Adversary Emulation in the Age of Generative AI

Roberto Natella (Federico II University of Naples) will give a seminar at 10:00 on 14th March 2025.

This event is in person.
🗓 Date & Time: Friday, March 14, 2025, at 10:00
📍 Location: Room 1440 Henrik Eriksson, KTH

Abstract
Cybersecurity threat actors have been evolving into complex organizations with technical and financial means to deliver powerful attacks that have significant impacts on the economy and infrastructures. These threat actors are also looking with high interest at the recent evolution of Generative AI for malicious purposes. Generative AI is also a valuable opportunity to enhance cybersecurity. This presentation will look at emerging applications of Generative AI for Adversary Emulation, that is, the emulation of attack techniques for assessment purposes. In particular, we will discuss the role of Large Language Models (LLMs) in supporting cybersecurity analysts, by automatically generating malicious code to mimic threat actors.

Speaker
Roberto Natella is an Associate Professor in Computer Engineering at the Federico II University of Naples, Italy. His research focuses on software security and dependability, with an emphasis on fault injection, fuzzing, and AI-driven security evaluation. His work spans adversary emulation, cyber threat intelligence, and robustness testing, with applications in operating systems, cloud, embedded systems, and virtualization. In 2022, he received the DSN Rising Star in Dependability Award for outstanding contributions to the field within 10 years of earning his PhD.

Attending
Vivi will be available to open the doors on E-house's 4th floor approximately 10 minutes before the session.