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Oct6
SecTor 2026 · Arsenal
“Chat Template Backdoor Scanner”
Ariel Fogel, AI Security Researcher
Events & Webinars
Meet the Pillar team at conferences, SAIL Forum evenings and webinars, and catch up on past talks on demand.
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Conferences, SAIL Forum evenings and talks from the Pillar team and Pillar Research.
Happening now · Speaking
SecTor 2026 · Arsenal
Oct 6–8, 2026 · Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto
An open-source scanner that finds backdoors hidden in model chat templates. Live at Arsenal Station 2, Wednesday Oct 7, 1:00 PM.
“Chat Template Backdoor Scanner”
Ariel Fogel, AI Security Researcher
Oct6
- Arsenal Station 2 · Level 800, Hall E
- Wed Oct 7 · 1:00 PM
- AI/ML & Data Science track
Next up · Speaking
BSides NYC
Oct 17, 2026 · John Jay College, New York
Sat Oct 17, 4:00 PM · Tech – Red track.
“Weirder Machines: Compositional Attack Surfaces at the LLM-Tool Boundary”
Ariel Fogel, AI Security Researcher · Eilon Cohen, Head of Security Research
Oct17
Next up · Speaking
AI Agent Security Summit
Oct 21, 2026 · Pier Sixty, New York
“Privilege Escalation in Google's ADK CI”
Ariel Fogel, AI Security Researcher
Oct21
Next up · Conference
[un]prompted
Oct 27–29, 2026 · San Francisco
Pillar Research is around off-stage. Grab time with the team.
Oct27
Next up · Speaking
OWASP Global AppSec USA 2026
Nov 5–6, 2026 · San Francisco
Two talks from Pillar Research.
“Exploits of Agency: Mapping out insecure development patterns across the agentic landscape”
Dan Lisichkin · Thu Nov 5, 11:30 AM
“Open Source Sleeper Agents: Compromising Agents via Chat Templates”
Ariel Fogel, with Omer Hofman (Fujitsu Research of Europe) · Fri Nov 6, 2:15 PM
Nov5
Oct17
BSides NYC
Sat Oct 17, 4:00 PM · Tech – Red track.
“Weirder Machines: Compositional Attack Surfaces at the LLM-Tool Boundary”
Ariel Fogel, AI Security Researcher · Eilon Cohen, Head of Security Research
Oct21
AI Agent Security Summit
“Privilege Escalation in Google's ADK CI”
Ariel Fogel, AI Security Researcher
Oct27
[un]prompted
Pillar Research is around off-stage. Grab time with the team.
Nov5
OWASP Global AppSec USA 2026
Two talks from Pillar Research.
“Exploits of Agency: Mapping out insecure development patterns across the agentic landscape”
Dan Lisichkin · Thu Nov 5, 11:30 AM
“Open Source Sleeper Agents: Compromising Agents via Chat Templates”
Ariel Fogel, with Omer Hofman (Fujitsu Research of Europe) · Fri Nov 6, 2:15 PM
Nothing scheduled here yet. Check back soon.
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On demand
Webinars to watch now
On demand webinarA Practitioner's Guide to Building an AI Inventory
On demand
A Practitioner's Guide to Building an AI Inventory
Dor Sarig, Co-founder & CPO, Pillar · James Berthoty, Founder, Latio
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Building Your AI Security Roadmap
Dor Sarig, Co-founder & CPO, Pillar
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AI Security: Agentic Use Cases and Challenges for 2025
Dor Sarig, Co-founder & CPO, Pillar · James Berthoty, Founder, Latio
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Past events
Where we've been
Talks, booths and forums since 2025. Recordings and recaps are linked where they exist.
2026
- Aug 25, 2026SecureTalk podcast“AI agent hacks another AI agent inside Google”Dan LisichkinVirtualListen
- Aug 7, 2026DEF CON 34 · AI Village“Agent-to-Agent Privilege Boundary Failures in CI/CD Agents”Poster session.Dan LisichkinLas Vegas
- Aug 3–6, 2026Black Hat USA 2026Booth #5711: live demos and a CTF challenge.Mandalay Bay, Las VegasEvent page
- Jun 25–26, 2026OWASP Global AppSec EU 2026“From Prompts to Payloads: Exploiting the AI-AppSec Intersection”Two hands-on sessions of Pillar's AtlasOps AI security CTF, plus office hours.Eilon Cohen · Ariel Fogel · Dan LisichkinViennaPlay the CTF
- Jun 4, 2026Infosecurity Europe · OWASP GenAI Security Summit“State of Agentic AI Security and Governance”As a co-lead of the OWASP report, Ariel introduced its Enterprise Adoption Maturity Model.Ariel FogelExCeL, LondonRecap
- Mar 23–26, 2026RSAC 2026Executive briefing suite and a SAIL Forum happy hour.Palace Hotel, San FranciscoEvent page
2025
- Dec 11, 2025BSides Tel AvivPresented Pillar's research on backdoored GGUF chat templates during Cyber Week.Ariel FogelTel Aviv
- Nov 20, 2025A Practitioner's Guide to Building an AI InventoryHow enterprises discover, catalog and secure AI assets before they become liabilities.Dor Sarig · James BerthotyVirtualWatch
- Nov 6, 2025OWASP Global AppSec USA 2025“LLM Backdoors in Plain Sight: The Threat of Poisoned Templates”Ariel FogelWashington, D.C.
- Sep 4, 2025Insecure Agents podcast, Ep. 10Dor on securing AI systems and the SAIL framework.Dor SarigVirtualListen
- Aug 4–7, 2025Black Hat USA 2025Executive briefings and the launch of the SAIL Forum.Las VegasEvent page
- Jul 23, 2025Building Your AI Security RoadmapSAIL Framework principles in practice, with contributors to the framework.Dor SarigVirtualWatch
- Jun 30, 2025Latio: On the Record, Ep. 7“Securing AI Applications”Dor SarigVirtualListen
- Apr 28 – May 1, 2025RSAC 2025Executive briefing suite at the Palace Hotel. Pillar was a finalist in the AWS & CrowdStrike Cybersecurity Accelerator.Palace Hotel, San FranciscoEvent page
- Jan 15, 2025AI Security: Agentic Use Cases and Challenges for 2025Panel webinar on agentic AI use cases, risks and 2025 predictions.Dor Sarig · James BerthotyVirtualWatch
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- Attack surfaces at the LLM–tool boundary
- Insecure agent development patterns
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