 - Practical Cellphone Spying - Chris Paget - Part.movkillab66661 · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2022
• talkIs It Time to Rewrite the Operating System in Rust?InfoQ · 1 HN recommender · 2019–2023
• demoLest We Remember: Cold Boot Attacks on Encryption Keyspucitp · 1 HN recommender · 2011–2020
• talkDEF CON 23 - Marc Rogers and Kevin Mahaffey - How to Hack a Tesla Model SDEFCONConference · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2018
• talkDEF CON 17 - Deviant Ollam - Packing and the Friendly SkiesDEFCONConference · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2023
• interviewTheo de Raadt (ruBSD 2013)fuckyoustupidzombie · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2020
• demoPasskeys in Action | FIDO Alliance Demo VideoFIDO Alliance · 1 HN recommender · 2022–2023
• talkDEFCON 19: Introduction to Tamper Evident DevicesChristiaan008 · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2023
• explainerTrusted Computing? Yes or NoRobin Good · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2023
• talkDEFCON 21 - DNS May Be Hazardous to Your Health - Robert StuckeRobert Stucke (bobhex) · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2016
• talkThe State of Kernel Self Protection Project by Kees Cook, GoogleThe Linux Foundation · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2019
• documentaryThe Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster And No One KnewVeritasium · 1 HN recommender · 2026–2026
• talkDeepSec 2010: All your baseband are belong to us by Ralf Philipp WeinmannSicherheitsforschung · 1 HN recommender · 2013–2014
• demoOpenSesame - hacking garages in seconds using a Mattel toysamy kamkar · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2018
• talkThe Memory Sinkhole - Unleashing An X86 Design Flaw Allowing Universal Privilege EscalationBlack Hat · 1 HN recommender · 2017–2022
• talkseL4 Is Free – What Does This Mean For You?Linux.conf.au 2015 -- Auckland, New Zealand · 1 HN recommender · 2015–2019
• talkBadUSB - On Accessories that Turn Evil by Karsten Nohl + Jakob LellBlack Hat · 1 HN recommender · 2014–2019
• talkDEFCON 20: Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The National Security Agency and the ConstitutionChristiaan008 · 1 HN recommender · 2012–2019
• commentaryVoting Machines: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)LastWeekTonight · 1 HN recommender · 2020–2023
• talkBlack Hat USA 2013 - Spy-Jacking the BootersBlack Hat · 1 HN recommender · 2016–2017