Confessions of a Friendly Hacker: Keren Elazari on Why We Still Need Human Hackers
Recorded on the CyberCon 2026 expo floor in Melbourne, this episode sees host David Savva-Willett sit down with Keren Elazari, the friendly hacker, the day after her keynote closed out day one of the conference. Keren is the founder of BSidesTLV and Leading Cyber Ladies, a senior researcher at Tel Aviv University, and the speaker behind one of TED's most watched talks on why the world needs hackers.
Twelve years on from that talk, Keren explains how AI has shrunk the time it takes to find and exploit a vulnerability from months to hours, and why defenders will never win a speed race with the…
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