OSINT Against the Machine: Fighting AI-Generated Disinformation
Recon Village @ DEF CON 33 • 8th, 9th and 10th August 2025
Abstract
As AI accelerates the creation and spread of synthetic media, the disinformation threat landscape is evolving. From deepfaked political speeches to fabricated news sites, the weaponization of AI is eroding public trust in truth itself. This talk explores how OSINT offers a verifiable countermeasure to AI-driven falsehoods to detect, investigate, and debunk AI-generated content in the wild. Whether you’re an analyst or simply trying to protect the signal from the noise, this session will equip you to challenge synthetic narratives with verifiable evidence. In the age of artificial deception, OSINT is not just a tool set-it’s a digital duty. It takes all of us to verify the truth.
Speaker
Threat Intelligence Analyst at Recorded Future
Zoey Selman, known in the community as V3rbaal, is a Threat Intelligence Analyst on Recorded Future's Insikt Group and specializes in APT research. She is a Co-Lead of DEF CON Demo Labs, the Founding Director of DEF CON's Blue Team Village, and the former Director of Trace Labs.
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