Speaking

From attacker engineering and fraud to intelligence, AI, and the future of defense, I bring perspectives together that are too often considered separately. My goal isn’t simply to share what I know. It’s to change how the room thinks about what’s possible.

Spoken at and covered by

  • RBLN
  • Team Cymru
  • PCI SSC
  • Underground Economy
  • Intel 471
  • MITRE CTID
  • Piper Sandler
  • Linux Journal
  • Mil-OSS
  • Red Hat
  • Nikkei Business

Recent talks

Attacker engineering

How adversaries build, test and scale operations, and how defense changes when they run AI agents.

Fraud intelligence and frameworks

Fraud intelligence built for agentic commerce, with FT3 as a taxonomy that works at machine speed.

Security from every seat

Offense, incident response, compliance and threat intelligence, from someone who has worked each one.

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2026

November 2026

  • The RBLN West conference room, with four armchairs on stage and the RBLN logo on the screen
    When Both Sides Have Agents: Attacker Engineering at Machine SpeedRBLN WestSan Francisco, CA

    The next attacker may not need to break in. In agentic systems, an action can be permitted—and still adversarial. This is not a talk about asking an LLM to just threat model.

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September 2026

  • Fraud Intelligence Beyond the Transaction

    Team Cymru’s fraud-intelligence page quotes Vincent Passaro on where fraud is built and where it is monetized, and highlights FT3 and FT3 2.0 as shared language for defenders. “Fraud is monetized in payments.

    Press coverage
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  • Main hall at the PCI SSC North America Community Meeting, Vancouver 2026
    Simple and Complex Environments - A Service Provider's PerspectivePCI SSC North America Community MeetingNorth America Community Meeting · Vancouver, BC

    In this talk, Stripe will share practical observations from the field describing “simple” environments where merchants rely largely on service providers for payments processing and contrast those with “complex” environments that directly contact or retain card data.

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  • The AI Hackathon room, with long tables set in a U shape
    AI HackathonUnderground EconomyStrasbourg

    Sponsored by Anthropic and Team Cymru. A hands-on hackathon that picked up where the Zero to Hero training ended: threat hunters and investigators applied it to track real-world threat and fraud actors.

    HackathonTLP:REDClosed session. Not recorded or shared.
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  • Title slide of the Threat Intel Zero to Hero workshop at the Underground Economy conference, September 2026
    Zero to Hero: Threat intelligence with Claude Code & ScoutUnderground EconomyStrasbourg

    A hands-on workshop where defenders will leverage Claude Code + the Pure Signal Scout MCP to conduct a real threat intelligence investigations, using live Team Cymru data in a TLP:RED environment.

    TrainingTLP:REDClosed session. Not recorded or shared.
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  • Stop Fraud Earlier: Spotting Attack Patterns in Threat Intelligence

    Team Cymru credits FT3, the fraud taxonomy created by Vincent Passaro at Stripe, and notes support as it evolves into FT3 2.0 — in a post on spotting attack patterns before the transaction.

    Press coverage
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June 2026

  • Vincent Passaro presenting FT3 on stage at RISE-X NYC, June 2026
    FT3 Evolution: From Static Classification to Living Agentic FrameworkRISE-X NYCRISE-X NYC · New York

    This session will provide a builder’s view of how fraud intelligence must evolve as adversaries use AI to accelerate their tactics. The next evolution is making that language operational, adaptive, and usable inside real investigative and intelligence workflows.

    TalkTLP:REDClosed session. Not recorded or shared.
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April 2026

  • The audience at round tables during Intel 471 CyberCon, April 2026
    FT3: The Industry's First Agentic ATT&CK-Style MatrixIntel471 CyberConCyberCon · Frisco, TX

    FT3 brings an ATT&CK-style model to fraud defense. This session breaks down how it actually gets operationalized, from classifying fraud behavior to building workflows teams can act on at scale.

    Talk
  • Main conference room at RISE Ireland 2026
    A Charge to the Defender CommunityRISE IrelandRISE Ireland · Dublin, Ireland

    Opening keynote on the power of the defender community and the responsibility of being in the room. The talk welcomed attendees on behalf of Stripe Security and centered on a simple idea: everyone present had the opportunity to change an outcome for the better.

    KeynoteTLP:REDClosed session. Not recorded or shared.
  • Title slide of the Threat Intel Zero to Hero workshop at RISE Ireland, April 2026
    Zero to Hero: Threat intelligence with Claude Code & ScoutRISE IrelandRISE Ireland · Dublin, Ireland

    A hands-on workshop where defenders use Claude Code and the Pure Signal Scout MCP to run real threat intelligence investigations.

    TrainingTLP:REDClosed session. Not recorded or shared.
    Course details
  • Fraud Fighters United with MITRE F3

    FT3, the fraud framework Vincent Passaro created at Stripe, is a cited source of MITRE F3, which this CTID post launches.

    Article
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    MITRE F3 Design Principles — Sources of Information

    FT3, the fraud framework Vincent Passaro created at Stripe, is listed among the frameworks MITRE F3 analyzed.

    Press coverage
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    MITRE F3 Design Principles and Methodology (PDF)

    FT3, created by Vincent Passaro at Stripe, is listed in section 4.1.2.1 of the MITRE F3 methodology, saved here as a PDF.

    Press coverage
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    MITRE’s Center for Threat-Informed Defense Launches Framework to Combat Financial Fraud

    FT3, created by Vincent Passaro at Stripe, is a cited source of the Fight Fraud Framework (F3) that MITRE announces here.

    Press releaseMcLean, VA
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March 2026

  • Vincent Passaro, Joe Sandler, Piper Sandler Cybersecurity CEO Summit
    Outside-In: Rethinking External Threat Detection When AI Changes EverythingPiper Sandler Cybersecurity SummitSan Francisco, CA

    A Piper Sandler Cybersecurity CEO Summit session with Vincent Passaro and Team Cymru CEO Joe Sander on how AI is reshaping external threat detection, fraud intelligence, and internet-scale visibility.

    Fireside
  • From Developer to Product Owner: The Fundamental Shifts from Generative AI

    Team Cymru’s Jeremy Bender writes up Vince Passaro’s Future of Threat Intelligence conversation on generative AI shifting engineers from developers to product owners — and the productivity, risk, and workflow implications.

    Article
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  • Future of Threat Intelligence episode art reading “Stop wiring. Start owning outcomes.” beside a portrait of Vincent Passaro
    Two Minds, One Reframe: A Shift That Won't WaitFuture of Threat Intelligence

    Past the hype: security practitioners are becoming owners of outcomes, not just builders of tools. Explore how analyst judgment, agentic workflows, and product thinking can help small teams move problems that once felt too complex, too slow, or too expensive to solve.

    Podcast
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February 2026

  • Fraud Intelligence at Stripe: Inside the Financial Fraud Kill Chain

    Learn how Stripe’s Vincent Passaro applies fraud intelligence to the financial fraud kill chain, breaking down account takeover and how to proactively defend.

    Article
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  • Vincent Passaro presenting at RISE USA beside a screen that reads “You’re someone’s butterfly”
    The Butterfly EffectRISE USARISE USA · San Francisco, U.S.

    Using the butterfly effect as a metaphor, this keynote explored how trust, permission, and presence can shift complex systems in unpredictable ways, and how community gives legitimacy a path to travel.

    KeynoteTLP:REDClosed session. Not recorded or shared.
  • Future of Threat Intelligence episode art reading “Technique tagging at scale” beside a portrait of Vincent Passaro
    Fraud Taxonomies & Generating Red Team Testing RoadmapsFuture of Threat Intelligence

    FT3 gives fraud teams shared language for classification and a foundation for action, powering analyst workflows, machine-speed decisions, red team testing, and intelligence packages built for the real world.

    Podcast
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  • Intel 471 UnConference banner for San Diego, February 5, 2026
    Fighting Fraud with FT3Intel471 UnconferenceUnconference · San Diego, CA

    FT3 gives fraud defenders a common language to classify attacker behavior, connect patterns across cases, and turn isolated investigations into reusable operational intelligence.

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2025

September 2025

  • The Council of Europe hemicycle in Strasbourg, seen from the back rows
    Arrival of FT3 (Fraud Tools Tactics and Techniques)Underground Economy 2025Strasbourg, France

    FT3 reaches one of the field’s most trusted global defender communities: Underground Economy. The talk presented Fraud Tools, Tactics, and Techniques as a shared framework for defending the financial ecosystem.

    TalkTLP:REDClosed session. Not recorded or shared.

June 2025

  • Intel 471 UnConference banner for Denver, June 12, 2025
    Fighting Fraud with FT3Intel471 UnconferenceUnconference · Denver, CO

    FT3 gives fraud defenders a common language to classify attacker behavior, connect patterns across cases, and turn isolated investigations into reusable operational intelligence.

    Keynote
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April 2025

  • The RISE USA San Francisco room, with the event title on two screens above rows of chairs
    Evolution of FT3 (Fraud Tools Tactics and Techniques)RISE USARISE USA · San Francisco, U.S.

    FT3 becomes a bridge across fraud, threat intelligence, and security operations. Session explores how shared language reduces translation loss and turns pattern recognition into operational leverage.

    KeynoteTLP:REDClosed session. Not recorded or shared.

February 2025

  • The cruise ship that hosted RISE Finland, moored in the harbour
    FT3 (Fraud Tools Tactics and Techniques) RISE FinlandRISE Finland · Undisclosed Location (Baltic Sea)

    FT3 evolves from concept into structure. The talk explored how fraud tactics, techniques, and workflows could be mapped with enough precision to support shared reasoning and defensive action.

    TalkTLP:REDClosed session. Not recorded or shared.
  • The RISE-X London room at Stripe, with the Stripe logo on two wall screens
    Introducing FT3: Common Language for FraudRISE-X LondonRISE-X London · London, England

    FT3 began as an early field signal: fraud needed a common language. The talk introduced the case for a framework that could help defenders classify behavior, compare patterns, and move beyond isolated casework.

    TalkTLP:REDClosed session. Not recorded or shared.
2003–2015

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Speaker kit

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Vincent Passaro

Head of Attacker Engineering & Intelligence Partnerships

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Short bio

Vincent Passaro is Head of Attacker Engineering & Intelligence Partnerships at Stripe and the creator of FT3, an open framework of fraud tactics and techniques that MITRE’s Fight Fraud Framework cites among its sources. He speaks on attacker engineering, fraud intelligence and security from every seat, drawing on 25 years in security that began in the 82nd Airborne.

Full bio

Vincent Passaro is Head of Attacker Engineering & Intelligence Partnerships at Stripe, where his work spans threat intelligence, offensive operations, fraud and attacker engineering. He created FT3 (Fraud Tools, Tactics, and Techniques), an open framework that gives fraud and security teams a shared language for adversary behavior. MITRE’s Fight Fraud Framework (F3) cites FT3 among its sources.

His 25 years in security began in the 82nd Airborne, with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. He went on to red team operations, penetration testing and security assessments for NASA and the Department of Defense, created Aqueduct, an open-source compliance-as-code project, and worked in incident response and cyber intelligence at AWS.

He speaks at conferences, closed-door industry sessions and company events, and teaches hands-on trainings on attacker engineering and fraud intelligence. He is based in San Diego.

Based
San Diego, CA
Focus
Fraud intelligence · attacker engineering
Experience
25 years in security
Currently
Stripe
Framework
FT3 · creator
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