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Presentation Archive

APT2

• BsidesKnoxville2016: View PDF
  • Scripting Myself Out of a Job - Automating the Penetration Test with APT2 - Adam Compton
• Derbycon2016: View PDF
  • 313 Scripting Myself Out of a Job Automating the Penetration Test with APT2 Adam Compton Austin Lane
• SecureWV2016: View PDF
  • 112 Scripting Myself Out of a Job Automating the Penetration Test with APT2 Adam Compton

BASH FOR PENTESTS

• BsidesKnoxville2025: View PDF
  • N/A (not posted yet)
• WebinarTrustedSec2025:
  • N/A (not posted yet)
• GRRCon2025:
  • N/A (not posted yet)
• SecureWV2025:
  • N/A (not posted yet)

Baby C2

• BsidesKnoxville2024: View PDF
  • Adam Compton: A Hillbilly's First C2

Finding My Way in InfoSec

• SecureWV2024: View PDF
  • KEYNOTE Adam Compton - Hillbilly Storytime: Fails, Fumbles, and Finding My Way in InfoSec

Finding Your Home in InfoSec

• SecureWV2023: View PDF
  • Adam Compton Finding your Home in Infosec - SECUREWV 14 REBOOT
• BsidesKnoxville2023: View PDF
  • Adam Compton - Finding Your Home in Infosec: To Specialize or Not

FullAuto OSINT

• BsidesKnoxville2018: View PDF
  • BSides Knoxville 2018 (Second Track, KEC, afternoon sessions)

Guide to Staying Anonymous Online

• BsidesKnoxville2020: View PDF
  • Adam Compton - A Hillbilly's Guide to Staying Anonymous Online
• SecureWV2020: View PDF
  • N/A (if you know of a video for this one, let me know)

HillbillStoryTime PentestFails

• BsidesKnoxville2017: View PDF
  • Adam Compton - Hillbilly Storytime - Pentest Fails
• CarolinaCon2017: (I misplaced the slidedeck)
  • N/A (if you know of a video for this one, let me know)
• InfoSecEurope2017: View PDF
  • N/A (if you know of a video for this one, let me know)
• SecureWV2017: View PDF
  • Speaker11 Hillbilly Storytime Pentest Fails Adam Compton
• WWHF2018: View PDF
  • N/A (if you know of a video for this one, let me know)
• HackerHalted2018: View PDF
  • N/A (if you know of a video for this one, let me know)
• BsidesLV2018: View PDF
  • BSIDESLV 2018 - Proving Ground - Day Two
• BsidesNashville2018: View PDF
  • BSides Nashville 2018 Red 02 Hillbilly Storytime Pentest Fails Adam Compton
• Derbycon2018: View PDF
  • Hillbilly Storytime Pentest Fails Adam Compton DerbyCon 8
• GRRCon2019: (I misplaced the slidedeck)
  • GrrCON 2019 3 10 Hillbilly Storytime Pentest Fails Adam Compton
• WebinarTrustedSec2021: View PDF
  • Webinar: PenTesting Fails - What To Do When You Make (a Lot of) Mistakes in InfoSec
• SecureWV2022: (I misplaced the slidedeck)
  • Adam Compton - Hillbilly Storytime (2022 Edition) - Pentest Fails - LUCKY TH1RT3EN
• BsidesKnoxville2022: (no slide deck for this one, bonus impromptu presentation)
  • Adam Compton - Pentest Fails - Revisited!
• BsidesCleveland2022: View PDF
  • N/A (if you know of a video for this one, let me know)
• Layer8Conference2025:
  • N/A (No videos were recorded)
• DC865 September 2025 Meeting:
  • N/A (No video was recorded)

How I Became a Pentester

• BsidesNashville2019: View PDF
  • N/A (if you know of a video for this one, let me know)

How We Created Our Own C2

• Derbycon2017: View PDF
  • T401 How we accidentally created our own RATC2Distributed Computing Network Adam Compton Bill Harshb

Learn From Your Mistakes

• BsidesAtlanta2012: View PDF
  • N/A (if you know of a video for this one, let me know)
• BsidesNashville2014: (I misplaced the slidedeck)
  • 101 learn from your mistakes adam len compton

SPF

• BlackHatSEVillage2015: View PDF
  • DEF CON 23 - Social Engineering Village - Adam Compton & Eric Gershman - SpeedPhishing Framework
• BsidesKnoxville2015: View PDF
  • BSides Knoxville 2015 Track 105 Phishing Going from Recon to Credentials Adam Compton Eric Gershman
• Derbycon2015: View PDF
  • 07 Phishing Groing from Recon to Creds Adam Compton Eric Gershman DerbyCon 5
• BsidesLV2015: (I misplaced the slidedeck)
  • PG13 Phishing Going from Recon to Credentials Adam Compton Eric Gershman
• HackCon2016: View PDF
  • HackCON #11 | Infinigate TV with speaker Adam Compton from Rapid 7

Teaching An Old Pentester New Tricks

• BsidesKnoxville2021: View PDF
  • Adam Compton - Teaching an Old Pentester New Tricks

To Burnout And Back Again

• BsidesKnoxville2022: View PDF
  • Adam Compton - To Burnout and Back again, A Hillbilly's Journey

Unix The Other White Meat

• BsidesCleveland2019: View PDF
  • BSides Cleveland A 01 Unix the Other White Meat Adam Len Compton David Boyd
• BsidesKnoxville2019: View PDF
  • Unix The Other White Meat Adam Compton and David Boyd
• Derbycon2019: View PDF
  • Unix the Other White Meat Adam Compton David Boyd DerbyCon 9

Tool Demos

• BlackHat US Tools Arsenal 2015: SPF
• Defcon 23 (2015): SPF
• BlackHat US Tools Arsenal 2016: APT2
• Defcon 24 (2016): APT2
• BlackHat Europe Tools Arsenal 2016: APT2
• BlackHat US Tools Arsenal 2017: Legion
• BlackHat Asia Tools Arsenal 2018: APT2

Other Webinars/etc

• Career Path

  • WebinarTrustedSec: View PDF
    • Webinar: Creating your Career Path in Information Security

• Webinar: Who's Winning the Red vs Blue Team Arms Race?

• Ask Me Anything: Pen Testing from a Hacker's Perspective