Built by the team behind HOU.SEC.CON. (now CYBR.SEC.CON.) and partnered with renowned penetration tester Phil Wylie, CYBR.HAK.CON. aims to reconnect cybersecurity conferences with their grassroots hacker culture through hands-on training, community collaboration, and practitioner-first experiences.
In this week's CYBR.SEC.Media newsletter: preview of CYBR.HAK.CON, why traditional Level 1 SOC operations are breaking down under modern threat pressure, and where cybersecurity professionals can find mental health support built for the realities of the job.
They dig into emerging use cases like AI “companions,” virtual girlfriends/boyfriends, grief bots, and even “virtual immortality” where a chatbot continues posting and interacting on social media after someone’s death.
