<p>In his witty, entertaining and edgy style, ethical hacker FC takes audiences on a roller coaster through the security issues that have enabled him to compromise the world’s largest banks and organizations, in order to help them improve their own systems.</p><p>As an ethical hacker for the last three decades, FC (a.k.a. Freakyclown, his hacker handle) has educated thousands of banks, governments and other organizations about cybersecurity from a hacker’s perspective. Weaving enthralling stories of epic security fails and grandiose plans including lock-picking, kidnapping, police chases and bank heists, and providing info on the latest advancements in artificial intelligence and continued threats of ransomware and phishing, FC helps organizations rethink what it means to be secure.</p><p>FC is co-founder—with this wife, cybersecurity expert Dr. Jessica Barker—of UK firm Cygenta, and the former Head of Offensive Cyber Research at Raytheon. He is also the author of the bestseller, <em>How I Rob Banks</em>. </p>
Ethical hacker and social engineer
<ul><li><strong>How I Rob Banks</strong></li><li>An eye-opening, informative and entertaining session that takes audiences on a light-hearted trip through the security issues, both physical and electronic, that have enabled this ethical hacker and social engineer to compromise the world’s largest banks and organizations. Using tales from the front line, FC shares lessons to be learned from an ethical hacker with a penchant for breaking into the impossible. Join him on a rollercoaster ride of epic security fails and grandiose plans, including lock picking, kidnap, police chases and multi-million-pound bank heists.</li><li><strong>Artificial Intelligence Broken Down</strong></li><li>This talk gives a great overview of the state of AI, covering the good, the bad and the ugly of AI-driven technologies. Find out how they work, where they work and how they are being hacked. FC uses his expertise to take apart many of the myths around AI and helps generate a discussion around the use of AI and its future problems.</li><li><strong>The (Nation) State of Cybersecurity</strong></li><li>This talk brings the audience up to speed on the cutting edge of cybercrime. What is the current state of the possible if you are not just a hacker, but a nation-state backed hacker group that has nearly unlimited resources? FC leverages his work within the intelligence and defense communities and brings to light the most recent attack vectors.</li><li><strong>How a Hack Works: Spearphishing with Demo</strong></li><li>Year on year, phishing attacks keep on growing. In this session, we discuss and demonstrate the who, how and why of social engineering. We cover how phishing attacks work, the human factors behind them and what we can do to mitigate against them. Including a demonstration of a spear-phishing email attack (from the attacker and victim side), this session demystifies cyber insecurity and tackles both the human and technical elements at play. This presentation can be delivered in partnership with Dr Jessica Barker. </li></ul>