Recon 2026

I have to use AI, so what now? A skeptic guide to vibing RE/VR
2026-06-19 , Grand Salon Opera
Language: English

What's a Claude? Why are we re-inventing IPCs? What's the difference between GPT-5.2 and 5.3? All great questions we will NOT answer in this presentation. Instead we will focus on how we can use AI to handle the annoying tasks while saving our time for the fun work. We'll see how we can identify binaries of interest and spicy code, create a VR harness in the age of MCP servers to automate report generation and the associated collection of necessary artifacts, and more. All-in-all, a pragmatic approach to using AI to enhance our reversing capabilities instead of deskilling ourselves.

Philippe Laulheret is a Senior Vulnerability Researcher at Cisco Talos. With a focus on Reverse Engineering and Vulnerability Research, Philippe uses his background in Embedded Security and Software Engineering to poke at complex systems and get them to behave in interesting ways.
Philippe presented multiple projects covering hardware hacking, reverse engineering and exploitation at DEF CON, Black Hat, REcon, Hardwear.io, Eko Party and more. In his spare time, Philippe enjoys playing CTFs, immersing himself in the beauty of the Pacific Northwest, and exploring the realm of Creative Coding. Philippe holds a MSc in Computer Science from Georgia Tech and a MSc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Supélec (France).