A Glimpse into Cyber-Security’s AI-Driven Future

In a new feature from The Economist, DivisionHex's Neil "Grifter" Wyler — who has run the Black Hat NOC for 24 years alongside longtime colleague Bart Stump — pulls back the curtain on what it takes to defend the world's most-attacked conference network. 

At this year's Black Hat Asia in Singapore, the team saw firsthand how AI is reshaping the threat landscape: attacks that once took a week now unfold in minutes, and the NOC has built its own stack of AI tools to keep up. 

From a Taiwanese journalist's malware-infected laptop to nation-state probes hidden in legitimate hacker traffic, the stories from inside the NOC offer a preview of what corporate security teams are about to face. 

Get an inside look at how Wyler, Stump, and the DivisionHex team are defending against AI-powered attacks — and what they think comes next.