Alex Moshkov
@amoshkov
Another legendary shot from #PHTalks Jakarta — keeping this as a tradition for every next con! Unbelievable — 370+ attendees, a record for all past talks. And this photo shows just a part of them.
Event Date:May 5, 2026
Format:In-person only
Location:Pavilion Hotel Kuala Lumpur Managed by Banyan TreeKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A free, community-driven cybersecurity conference where real hackers share what they've built, broken, and learned. No marketing, no nonsense. Brutally honest — just the way it should be.
Event Date:May 5, 2026
Format:In-person only
Location:Pavilion Hotel Kuala Lumpur Managed by Banyan TreeKuala Lumpur, Malaysia
A free, community-driven cybersecurity conference where real hackers share what they've built, broken, and learned. No marketing, no nonsense. Brutally honest — just the way it should be.
This stop took place on May 5, 2026.
Next stop: Goa, December 10, 2026 →Why show up
Hands-on talks
Bug bounty, pentest, red team, OSINT. Real techniques, not theory.
Fresh research
Real cases — and how the vulns were actually found.
Live Q&A
Grill the speakers. Answers you won't get from a blog.
Networking
Meet people who actually break things. No badge-scanning.
#PHTalks
Positive Technologies Global
@PTsecurity_EN
370+ #cybersecurity pros. 8 amazing talks by @cnwatcher @shipcod3 @pyn3rd @nalen98 @ElementalX2 @BukanYahya 1 epic #PHTalks Jakarta From car hacking to AI-powered detections — we brought it all Slides & Photos: https://t.co/4UZX2BQXI0 Share highlights and tag #PHTalks
Standoff Bug Bounty
@StandoffBB
#PHTalks landed in Cairo, Egypt On February 26, the event brought together 200+ hackers for an intense exchange of ideas. An in-person meetup for cybersecurity specialists ready to absorb the latest knowledge on offensive and defensive security and bug hunting.
Positive Technologies Global
@PTsecurity_EN
Thanks, Hanoi! Over 200 cybersecurity pros joined Positive Hack Talks for expert insights, hot topics, and great networking. From bug hunting to tackling top threats, it was a day to remember. Shoutout to our speakers! See you next time! #Cybersecurity #PHTalks
Alex Moshkov
@amoshkov
Idk guys — @nizarakbarm @Nalen98 @shipcod3 @BukanYahya @screetsec @ElementalX2 — not sure how it happened, but we've got no proper group photo together from #PHTalks Jakarta. So here's what I managed to collect
Alex Moshkov
@amoshkov
An incredible experience before the #PHTalks. Thank you all so much!!@SirBagoza @niksthehacker @naumovax @rosako @amoshkov @0xMalWan @Ellord0Xd @m359ah @SergeyTemnikov2
Ronaldo Russel
@RonaldoRussel
PHTalks Sao Paulo was a huge success! Results-driven cybersecurity solutions! #PHTalks My thanks to @amoshkov, the speakers, and the staff!
l33tdawg
@l33tdawg
Positive Hack Talks Hanoi is go! Great turnout and awesome to finally remeet some usual suspects I haven't seen in years! #phtalks #hanoi #hackerlife #PositiveVibes
Kseniia
@naumovax
Finally have a time for tweet. This wednesday I spoke at #PHTalks in Cairo about "Effective new threat detection through generic rules in the network". I want to thank everyone who came, I'm very glad of your active participation and questions. It was a really nice trip :)
Pak Haji
@kusumaa_hadi
Huge thanks to the amazing team behind this incredible event! I'm truly grateful for the opportunity to learn so many new things and connect with such a vibrant, inspiring community. Can't wait for the next one! #CommunityVibes #LifelongLearning #PHTalks
Salah Taha
@salah_taha22
Huge thanks to the organizers for an amazing event! I had a great time meeting @Zigoo0, the best in Egypt in cybersecurity, and I truly enjoyed meeting @amoshkov. Hope to see you all again soon! @PTsecurity_EN #PHTalks
Rego
@r3go_
What a legend! At #PHTalks @edwardzpeng
Speakers
That was the line-up. Slides and recordings are on the cards below — for the speakers who agreed to publish theirs; the rest stayed in the room.
Alexander Popov
Linux Kernel Developer and Security Researcher at Positive Technologies
Kernel-Hack-Drill Masterclass
Sayaan Alam
Security Researcher & Bug Bounty Hunter
Send a Fax as Anyone, Upload Photos to Any Frame: The Hidden Risks of Authorization in Email-Driven Systems
Muhammad Firdaus Amran
Security Analyst (Offensive)
Spray, Pray, Validate: Lessons from AI-assisted Vulnerability Research
Aditya Singh
Senior Security Researcher at Siemens Healthineers
Trojan Penguin in the Windows: Advanced Attack Vectors Through WSL
Haidar Kabibo
Application Security Specialist at Kaspersky
PhantomRPC: A New Privilege Escalation Flaw in Windows RPC
Ravshan Rikhsiev
Security Researcher at ONESEC
Kernel Wars: Anti-Cheat Reversing, BYOVD Exploitation and Mitigations
Akshay Jain
Senior Product Security Engineer
Dissecting Android RASP: A Practical Reversing Guide
Sagar Tiwari, Shubham Kumar
Independent Cybersecurity and OSINT Researcher · Senior Information Security Analyst & OSINT Researcher
Dead in the Water: Tracking Ships Through VSAT When AIS Goes Dark
Community stand-ups
That was the community half of the day. Where a speaker agreed to publish, their slides and recording are on the card.
Navenesh Kumar
Founder, I/O TRIX
Building Malaysia's OT/IoT Cybersecurity Future
Nik Amir Hakim & Adlina Batrisya
Lead Agent MCC & Security Researcher
Breaking the Gatekeepers: How We Sparked Malaysia's New Cyber Talent Movement
Rectifyq
Security Analyst
Free for all: Curated Threat Intelligence Feed with relevancy to Malaysian Threat Landscape
Positive Hack Talks Host
Alex Moshkov
Community Bro at Positive Technologies
Thank you, KL! Real work on stage, hard questions from the room — that is what these stops are for. See you at the next one.
Program
- 08:30 to 09:30, 1 hour
Check-in & Welcome Coffee
Welcome to Positive Hack Talks!
- 09:30 to 10:00, 30 minutes
Host Welcome Speech
Alex Moshkov
Community Bro at Positive Technologies
- 10:00 to 10:40, 40 minutes
Spray, Pray, Validate: Lessons from AI-assisted Vulnerability Research
Muhammad Firdaus Amran
Security Analyst (Offensive)
- 10:40 to 11:20, 40 minutes
Kernel Wars: Anti-Cheat Reversing, BYOVD Exploitation and Mitigations
Ravshan Rikhsiev
Security Researcher at ONESEC
- 11:20 to 12:00, 40 minutes
Trojan Penguin in the Windows: Advanced Attack Vectors Through WSL
Aditya Singh
Senior Security Researcher at Siemens Healthineers
- 12:00 to 12:40, 40 minutes
Dissecting Android RASP: A Practical Reversing Guide
Akshay Jain
Senior Product Security Engineer
- 12:40 to 14:00, 1 hour 20 minutes
Lunch
No one stays hungry. We provide a full lunch.
- 14:00 to 14:40, 40 minutes
Send a Fax as Anyone, Upload Photos to Any Frame: The Hidden Risks of Authorization in Email-Driven Systems
Sayaan Alam
Security Researcher & Bug Bounty Hunter
- 14:40 to 15:20, 40 minutes
Kernel-Hack-Drill Masterclass
Alexander Popov
Linux Kernel Developer and Security Researcher at Positive Technologies
- 15:20 to 15:50, 30 minutes
x3 Community Stand-Ups
Navenesh Kumar
Founder, I/O TRIX
Nik Amir Hakim & Adlina Batrisya
Lead Agent MCC & Security Researcher
Rectifyq
Security Analyst
- 15:50 to 16:30, 40 minutes
Dead in the Water: Tracking Ships Through VSAT When AIS Goes Dark
Sagar Tiwari, Shubham Kumar
Independent Cybersecurity and OSINT Researcher · Senior Information Security Analyst & OSINT Researcher
- 16:30 to 17:10, 40 minutes
PhantomRPC: A New Privilege Escalation Flaw in Windows RPC
Haidar Kabibo
Application Security Specialist at Kaspersky
- 17:10 to 17:20, 10 minutes
Closing Speech
- 17:20 to 19:00, 1 hour 40 minutes
Coffee and Networking
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