For all those attending DEFCON 2010, we’ll be hosting a puzzle contest starting Friday afternoon in the contest area. It’s a race against time; the first person to complete the puzzle wins a brand-new iPad. We’ll be posting the packet capture here after the contest for those of you who like the intellectual challenge. Contest description below… See you there!

Ann Dercover is on the run, and you’re hot on her trail as she travels around the globe hacking companies, stealing intellectual property, launching 0-day attacks and setting up sneaky backdoors. *You are the forensic investigator.* You’ve got a packet capture of Ann’s network traffic. Can you analyze Ann’s malicious traffic and solve the crime by Sunday? Prize: Win a brand-spanking new Apple iPad!

cheers!
Eric