About the Speaker
Karsten Nohl
Chief Innovation Officer
Allurity
Talk
Curbing the fraud pandemic through ethical hacking
You are more likely to become a victim of fraud than of hacking. We, the telco security community, can (and must!) help protect individuals from both. Digital fraud creates victims every day, wiping out life savings and entrapping individuals in scam factories. Yet, telco defenses have historically focused on revenue assurance rather than keeping subscribers safe from scams. We find that a cyber defense mindset can significantly improve anti-fraud outcomes. From adversarial testing to threat hunting and AI co-pilots, the cyber defense toolbox is highly relevant for fraud management. This talk will address real-world cases where ethical hackers made a big difference in pushing back fraud and protecting the trust foundation of the digital economy.
Karsten Nohl leads Innovation at Allurity. As cryptographer and security researcher, Karsten is known for exposing vulnerabilities in mobile communications, payment systems, and embedded security. Karsten gained prominence for demonstrating major security flaws in GSM, SIM cards, mobile banking, and the SS7 protocol underlying cellular networks. As a leading voice in information security, Karsten presented at major conferences including Black Hat and CCC. His work helps drive security evolution at clients globally. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from UVa.
About Allurity
Allurity is Europe’s leading cyber pure-play comprising 12 specialized brands and nearly 800 experts dedicated to enabling a safe digital world. The group maintains an unrivalled track record in the telecommunications sector, helping secure nearly all major European and many Asian telco groups. A core pillar of this expertise is SRLabs, globally recognized for telco hacking research—spanning SS7, GTP, and OpenRAN—and its unique experience building and managing security organizations for the world’s largest mobile networks. By leveraging deep hacking insights, Allurity provides unmatched cyber resilience for complex, critical infrastructure.
Website: allurity.com