Hack The Box: Cube Talks

October 16th, 2026

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Addressing audience questions regarding the impact of AI on cybersecurity roles, certification standards, and platform updates. Key topics included the shift in security assumptions due to AI capabilities, the evolving role of certifications like CPTS, and advice for newcomers navigating a changing job market. The panel emphasized that while AI is transforming entry-level tasks, it does not replace the need for human expertise, critical thinking, or hands-on experience. Additionally, the session covered practical advice on Active Directory, cloud security domains, reverse engineering, and career transitions, concluding with an overview of upcoming events and community resources.

This episode dives deep into the community's honest thoughts on using write-ups to accelerate your learning journey versus relying blindly on "try harder." We also map out the realistic prerequisites for diving into kernel exploitation, how to pick the right academy paths, and why building personal, tangible coding projects beats an arbitrary curriculum every time.

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covers entering InfoSec via networking & docs, using CTFs/AI for skills, mastering fundamentals over tools, navigating evolving AI landscapes

Balancing Sherlock's and boxes based on motivation, continuous learning, and community resources for effective training

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Discussing Android pentesting, AI's impact on bug bounty, walkthrough usage, red teaming, career transitions, and space security.

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Various special guests, XP/Ranking system, and AI

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AI, Red teaming, pentesting, various topics and special guests Tjnull & ChadB

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Project Promotion The team members agree that marketing is crucial for promoting projects and getting them in front of the right audience. They suggest that building a product and using it in other projects can help lend credibility to others who might also need it. One team member notes that persistence is key to success, and that it’s essential to keep creating content even if it doesn’t take off immediately. Report Writing A user asks about introducing a report writing challenge to Hack The Box boxes. The team members confirm that report writing is already an essential part of their certifications, and that they have modules dedicated to teaching this skill. They suggest that using AI to assess report quality could be a future development for the platform. PhDs in Cybersecurity A user asks about the relevance of a PhD in cybersecurity for a career in red teaming or pen testing. The team members agree that PhDs are not typically avoided in the industry, but rather that companies may be hesitant to hire PhD…

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Various new panelists, various topics

Special guest Tjnull joined. Various topics

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Large panel. AI, Lets Defend Merger, and more

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CEO ch4p joins to answer questions, price changes, and more

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Do the needful and listen

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A lot of AI...Like a LOT. Also other topics

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Ippsec hosts, various topics, zhuli do the thing and just listen

It depends memes, creating boxes, a lot of stuff. Just listen to the recording!

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Name aliases, CPTS, Other stuff. Its' Cube talks!

AI, LLMs, HTB challenges and boxes, sherlocks, defensive content