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Hacking-Back the AI-Hacker: Defending against LLM-Cyberattacks the Cool Way

Saurabh Shintre, Dario Pasquini ● May 01, 2025

LLMs are making cyberattacks increasingly accessible, scalable, and inexpensive. This talk will introduce Mantis — a first line of defense designed to counteract AI-driven cyberthreats by exploiting inherent vulnerabilities in LLMs. Upon detecting an attack, Mantis injects strategically crafted prompts into system responses, causing the attacker's LLM to sabotage itself or even self-hack.

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