Bug Bounty Village Updates: CTF, Badge, and Speakers Announced!

Just 30 days to go, here’s what you need to know.

Author

Harley Kimball
July 07, 2025

Hey everyone,

With just 30 days until the con, it’s time to turn up the volume. You’ll see more updates from us this month as we unveil what’s in store.

Some exciting things are coming from Bug Bounty Village:

  • Speaker Announcements are Live!

  • Bug Bounty Village CTF

  • Electronic Badge Reveal

Read on to see who’s speaking, how to join the CTF, and what the badge looks like!

Speaker Announcements are Live!

We have started announcing our incredible line-up for the year. The full line-up can be viewed at our website at the following link. Presentation titles and a full agenda will be published in the coming weeks.
https://www.bugbountydefcon.com/2025-speakers

Bug Bounty Village CTF

For the first time, Bug Bounty Village is hosting a CTF competition with our partners CTF.ae!

We’ve built an entire ecosystem of connected systems with intentional vulnerabilities. From web to API to LLM assets. The event is open to everyone with remote participation available online, but in-person participants will have a chance to earn bonus points by submitting reports and getting them triaged, just like a real bug bounty program!

Pre-register now at https://bbv.ctf.ae

Electronic Badge Reveal

Like last year, we partnered again with Abhinav Pandagale and Hackerware.in to make the following creation come to life! And thanks to Inspectiv, we will have 400 of these to give away FOR FREE inside the village.

Some specs:

  • ATmega16A MCU

  • 41 SMD LEDs

  • 4 Tactile push button switches for.. things.. more on that later.

  • Powered by 3xAAA batteries (included)

That’s it for now, but more to come very soon. Stay tuned!

Cheers,