Alexander Wilczek

Back in 2014 when I was just getting started with hacking, if you would have told me that one day I’d be a DEF CON speaker I wouldn’t have believed you. But guess what, dreams do come true 🙂 Still can’t believe I got to share my research at the first DEF CON Singapore ever! Big thank you to everyone that came and thanks for the support. This is a huge motivator for me to do even more research.

After the conference marathon of the last few weeks, I had quite a few people reach out asking for a demo of @rivanorthSec Oko. If you're interested in dark web and third-party monitoring, I'll be running demos this week. Drop a comment or DM me if you'd like one too.

@JJusell Cheers mate, I'll check it out!

if you're still finding the wedge, i'd cut conferences and competitions first. build + sales tell you what's real, incubators only if they buy you distribution or intros, and raising works way better once those two have signal. i got tired of making these calls off generic takes, so i'm building Mindvaults.ai for exactly this kind of founder decision making, based on sources you can actually inspect!

I'm currently overwhelmed by opportunities: I can either: 1. build 2. do marketing and sales 3. apply to conferences 4. apply to incubators 5. apply to startup competitions 6. raise directly I feel like I can only do 4 out of these 6. Which ones would you choose and why?

Are you dreaming about being a digital nomad? Then this post is for you. I’ve been a nomad for over 3 years now. I don’t own or rent a house. All my possessions are in my 2001 LandCruiser. In the last month and a half I’ve moved 8 times. Plus working 10+ hours a day makes this quite challenging. Don’t get me wrong, as a whole I love it, the opportunities and experiences this lifestyle has given me are priceless. If you’re still dreaming about becoming a digital nomad remember that long term it’s not only cocktails by the pool in Bali and a meeting every second day. Yes sure, it’s possible for a few months. But long term, if you want to perform at work or research it will be hard. But the hard times will be rewarded with unlimited flexibility and a life on your terms. At least that’s how it feels to me.

vlogging is one of those things that looks super easy from the outside but then it's 100 times harder in real life. I'd love to give it a try but damn I don't seem to find the time

@fr0gger_ what a time to be alive!

People working in Threat Intel & AI, this is your time 😉

I have been getting quite a few requests from people to share my presentation slides. I think it's important to not gatekeep information, especially in our industry. I've uploaded my slides with @BSidesMelbourne directly, I'm sure they'll share the link shortly, or you can check the website maybe it's already there. I've done the same for my CRESTCon talk. I believe they'll share them with everyone that attended and the members. For those that came to my @defcon talk in Singapore, I've also shared my slides with them directly, so that should be downloadable from their website too. If you still have questions about my presentation, feel free to leave them in the comments as I believe it's better to discuss in public so we can share the knowledge rather than keeping it behind the DMs.

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My DMs are open. If you're launching anything in: AI Security, LLM red teaming VAPT, bug bounty, pentesting Web3 / blockchain security Privacy, surveillance, data protection, cloud security Product. Tool. Course. Community. Event. Startup. Know something worth knowing about? Tag it below.

What an amazing experience getting to speak on the main stage at @BSidesMelbourne ! Had a great crowd which asked some amazing questions. Funny enough, I love questions, it’s my favourite part of presenting and being on stage. Off stage, it was great to bump into old friends and make quite a few new ones. I’m gonna be resting up a bit after this one as in just a few weeks this was my 4th talk, and I definitely need to recharge my batteries a bit. But big thank you to everyone that attended, everyone behind the scenes organising and the review board for giving me this opportunity. Thank you 🙏

@fr0gger_ @BSidesMelbourne Yes it was awesome but I’m absolutely knackered now 😅

@SecWillCheck Haha yes! Hope you enjoyed @BSidesMelbourne

There are so many security conferences now that almost every week there is an event somewhere in the world. Sometimes there are even multiple events happening at the same time!

Boyz toyz

Reflecting on the last few days and the time I felt most nervous before a talk. Big thank you to everyone that came to my talk in Sydney and to all the hackers that came to my 1337 meetup. Until next time. 🙏

On my way to @BSidesMelbourne ! If you’re keen on finding out how cyber criminals make and launder money my talk will be on Saturday at 11:55 am on the main stage. Catch you in Melbs 🤙

What an absolute pleasure it was today to present my research at CRESTCon in Sydney! It was awesome having a more intimate crowd which meant that for once I didn't lose my voice 😅 One of my favourite parts about public speaking is the Q&A part, I always try to leave some time to have these awesome conversations and I really appreciate everyone that has asked questions during the session or has stopped me for a chat afterwards. Those interactions make these experiences super special to me. Last but not least a big thank you to CREST for inviting me 🙏

@fr0gger_ Ahahah this is hilarious 🤣

@SecWillCheck found it funny I have the AI comment under the pic while I didn't use AI for this 😅

New profile picture! 😵‍💫

Me trying to resist the FOMO of jumping across models every second day

I wrote a bugfix late last night and wanted to ship it before this morning, but forgot to deploy 🤦‍♂️

@0xTib3rius all good here, back to vibe coding then 😂

I don't know which answer is worse. 😅