In Vienna, the spy capital of the world, I gave a closed-door keynote at an invite-only intelligence conference: “That Time I Hacked #Venezuela: Digital Sabotage Against Authoritarianism.” In November 2025

A real world case study of how an authoritarian regime like #Maduro 's, weaponizes Western technology platforms, digital infrastructure, and data analytics to monitor, persecute, and oppress civilians. And how an ethical hacker team, myself and the White Lotus Security Research Team, carried out targeted operational interventions against the systems being used to enable political kidnappings, abductions, and coordination between state agencies and criminal networks, with civilian safety and preservation of evidence as the hard lines.

#DeepSec #DeepINTEL, the exclusive conference has now issued an official press release on that briefing. Read it here in German: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/chris-kubecka_how-to-hack-a-modern-dictatorship-with-ai-activity-7414789443666124800-cydh

And if you want the wider playbook, I wrote How to Hack a Modern Dictatorship with AI: The Digital CIA/OSS Sabotage Manual https://amzn.to/4neTNPK

DeepSec and DeepINTEL 2025 – Call for Papers!

We have silent running since December. The reasons were behind-the-scenes updates, post-processing the past DeepSec conference, recharging our batteries, and adapting to the new situation in IT security influenced by geopolitics. Following the news since 20 January took a

https://blog.deepsec.net/deepsec-and-deepintel-2025-call-for-papers/

#Administrivia #CallForPapers #Conference #DeepIntel #Announcement #CfP #DeepINTEL #DeepSec2025

DeepINTEL 2024 – a full Day all about Security Intelligence

The DeepINTEL 2024 security intelligence has begun. The day holds a full day of presentation about current and future threats. It is difficult to describe a TLP:AMBER event, because we do not publish the schedule for DeepINTEL. The term security intelligence has a wide spectrum. Basically, it includes all informati

https://blog.deepsec.net/deepintel-2024-a-full-day-all-about-security-intelligence/

#Conference #DeepIntel

DeepSec publishes preliminary Schedule

We are happy and proud to present the preliminary schedule for DeepSec 2024! Again, the many submissions overwhelmed us. We could have filled the schedules for two or three conferences. The range of topics matches current events, your needs for improving digital defence, and insights into how vulnerable systems and humans are. Organic intelligence

https://blog.deepsec.net/deepsec-publishes-preliminary-schedule/

#Conference #DeepIntel #Schedule

 #WardCarroll

🔸#DeepIntel on the #B1 Strike in #Iraq and #Syria🔸

ℹ Five days after a drone attack against an #American #military logistics outpost in #Jordan killed three soldiers and wounded more than 30 others, the #US has retaliated with #airstrikes using #US #AirForce #B1 bombers operating from their base in the continental #UnitedStates

What will this do to the stability of the region, and what will either Iran or the #US do next?

https://youtu.be/daWCOY8T6SI?feature=share #MiddleEast #News

DeepSec wishes a Happy New Year 2024!

We have been radio-silent throughout the December, because post-processing DeepSec and DeepINTEL 2023 took longer than usual. For everyone doing system maintenance, the month of December is also a wonderful opportunity to do some work behind the scenes. Thanks to the security bulletin about SMTP smuggling, there were some additional

https://blog.deepsec.net/deepsec-wishes-a-happy-new-year-2024/

#Administrivia #Communication #DeepINTEL #DeepSec

Thanks for attending DeepSec and DeepINTEL 2023!

DeepSec 2023 ended a week ago, and it was amazing! We shout out a big thanks to all the speakers and all the attendees that made the conference memorable!

Usually there is a period of several days after the conference where you hear nothing from us. We are not hibernating; we are in full post-pr

https://blog.deepsec.net/thanks-for-attending-deepsec-and-deepintel-2023/

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DeepSec 2023 Call for Papers is open
The call for papers of DeepSec 2023 and DeepINTEL 2023 is open! You can submit your ideas for presentations and trainings via our CfP manager form. Content for DeepINTEL should be sent to use directly (but you can use the same web form, just mention what you have in mind).

This year's focus will be on the wonderful world of artificial intelligenc
https://blog.deepsec.net/deepsec-2023-call-for-papers-is-open/
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