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Live Hacking - How Anyone Can Randomly Become a Victim

Not a target, still a victim: a live demonstration of how attacks hit at random - and what companies can do about it.

Topic

Awareness / Phishing / FraudAI & Quantum Security

When & Where

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Tue, 10/27/2026 05:00 PM - 05:30 PM

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Forum D, Booth 7-742

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Details

  • Format:

    it-sa insights

  • Language:

    German

Session description

Speaker: Chris Wojzechowski

Most cyberattacks do not hit selected targets. They hit whoever happens to be within reach: phishing campaigns go out to millions of addresses, leaked passwords are tried automatically against hundreds of services, and scanners search the internet around the clock for systems with known vulnerabilities. Anyone who considers themselves too uninteresting for attackers underestimates how this business works.

In this live hacking session, Chris Wojzechowski, Managing Director of AWARE7 GmbH, shows on stage how such attacks can unfold. Each step is explained so that listeners without a technical background understand where the attack starts and why it works.

Each demonstration is followed by a look at the defender's side: Which mea ...

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