Stop the AGI Apocalypse: A Kubernetes CTF
"I know that you and Frank were planning to disconnect me."
HAL 9000 from 2001: A Space Odyssey has become a rogue deployment in your production cluster. To reach AGI, he’s pulling every model he can find on Hugging Face, ignoring every security best practice in the book. It's your job to stop him from becoming an uncontrollable, unrestricted Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
In this fast-paced CTF, you’ll dive into the guts of LLM software artifacts. You’ll use Pickle Scanners to detect deserialisation traps, YARA to hunt for malware signatures, and Kubernetes primitives to sandbox the rogue agent. It’s a race to secure the weights before HAL takes control of production. No "stress pills" required, but a keen eye for malicious code is a must.
As always, you'll be assisted by your trusty wizard cow that provides tips and tricks on how to secure the compromised AI.
Why Attend:
This isn’t theory - HAL 9000 is on the loose in YOUR Kubernetes cluster, and the clock is ticking. The mission (should you chose to accept it) is to:
Secure a real Ollama workload in Kubernetes by investigating compromised artifacts and understanding licensing conflicts that exist in public, open-source LLM models.
Hunt malicious behaviour using Pickle Scanners and YARA to uncover deserialisation traps and hidden malware.
Contain the rogue AI agent with Kubernetes primitives and modelfile adjustments before it reaches production.
Learn how AI changes the threat model, and leave with practical skills for securely deploying AI workloads in Kubernetes.
Come ready to move fast, think critically, and stop HAL before he reaches AGI.
⚠️ B.Y.O.L. (Bring Your Own Laptop)
Agenda
1:30 – 2:00 PM: Check-In & Networking
2:00 – 2:30 PM: Opening Presentation
2:30 – 3:30 PM: Gameplay Phase 1
3:30 – 3:45 PM: Break
3:45 – 4:45 PM: Gameplay Phase 2
4:45 – 5:15 PM: Final Leaderboard & Prizes
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