Hack Dissection14 Juli 2025

Episode 0x5: Model Behavior

In this episode of Hack Dissection, hosts Mike Lisi and Graham O'Donnell sit down with red teamer, educator, and co-author of Redefining Hacking — Wesley Thurner. What starts as a light-hearted conversation about soldering badges at Cactus Con quickly dives deep into red team tactics, AI exploitation, and the culture of CTF (Capture the Flag) competitions.

Wesley shares real-world stories from his time in the military, his role on red teams at Amazon and Intuit, and his work organizing large-scale CTF events through ThreatSim and Red Team Village. From session hijacking and model poisoning to building MVP command-and-control tools with LLMs, this episode is packed with insights from the front lines of ethical hacking.

Whether you're a cybersecurity pro, CTF player, or curious about how AI is reshaping the red team playbook, this conversation offers a rare look behind the curtain — with humor, humility, and a whole lot of practical wisdom.

Topics covered:

Creative red team engagements involving AI platforms
How tainted training data can derail machine learning models
The evolving power (and danger) of prompt engineering
CTF design philosophy and community-first organizing
Why the simplest hacks still work in complex systems

📕 Redefining Hacking is available now — and you might even catch Wesley signing copies at DEF CON’s Red Team Village.

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