Tech

In this deep dive, the article explores the industry-wide reaction to Mythos (an AI-driven vulnerability discovery tool) and Glasswing (a coordinated disclosure business line). While social media claims these tools "change the game forever," the author argues that the fundamental struggle between attackers and defenders remains largely unchanged.

After speaking at Black Hat MEA 2025 in Riyadh (and the Cyber Marketing Conference a week later), I expected strong security content—but what stayed with me was how different the conference experience felt versus US-based events. Here are five observations (booths, image-making, hands-on culture, gender balance, and upsell dynamics) plus a few offsite moments and art highlights.