Hector Monsegur
Director of a Cybersecurity Company, Security Researcher, and Former Blackhat helping the FBI through hacking experience.
Keynote speaker Hector Monsegur, perhaps better known by the online
pseudonym Sabu,
has been through a lot to get to where he is today. Hector is a former hacker for Anonymous and leader for LulzSec. Today, he has turned his life around and “Sabu” no longer exists.
Read the full profile: Hector Monsegur pseudonym Sabu,
has been through a lot to get to where he is today. Hector is a former hacker for Anonymous and leader for LulzSec. Today, he has turned his life around and “Sabu” no longer exists.
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Keynotes
Keynote by speaker Hector Monsegur: The State of Security
Hector lectures on how Solarwinds is still a problem and how to handle it.
Audience takeaways:
He tells personal stories regarding recent Supply chain attacks
The challenges of backup recovery and mitigating potential damage
Tips to maintaining a safe online experience that tend to be overlooked.
Audience takeaways:
He tells personal stories regarding recent Supply chain attacks
The challenges of backup recovery and mitigating potential damage
Tips to maintaining a safe online experience that tend to be overlooked.
Keynote by speaker Hector Monsegur: Storage and Recovery: Risks, Reward and Redundancy
Conversations around storage and recovery
Audience takeaways:
Hector discusses storage and recovery and the challenges that it presents, the solutions that are being widely adopted, and their deficiencies.
Audience takeaways:
Hector discusses storage and recovery and the challenges that it presents, the solutions that are being widely adopted, and their deficiencies.
Keynote by speaker Hector Monsegur: Cybersecurity, a human problem not a systems problem.
Hector discuss his personal experiences on the issue that plagues cybersecurity the most, human error.
Audience takeaways:
He examines how we deal with disinformation and social engineering and the human element.
Hector tells different stories on how human error exposed companies to being hacked and what can be done to prevent it.
Audience takeaways:
He examines how we deal with disinformation and social engineering and the human element.
Hector tells different stories on how human error exposed companies to being hacked and what can be done to prevent it.
Keynote by speaker Hector Monsegur: Security Best Practices
This lecture is on general security topics and includes specific software and trends in cyberspace that are popular.
Audience takeaway:
Hector also give his perspective as a Blackhat, being a Redhat team leader and the direction he see’s security and hacking going.
Audience takeaway:
Hector also give his perspective as a Blackhat, being a Redhat team leader and the direction he see’s security and hacking going.
Keynote by speaker Hector Monsegur: My Journey Into The Cyber-Security Industry
In this autobiographical lecture Hector details how he grew up on the Lower East Side with an aunt that was a major heroin dealer to becoming the defecto head of Anonymous a infamous hacking collective.
Hector recounts how his obsessive curiosity and raw intelligence empowered him to learn about computer systems and eventually infiltrate the most secure targets in the world. autobiographical lecture
Audience takeaways:
6 months of high school, 8 months as informant, 20 years hacking
Why I was called the de facto head of Anonymous: Hint: Wired/Vice/ARS Technica
Indictments for PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, Federal contractors, Tunisia, Algeria, Zimbabwe, FBI Non Profits, Bethesda (Gaming Company), Nintendo, US Senate, PBS/Frontline
Getting caught
A walk through what a FBI Indictment looks like, and what to do when you get yours.
Bringing dictatorships to its knees and fueling The Arab Spring
From Black Hat to White Black: My life today
Hector recounts how his obsessive curiosity and raw intelligence empowered him to learn about computer systems and eventually infiltrate the most secure targets in the world. autobiographical lecture
Audience takeaways:
6 months of high school, 8 months as informant, 20 years hacking
Why I was called the de facto head of Anonymous: Hint: Wired/Vice/ARS Technica
Indictments for PayPal, MasterCard, Visa, Federal contractors, Tunisia, Algeria, Zimbabwe, FBI Non Profits, Bethesda (Gaming Company), Nintendo, US Senate, PBS/Frontline
Getting caught
A walk through what a FBI Indictment looks like, and what to do when you get yours.
Bringing dictatorships to its knees and fueling The Arab Spring
From Black Hat to White Black: My life today
Keynote by speaker Hector Monsegur: What Is It and How Did We Get Here
In this lecture Hector examines the mind and exploits of the hacker of today and past generations. He details the unique climate that allowed for people to become hackers and how this inner world works
Audience takeaways:
History of hacking
What makes hacking appealing to people
Choosing targets
Hacktavisim: Hacking for a good cause
Infamy: I’m not a geek, dude.
Spying on those who spy on you: State Sponsored Hacking
Greatest hacks and how they were done: Sony, Tunisia,
Visa/MasterCard, US Government, and the ones you never heard of.
Hack Olympics: The quest to out do your peers
How hacking tools work: Hackers Hardware and software
The history of hacking as told through the top 10 hacks done to date.
In this lecture Hector traces the evolution of the technical and social realities to reveal how these hacks manifested. He also looks at the road ahead to forecast what he see’s as the next generation of hacks.
Audience takeaways:
History of hacking
What makes hacking appealing to people
Choosing targets
Hacktavisim: Hacking for a good cause
Infamy: I’m not a geek, dude.
Spying on those who spy on you: State Sponsored Hacking
Greatest hacks and how they were done: Sony, Tunisia,
Visa/MasterCard, US Government, and the ones you never heard of.
Hack Olympics: The quest to out do your peers
How hacking tools work: Hackers Hardware and software
The history of hacking as told through the top 10 hacks done to date.
In this lecture Hector traces the evolution of the technical and social realities to reveal how these hacks manifested. He also looks at the road ahead to forecast what he see’s as the next generation of hacks.
Hector Monsegur
Get insights on hacking and using it for a good cause
Keynote speaker Hector Monsegur had a difficult childhood and grew up around poverty and drugs. His mother left him when he was little, and through computers he found a way to escape from his surroundings. As “Sabu” he was part of Operation Tunisia which is said to have started the Arab Spring. After hacking governments, News Corp and huge security firms, the FBI found him and gave him an ultimatum. Either they were going to take his two little nieces away from him or he was going to collaborate with them. Hector chose his family and gave the FBI access to his world, marking the end of his outlawed hacking career.
Today, speaker Hector Monsegur works with credit card companies and networks of major retailers and finds their cyber security vulnerability. While he no longer works as a illicit hacker, he is probably still one of the best hackers in the world. Determined to utilize his talent, Hector Monsegur is now the director of Assessment Services at Rhino Security Labs while also working on a film and book about his life.
Speaker Hector Monsegur has had an extraordinary life so far, and he is a true inspiration and proof that you can change your life. His keynotes are unique and there truly is no one quite like him.
Today, speaker Hector Monsegur works with credit card companies and networks of major retailers and finds their cyber security vulnerability. While he no longer works as a illicit hacker, he is probably still one of the best hackers in the world. Determined to utilize his talent, Hector Monsegur is now the director of Assessment Services at Rhino Security Labs while also working on a film and book about his life.
Speaker Hector Monsegur has had an extraordinary life so far, and he is a true inspiration and proof that you can change your life. His keynotes are unique and there truly is no one quite like him.
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