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This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2025. #GOTOcon #YOW
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Katie Paxton-Fear - Occasional Bug Bounty Hunter and Educational YouTuber @InsiderPhD
ORIGINAL TALK TITLE
AI Agents Gone Rogue? Building, Defending & Attacking AI-Enabled Apps • Katie Paxton-Fear
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ABSTRACT
The rise of AI agents promises a new era of automation and intelligence, but what happens when these powerful entities are weaponised?
This talk dives into the chilling reality of "hackbots", the sinking of vibe coded apps and ship-it mentality and the iceberg that is the emerging AI attack surface, that we are only just seeing the tip of. If you feel overwhelmed about AI security and you’re not sure where to even begin with AI agents, this talk will cover everything you need to know about how AI agents are being employed, hacked and exploited with real examples of real attacks, vulnerabilities and issues. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
02:54 What are Al agents?
04:51 How do AI agents work?
06:56 Making agentic Al work
07:40 Agenda: What happens when AI agents don't follow the script?
08:19 1. Socially engineering agents
13:47 2. Hacking agentic frameworks
16:49 3. Malicious agents in the loop
20:53 4. Al as the accidental insider
24:57 5. Hackbots
28:58 6. The future?
30:47 Outro
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This presentation was recorded at YOW! 2025. #GOTOcon #YOW
yowcon.com
Katie Paxton-Fear - Occasional Bug Bounty Hunter and Educational YouTuber @InsiderPhD
ORIGINAL TALK TITLE
AI Agents Gone Rogue? Building, Defending & Attacking AI-Enabled Apps • Katie Paxton-Fear
RESOURCES
https://bsky.app/profile/insider.phd
twitter.com/InsiderPhD
github.com/InsiderPhD
linkedin.com/in/katiepf
https://insider.phd
Links
xbow.com/blog/xbow-akamai-cloudtest-xxe
ABSTRACT
The rise of AI agents promises a new era of automation and intelligence, but what happens when these powerful entities are weaponised?
This talk dives into the chilling reality of "hackbots", the sinking of vibe coded apps and ship-it mentality and the iceberg that is the emerging AI attack surface, that we are only just seeing the tip of. If you feel overwhelmed about AI security and you’re not sure where to even begin with AI agents, this talk will cover everything you need to know about how AI agents are being employed, hacked and exploited with real examples of real attacks, vulnerabilities and issues. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
02:54 What are Al agents?
04:51 How do AI agents work?
06:56 Making agentic Al work
07:40 Agenda: What happens when AI agents don't follow the script?
08:19 1. Socially engineering agents
13:47 2. Hacking agentic frameworks
16:49 3. Malicious agents in the loop
20:53 4. Al as the accidental insider
24:57 5. Hackbots
28:58 6. The future?
30:47 Outro
Read the full abstract here:
yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/sessions/3910
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Katharine Jarmul • Practical Data Privacy • amzn.to/3OafC3m
Adib Saikali & Laurentiu Spilca • Software Security for Developers • amzn.to/4aPhqu0
Liz Rice • Container Security • amzn.to/3oU4iJe
Aaron Parecki • OAuth 2.0 Simplified • amzn.to/2A3IMOf
https://bsky.app/profile/gotocon.com
linkedin.com/company/goto-
instagram.com/goto_con
facebook.com/GOTOConferences
#AIAgents #Cybersecurity #Security #Hackbots #s1ngularity #AIAttack #AISecurity #InsiderPHD #VibeCoding #KatiePaxtonFear #YOWcon
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![[404] – Developer Not Found: The Continuing Developer Evolution • Derek Bingham • YOW! 2025](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jpsDPUUJiYM/mqdefault.jpg "[404] – Developer Not Found: The Continuing Developer Evolution • Derek Bingham • YOW! 2025
This presentation was recorded at YOW! Australia 2025. #GOTOcon #YOW
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Derek Bingham - Senior Developer Advocate at AWS @DerekBingham
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ABSTRACT
The developer landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. What began with coding assistants has rapidly evolved into AI agents and autonomous systems that are reshaping how we build software. However, this evolution isnt slowing down—its accelerating.
In this forward-looking session, well examine the current state of the developer ecosystem and how AI is fundamentally changing what it means to be a developer. With the use of real practical demos and examples we will explore :
• The trajectory from coding assistants to AI agents.
• How modern developer workflows are being reimagined
• The shifting balance between human creativity and machine capabilities
• Critical skills developers need to thrive in this new paradigm
• Practical strategies for navigating this rapidly evolving landscape
Whether youre concerned about keeping pace with change or excited about the possibilities ahead, this session is for you. [...]
TIMECODES
00:00 Intro
05:50 [404] – Developer not found
06:20 Evolution: The evolution of developers tools
10:06 State: What is an agent?
11:42 Prompt engineering
12:35 Context engineering
14:17 Context management 101
17:59 Fears: The false fears
22:28 Spec-driven development
27:13 Opportunities
30:52 Challenges
33:19 Future
37:40 Outro
Read the full abstract here:
https://yowcon.com/brisbane-2025/sessions/3836
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Pete McBreen • Software Craftsmanship • https://amzn.to/456einq
Phil Winder • Reinforcement Learning • https://amzn.to/3t1S1VZ
Jay Wengrow • A Common-Sense Guide to AI Engineering • https://pragprog.com/titles/jwpaieng
Kurt Dowswell • Programming with GitHub Copilot • https://amzn.to/3TM2HaL
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#AI #DeveloperEvolution #DeveloperEcosystem #AIAgents #AISkills #VibeCoding #Kiro #AgenticWorkflows #PromptEngineering #ContextEngineering #SpecDrivenDevelopment #DerekBingham #TodayInTech #YOWcon
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