Name: Death by (Python) Pickle: "Betrayal ML" - Kadi McKean & Andy Lewis, ReversingLabs
Start: 2025-06-23T15:35:00-0600
End: 2025-06-23T16:15:00-0600

June 23 - 25, 2025
Denver, Colorado
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Monday June 23, 2025 3:35pm - 4:15pm MDT

Bluebird Ballroom 3A

In the original Matrix movie, Neo learned Kung Fu through an upload. Imagine if your ML could learn the same way. That's what a pickle file does for ML - "I KNOW KUNG FU" or whatever was in the file that was supposed to be "learned" by your ML model.

What if there was a plot twist where Agent Smith tampered with the Kung Fu module so that it included a fun "bonus" lesson that "taught" Neo to call Agent Smith every time he was trying to find an exit?

That's what's happening in Pickle Files, and that's the setup for ML and AI.

This talk will explain the threat, provide some examples, and discuss emerging detection capabilities. When it's over, you will know kung fu.

Speakers

Kadi McKean

Community Manager, ReversingLabs

Kadi is passionate about the DevOps / DevSecOps community since her days of working with COBOL development and Mainframe solutions. At ReversingLabs she collaborates with developers and security researchers to help entities prioritize their open source risk, reduce technical debt... Read More →

Andy Lewis

TMM and Honeybee Wrangler, ReversingLabs

Despite his misguided childhood and checkered past, Andy has become a contributing member of society. A former US Marine, Andy led the cyber team at Dish & a few other organizations before his journey to The Dark Side of pre-sales engineering. He founded the Denver and Boulder OWASP... Read More →

Monday June 23, 2025 3:35pm - 4:15pm MDT
Bluebird Ballroom 3A

Open Source 101

Audience Experience Level Any

Open Source Summit North America 2025

Kadi McKean

Andy Lewis

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