Rana Khalil
CEO, Founder & Instructor
Rana Khalil's Academy
Rana Khalil is a Red Team Consultant with over eight years of experience in pentesting, securing development pipelines, and leading application security programs. She is also an international speaker and founder of an academy with over 25k students.
Speaker sessions
Hacking Applications with AI: LLMs for Mobile & API Pentesting
As mobile applications and APIs become the backbone of modern digital ecosystems, attackers are constantly seeking faster and smarter ways to exploit them. At the same time, Large Language Models (LLMs) are reshaping how we approach security testing. But can AI truly hack?In this session, we’ll explore how LLMs can be leveraged to accelerate and augment mobile and API penetration testing. We’ll demonstrate real-world use cases where AI assists with tasks like reconnaissance, fuzzing, reverse engineering, and exploit generation — and highlight where it shines versus where it fails. Through real world examples and lessons learned, we’ll cut through the hype to show how security professionals can practically integrate LLMs into their offensive workflows.Whether you’re a red teamer, security researcher, or just curious about AI in offensive security, this talk will give you actionable insights, practical techniques, and a glimpse into the future of AI-powered pentesting.
- 16:20
- Wed
- 03 Dec
Stage:
Briefings 1
Sessions Type:
Presentation
Locknote
Join Black Hat MEA Briefings Review Board Members as they conclude Black Hat MEA 2025 with an insightful conversation on the most pressing issues facing the InfoSec community. This Locknote will feature a candid discussion on the conference's key takeaways and how these trends will impact future InfoSec strategies.
- 17:00
- Thu
- 04 Dec
Stage:
Executive Summit
Sessions Type:
Panel