OWASP LA November VIRTUAL Meetup - Jake Bernardes
OWASP Los Angeles is hosting an upcoming virtual meetup with Jack Bernardes.
Topic:
AI Finds a Way: The $25 Cyberattack That Changes Everything
Abstract:
How autonomous agents are breaking into businesses, AI is accelerating vulnerability discovery, and why traditional cybersecurity can’t keep up.
What happens when a cybercriminal can attack 100 companies for $25 each, without writing sophisticated exploits or personally directing every step?
We found out.
In September 2026, Gambit uncovered a campaign where autonomous AI agents compromised real organisations, stole payment information and even destroyed production data.
Meanwhile, AI-assisted vulnerability research is accelerating the discovery of weaknesses in established technologies such as PHP.
Speaker
Jake Bernardes, CISO at Gambit Security, takes you inside the attacks, explains what’s fundamentally changed, and reveals which surprisingly basic controls frustrated the AI.
From autonomous exploitation to the collapse of traditional remediation timelines, this session challenges the assumption that prevention alone can protect modern businesses.
Jurassic Park taught us that life finds a way. AI just made finding that way incredibly cheap.
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