In the Wild with Michael Bargury Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:00:01 -0400 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2634323 en-us © 2026 In the Wild with Michael Bargury yes 0b25874f-7153-598c-9d98-654ef8f7d334 Zenity Labs episodic false In the Wild is about the AI conversations worth having right now. This podcast brings together builders and breakers, researchers and practitioners – people who see things differently and challenge what we think we know about where AI is going, and what it’s already doing in the wild. Each episode hosts one of these conversations. Sometimes deep into new research, sometimes grounded in a real security problem, sometimes just a paper that raises a question no one’s answered yet. You could say it’s non-deterministic. Just like AI.

A Zenity Labs podcast, hosted by Michael Bargury, Zenity Co-Founder & CTO. Produced by POLDHU.

ZenityLabs
https://labs.zenity.io/
@zenitysec - https://x.com/zenitysec
linkedin.com/company/zenitysec/

Michael Bargury
@mbrg0 - https://x.com/mbrg0 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbargury/

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Zenity Labs https://storage.buzzsprout.com/c79wejk45c6kfobgr60eizdzhc2q?.jpg In the Wild with Michael Bargury https://www.buzzsprout.com/2634323 The Bungee Cord Was the Safety Plan w/ Ads Dawson The Bungee Cord Was the Safety Plan w/ Ads Dawson He hacked a robot dog at Black Hat. On stage. With a leash as the safety plan.

In episode 2, Michael Bargury sits down with Ads Dawson, Ads breaks AI for a living and loves it. He's Staff AI Security Researcher at Dreadnode and Technical Founder for the OWASP LLM Applications Project, where he builds the tools that stress-test AI systems to their breaking point. As a senior red team operator with BASI team six (led by Pliny the Prompter), he's the guy running wild, large-scale attack simulations that other security teams later copy. 

Michael and Ads discuss - finding the vulnerability is only half the job. The harder test is whether an agent can get there with the judgment, restraint and creativity of an expert. It can expose an API key, step outside its scope or leave a trail while still marking the task complete.

In the Wild is hosted by Zenity Co-Founder & CTO Michael Bargury.

A Zenity Labs podcast, produced by POLDHU


CHAPTERS

00:00 — Inside the Wild with Ads Dawson

05:40 — From jailbreaking to agentic security

08:28 — Can an AI hacking agent stay stealthy?

12:13 — Building a personal bug-bounty harness

24:28 — Why off-the-shelf tools aren’t enough

33:58 — Keeping autonomous agents inside the lines

43:56 — What black-box AI hides

46:15 — Hacking a robot dog live onstage

52:13 — ScopeJudge and a new way to enforce boundaries

64:54 — Is red teaming dead?


Research:

stealthbench.com

https://ganggreentempertatum.github.io/speaking/

https://blackhat.com/us-26/briefings/schedule/index.html?day=thursday#kinetic-prompt-injection-agent-compromise-with-a-physical-blast-radius-57343


Relevant Profiles:

Ads Dawson

https://ganggreentempertatum.github.io/speaking/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamdawson0/


Michael Bargury

https://x.com/mbrg0 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbargury/ 


Zenity Labs

https://x.com/zenitysec_labs 

https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/zenity-sec-labs/

https://labs.zenity.io/


Mentioned:

Pliny the Liberator: https://x.com/elder_plinius?lang=en

Joey Melo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrjoeymelo/

Pedro Paniago: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedropaniago/


Nahamsec

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nahamsec/

https://x.com/NahamSec


Mike Takahashi

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeltakahashi/

https://x.com/TakSec


Tamir Ishay Sharbat

https://x.com/tamirishaysh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamir-ishay-sharbat-069496163/ 


]]> He hacked a robot dog at Black Hat. On stage. With a leash as the safety plan.

In episode 2, Michael Bargury sits down with Ads Dawson, Ads breaks AI for a living and loves it. He's Staff AI Security Researcher at Dreadnode and Technical Founder for the OWASP LLM Applications Project, where he builds the tools that stress-test AI systems to their breaking point. As a senior red team operator with BASI team six (led by Pliny the Prompter), he's the guy running wild, large-scale attack simulations that other security teams later copy. 

Michael and Ads discuss - finding the vulnerability is only half the job. The harder test is whether an agent can get there with the judgment, restraint and creativity of an expert. It can expose an API key, step outside its scope or leave a trail while still marking the task complete.

In the Wild is hosted by Zenity Co-Founder & CTO Michael Bargury.

A Zenity Labs podcast, produced by POLDHU


CHAPTERS

00:00 — Inside the Wild with Ads Dawson

05:40 — From jailbreaking to agentic security

08:28 — Can an AI hacking agent stay stealthy?

12:13 — Building a personal bug-bounty harness

24:28 — Why off-the-shelf tools aren’t enough

33:58 — Keeping autonomous agents inside the lines

43:56 — What black-box AI hides

46:15 — Hacking a robot dog live onstage

52:13 — ScopeJudge and a new way to enforce boundaries

64:54 — Is red teaming dead?


Research:

stealthbench.com

https://ganggreentempertatum.github.io/speaking/

https://blackhat.com/us-26/briefings/schedule/index.html?day=thursday#kinetic-prompt-injection-agent-compromise-with-a-physical-blast-radius-57343


Relevant Profiles:

Ads Dawson

https://ganggreentempertatum.github.io/speaking/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamdawson0/


Michael Bargury

https://x.com/mbrg0 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbargury/ 


Zenity Labs

https://x.com/zenitysec_labs 

https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/zenity-sec-labs/

https://labs.zenity.io/


Mentioned:

Pliny the Liberator: https://x.com/elder_plinius?lang=en

Joey Melo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrjoeymelo/

Pedro Paniago: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedropaniago/


Nahamsec

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nahamsec/

https://x.com/NahamSec


Mike Takahashi

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeltakahashi/

https://x.com/TakSec


Tamir Ishay Sharbat

https://x.com/tamirishaysh

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tamir-ishay-sharbat-069496163/ 


]]> Zenity Labs Buzzsprout-19654479 Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0400 4547 2 full false AI Worms Were Only a Precursor w/ Ben Nassi AI Worms Were Only a Precursor w/ Ben Nassi The first AI worm was just a precursor. Today, In the Wild goes live - conversations about AI worth having right now. Non-deterministic. Just like AI. 

In episode 1 we hosted Ben Nassi - Ben is on the bleeding edge of practical academic work on AI security. He is a BlackHat Review Board member. Leads the Adversarial Minds research group as a faculty member at TAU. Was very early to identify that AI security is about real world impact not harmful outputs. The first to show an AI worm. A Pwnie award winner on his cryptoanalysis work. And is a co-organizer of a new conference the Real World AI Security conference 2026.

We'd also like to give a shout out to Stav Cohen, Zenity's Blue Team leader, who was part of Ben Nassi's research team and led the mentioned research projects.

In the Wild - Hosted by Zenity Co-Founder & CTO Michael Bargury.

Research
Agentic Botnets - https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.07433  
AI Worm - https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3719027.3765196 

Relevant Profiles:

Ben Nassi 
https://x.com/ben_nassi 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-nassi-phd-68a743115/ 

Stav Cohen
https://x.com/StAJect0r  
https://www.linkedin.com/in/staject0r/ 

Michael Bargury
https://x.com/mbrg0 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbargury/  

Zenity Labs
https://x.com/zenitysec 
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zenitysec/
https://labs.zenity.io/ 

A Zenity Labs podcast, produced by POLDHU

CHAPTERS

00:00  Cold open and introductions
01:27   Why “promptware”: prompt injection was too small a word
07:33   The kill chain paper and the missing catastrophe
15:28   The end of the beginning
20:10   Refusals are not a security barrier
22:07   Safety vs. security: the blame game
25:16   Slopsquatting: weaponizing a hallucination
28:33   From one prompt to a botnet
33:02   Disclosure is broken
41:55   From the AI worm to remote code execution
46:40   The scan comes back clean

]]> The first AI worm was just a precursor. Today, In the Wild goes live - conversations about AI worth having right now. Non-deterministic. Just like AI. 

In episode 1 we hosted Ben Nassi - Ben is on the bleeding edge of practical academic work on AI security. He is a BlackHat Review Board member. Leads the Adversarial Minds research group as a faculty member at TAU. Was very early to identify that AI security is about real world impact not harmful outputs. The first to show an AI worm. A Pwnie award winner on his cryptoanalysis work. And is a co-organizer of a new conference the Real World AI Security conference 2026.

We'd also like to give a shout out to Stav Cohen, Zenity's Blue Team leader, who was part of Ben Nassi's research team and led the mentioned research projects.

In the Wild - Hosted by Zenity Co-Founder & CTO Michael Bargury.

Research
Agentic Botnets - https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.07433  
AI Worm - https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3719027.3765196 

Relevant Profiles:

Ben Nassi 
https://x.com/ben_nassi 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-nassi-phd-68a743115/ 

Stav Cohen
https://x.com/StAJect0r  
https://www.linkedin.com/in/staject0r/ 

Michael Bargury
https://x.com/mbrg0 
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbargury/  

Zenity Labs
https://x.com/zenitysec 
https://www.linkedin.com/company/zenitysec/
https://labs.zenity.io/ 

A Zenity Labs podcast, produced by POLDHU

CHAPTERS

00:00  Cold open and introductions
01:27   Why “promptware”: prompt injection was too small a word
07:33   The kill chain paper and the missing catastrophe
15:28   The end of the beginning
20:10   Refusals are not a security barrier
22:07   Safety vs. security: the blame game
25:16   Slopsquatting: weaponizing a hallucination
28:33   From one prompt to a botnet
33:02   Disclosure is broken
41:55   From the AI worm to remote code execution
46:40   The scan comes back clean

]]> Zenity Labs Buzzsprout-19609596 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0400 2948 1 full false