Everything old is new again: 3 trends from Black Hat USA, BSides LV, and DEF CON 33 · Blog · Sublime Security

A concise recap of Las Vegas security conferences that identifies three major themes: attackers increasingly target human recovery processes using AI-powered impersonation (e.g., Scattered Spider’s vishing and voice-cloning), the emergence of agentic AI on both offense and defense which creates new attack surfaces and governance needs, and widespread industry fatigue—burnout and perceived stagnation in defensive playbooks. The author recommends shifting focus from solely user training to hardening processes and monitoring AI agents as privileged non-human identities.