Hector Monsegur

Controversial Hacker and former Head of Anonymous/LulzSec

Hector “Sabu” Monsegur is a top cybersecurity keynote speaker, the most controversial hacker of this generation, and the former de facto head of Anonymous/LulzSec and lastly a high profile Federal informant. In the last year, Hector has done lectures for the following Fortune 500 companies: AT&T, Humana, RSA Security, JP Morgan, Realogy as well as universities and tech conventions.

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    English

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  • Hector Monsegur Keynote Speaker Fee Fee range is for U.S. events, depending on location and organization type

    Please Inquire

  • Languages Spoken

    English

  • Travels From

    USA

Suggested Keynote Speaker Programs

The State of Security and Ransomware

Hector lectures on how Solarwinds is still a problem, recent supply chain and municipality attacks, the challenges of backup recovery and mitigating potential damage.

Storage and Recovery: Risks, Reward and Redundancy

Hector discusses storage/recovery and the challenges that it presents and the solutions that are being widely adopted and their deficiencies.

Cybersecurity, a human problem not a systems problem.

Hector discuss the issue that plagues cybersecurity the most, human error.  He examines how we deal with disinformation and social engineering and the human element.

Former Blackhats Perspective on Ransomware and Mitigation

This lecture is on general security topics (best practices, new threats, ransomeware etc.

The Hackers Manifesto: The A-Z on Hacking

The world is being rocked by cyberattacks almost daily – both from hacker groups and nation states. From Wikileaks, to Snowden, to massive password leaks — the internet has become a very dangerous place where nothing is secure. Who better to help guide you through this...

The world is being rocked by cyberattacks almost daily – both from hacker groups and nation states. From Wikileaks, to Snowden, to massive password leaks — the internet has become a very dangerous place where nothing is secure. Who better to help guide you through this dangerous new world then a former top hacker from Anonymous and Lulzsec? Hector Monsegur has exchanged his “black-hat” for a “white-hat” and can help you and your organization fight back. As an expert in penetrating the networks of major retailers, credit card companies, and governments, Monsegnur can guide you through this complicated world and help you understand what needs to be done. He is able to speak to both a tech-savvy audience as well as others just beginning to learn the dangers. Monsegnur is ready to share his 20 years of experience as a hacker to help you not become the next victim.

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From High School Drop Out to Hacker to FBI Informant

This autobiographical lecture will take audiences through Hector’s journey from high school to where he is today. From being head of Anonymous, to inditements for PayPal. MasterCard, and the US Senate to getting caught and going through an FBI inditement, to bringing ...

This autobiographical lecture will take audiences through Hector’s journey from high school to where he is today. From being head of Anonymous, to inditements for PayPal. MasterCard, and the US Senate to getting caught and going through an FBI inditement, to bringing dictatorships to their knees by fueling the Arab Spring, Hector has seen a lot through his hacking career. He will also talk through his definition of “informant” and how he went from Black Hat to White Hat to get where he is today.

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The History of Hacking as Told Through the Top 10 Hacks Done to Date

In this lecture, Hector highlights several different attack vectors that have been successfully used by hackers and adversaries over the last 15-20 years, focusing on:  Insider threats Social Engineering / Spearphishing / Business Email Compromise...

In this lecture, Hector highlights several different attack vectors that have been successfully used by hackers and adversaries over the last 15-20 years, focusing on:

  •  Insider threats
  • Social Engineering / Spearphishing / Business Email Compromise
  •  Asset Management – Access Controls
  • Asset Management – Dormant records/DNS/SSL certificates
  •  Supply-chain attacks
  • Authorization
  • Password management issues / Credential Stuffing
  • Web Application Security
  •  Host-based security and malware

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About Keynote Speaker Hector Monsegur

Better known by his online alias “Sabu” Hector Monsegur is the most controversial hacker of this generation – both the brash voice behind the Anonymous/LulzSec hacker collectives as well as a Federal informant. Monsegur’s story is more tangled and complicated than many know. He grew up in the projects on the Lower East Side of New York in a family trapped in a world of poverty and drugs. His mother left him when he was young which led to a close relationship with the rest of his family and the eventual adoption of his two nieces whom he raised from when they were little girls. Trying to find a better life for himself and his nieces, Monsegur found that his computer skills could empower him far above his socioeconomic barriers and his 9th grade education – but also led him into the dark world of hacking. Monsegur ruled the “hacktivist” scene breaching targets almost daily – from Nintendo, to News Corp, to Middle Eastern governments to the very security firms supposedly protecting against hackers like him. That is until the FBI closed in…

Threatened with his nieces being taken away from him, Hector began to cooperate with the FBI providing them intelligence on vulnerabilities in order to prevent future hacks as Anonymous rampaged through hundreds of targets. In light of his cooperation and the many threats he and his family faced afterwards — his eventual prison sentence was reduced to the seven months pre-trial detention time he had served along with house arrest and probation.

Monsegur has now exchanged his hacker “black-hat” with a “white-hat”. He has helped the FBI prevent some of the same kinds of cyberattacks he himself had helped orchestrate. Now, as a white-hat hacker he is helping the cybersecurity industry protect their clients. He uses his skills by penetrating the networks of major retailers, credit card companies and dozens of others by helping find their cyber vulnerabilities… be it trojan horses, phishing attacks, or weak password protected wi-fi networks. “I’m not ex-LuzSec, I’m not ex-FBI, I’m a security researcher,” says Monsegur. “Sabu was a character. That man doesn’t exist anymore. The person sitting in front of you today is all about business, taking care of his family, paying bills.”

Determined to utilize his talents, Monsegur is now Director of Assessment Services at Rhino Security Labs, with large corporations and governments as his clients, while developing a book and film on his life. Monsegur refused to let his difficult childhood stop him – and wants to help others growing up like him see computer skills as a way to rise above their place in life – to not fall into the dark world of hacking – but to use their empowering skills for the good of others.

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Dec 19, 2019

From Hacker to White Hat, Former Anonymous Leader Hector “Sabu” Monsegur

Hector “Sabu” Monsegur is the most famous hacker of his generation to change hats from black to white. His story...

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