DEF CON 33 - Cybersecurity in Latin America - Stories of Resilience & Innovation - Giovanni Forero
Source: YouTube · DEFCONConference · published Oct 10, 2025 · 17:11
A Latin American cybersecurity professional shares his journey overcoming language and cultural barriers in the global security community, which inspired creating Lacon—a community for Spanish and Portuguese speakers to share knowledge comfortably [0:00-3:48].
Key Takeaways:
• Latin American professionals face language barriers, limited budgets, scarce training materials in Spanish/Portuguese, and tool shortages [3:48-6:30]
• Resource constraints force mastery of basic tools like bash, Python, and open-source projects, fostering deep technical understanding [6:30-7:28]
• Region-specific malware variants include "machete," "blind eagle," "Grandato," and "Kasbano" [7:28-9:30]
• "Low-tech" attacks like a Colombian social security scam used no malware yet caused $1 million in losses [7:28-8:57]
• Limitations drive innovation, creating tools like "doggy" and "catnifer" for hardware and radio frequency attacks [9:30-14:15]
• Community-driven knowledge sharing compensates for lack of formal training and threat intelligence exchange [11:00-13:37]
• The speaker invites global engagement with Latin American talent, encouraging support for their projects and inclusion in discussions [14:15-16:30]
Latin American cybersecurity exemplifies how adversity breeds innovation, transforming limitations into creative solutions and building powerful community networks despite resource constraints [13:37-16:30].
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Hello everyone and thank you for be here. I was expecting the a different reaction. Why? Because the first time that I came here, I wasn't understanding a lot of what the people are doing or saying or everything and was really hard. And that's part of what happens when you come to the EFCON or you start to try to enter to the uh cyber security community in the US and it's very hard when you are trying to talk in Spanish or Portuguese and try to understand a different culture and try to understand that kind of stuff and that's part of the talk that I prepared for you uh uh for this space. My history I remember when I was in my first Defcon was Defcon 16. My first book was uh Hackin Pose. Someone remember that thing like in 1999. >> Huh? The slides I tried it but it's not working. Internet i…