hack::soho August | Using the OWASP Top 10 to Save the Astronauts from HAL

Join us for an evening of fun at this month’s hack::soho taking place 28 August, 6pm – 9pm GMT, set up to be a loose networking environment where cyber security professionals can chat, get some complimentary food & drink, and discuss rising global trends.

This month’s hack::soho will feature a talk from IOActive Senior Security Consultant Nick Dunn. The abstract of the talk, ‘Using the OWASP Top 10 to Save the Astronauts from HAL,’ is below!

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ABSTRACT

A discussion of the OWASP ML Top 10 and OWASP LLM Top 10, and how a failure to apply these principles in 2001 A Space Odyssey, led to implementation flaws in HAL 9000, resulting in disastrous consequences for the crew.

The talk uses the OWASP Top 10 for ML and OWASP Top 10 for LLMs to amylase the nature of the flaws in HAL 9000, the AI in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and how this led to disastrous results for the mission.

There will be a discussion of failures to consider different aspects of both the LLM and ML top 10 during HAL’s design and training phases, and the subsequent attempts to implement fixes during the mission. Each omission or failure to apply an OWASP principle, that led to the vulnerabilities will be discussed in detail, and also related to real life applications, to ensure the talk isn’t just a geeky discussion of a cool-looking scf-fi AI.