Cyber Defenders Summer 2026

Malware Copilot: AI-Assisted Reverse Engineering Lab

Mentor: Caleb Fenton (Delphos Labs)

Build Model Context Protocol tools for malware analysis agents. Integrate tools into agent frameworks, analyze malware samples from basic to advanced scenarios, and benchmark different models and conf…

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Secure the Mission: Nonprofit Security Assessment Lab

Mentor: Rachel West (AllWomenCount)

Conduct technical security reviews for community organizations, creating prioritized, plain-language recommendations that nonprofit staff can act on and delivering professional assessment reports for …

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Trust but Verify: SOC 2 Audit Readiness

Mentor: Troy Mason (Interlaced)

Support live compliance programs at Interlaced by mapping controls to SOC 2 criteria, remediating policy gaps, collecting audit evidence, and maintaining risk registers and remediation trackers.

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Lens Check: IoT Camera Privacy Lab

Mentor: TBD

Analyze consumer IoT devices' firmware, network communications, and cloud connections. Document privacy and security risks, and create consumer-focused recommendations and responsible disclosure templ…

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Ghost Cloud: LLM Honeypots in AWS

Mentor: TBD

Build deception environments using Beelzebub to collect attacker telemetry, commands, and indicators while maintaining safety guardrails on real AWS infrastructure.

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Signal in the Noise: Threat Intel for Community Defenders

Mentor: Carlos (Salesforce - Tobe Confirmed)

Research threat actors and campaigns, map tactics to MITRE ATT&CK, and deliver practical defensive guidance for small organizations.

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Prompt to Pentest: LLM-Assisted Security Testing Lab

Mentor: Lib13 Inc

Use LLMs for vulnerability discovery, scanner analysis, and pentesting tool development in controlled environments with documented safety boundaries.

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