Black Hat and DEF CON are AI conferences now, too
Summary
The Register's Kettle podcast revisits the annual 'hacker summer camp,' encompassing Black Hat and DEF CON. This year's dominant theme was agentic AI, indicating a significant shift in focus within the cybersecurity conference landscape.
IFF Assessment
FOE
The rise of agentic AI as a dominant theme at hacker conferences suggests new and potentially complex threats that defenders will need to address.
Defender Context
The increasing focus on agentic AI at major cybersecurity conferences highlights a growing trend in threat actor capabilities and defensive challenges. Defenders should anticipate AI-powered attacks and explore AI-driven defense mechanisms.