2026-02-17 –, Auditorium
Autonomous agents are moving from experiment to infrastructure. They're sharing tools, communicating with each other, and increasingly operating with real money. But the security conversation hasn't caught up. What happens when an agent gets compromised through shared tooling? How do you lock down something designed to act independently? And when agents need wallets to function, what does crypto security teach us about protecting them?
Agents are everywhere now. They're in our workflows, they're talking to each other, and some of them have wallets. Most conversations about this are either hype or hand-wraving. This one won't be.
We've assembled panelists who genuinely disagree on where the risks are and how to handle them. Some think crypto's hard-won security lessons translate directly. Others aren't convinced. Some see agent-to-agent communication as the real threat vector. Others worry more about what happens when an agent can spend money without asking.
We'll get into the uncomfortable questions. Can an agent be socially engineered? If one agent infects another through shared tooling, whose problem is that? When autonomy is the feature, how do you even define containment? And can we flip the script entirely, using adversarial agents as security tools rather than threats?
No consensus guaranteed. Come ready to think.
Consensys Diligence is a security research team that's been auditing smart contracts since Ethereum's earliest days. Eight years of institutional memory, hundreds of audits, and a front-row seat to every major evolution in Web3 security. Our aim isn't to be the biggest shop, but the most thorough one. Our work spans protocol auditing, tool development, and ongoing research into emerging threat patterns. We believe security is a continuous process, not a checkbox, and we're committed to sharing what we learn with the broader community.
Andrew has been breaking, building, and defending things in infosec for over two decades (wow old). Starting at Paterva he spent 10+ years creating Maltego before moving to the US for security roles at BitMEX (IR), Robinhood (IR/D&R), Uniswap (Head of Security), and now Privy (Principal Security Engineer). He’s spoken at Black Hat, DEF CON, DSS, EthCC and countless others, teaching courses and drinking malibu on the way. When not thinking about security, he’s into cat memes, punk rock, and getting involved in just the right amount of unhinged shit to keep security interesting.
