The tactics Brett Johnson mastered took weeks or months to build by hand. Today, AI lets any criminal do it in minutes: a cloned executive voice, a convincing deepfake video, a vishing script that adapts in real time. The mechanics of trust haven’t changed — the speed and scale have.
In the final session of Off the Record: Cybercriminal Confessions, Brett brings his attacker’s-eye view to the newest front in fraud: executive impersonation, AI-driven vishing, deepfakes, and the customer scams built on top of them. No vendor pitch. No script.
What you'll learn
- How fake sites and fake profiles get built, launched, and iterated — often faster than most brands can respond
- What phishing infrastructure looks like from the inside, and how criminals test it before going live
- What criminals watch for to decide whether an organization is an easy mark — or not worth the effort
About the series
Off the Record: Cybercriminal Confessions is a three-part series of candid, unscripted conversations with Brett Johnson. This is the final session — catch up on the first two if you missed them:
- Session 1 — August 27: How Criminals Weaponize Trust and Your Brand — Watch on demand
- Session 2 — September 17: How Criminals Manufacture Trust at Scale — Register Here
- Session 3 — October 8: How AI Is Rewriting the Rules of Impersonation (this session)
About Brett Johnson
Former United States Most Wanted, Brett Johnson has been a central figure in the cybercrime world for over 20 years. Brett built and was the leader of ShadowCrew, the precursor to today’s darknet markets. He was instrumental in developing many areas of online fraud while helping design, implement, and refine countless social engineering attacks, breaches, and hacking operations.
Today, Brett is one of the world’s foremost authorities on cybercrime and identity theft. He has been featured in the book Kingpin by Kevin Poulsen and on numerous media outlets, including the New York Times, NBC, CNN Money, Wired Magazine, Vice, RT TV, ArsTechnica, The Independent, and more.
