# Candid Wüest

**Cyber Security Advisor**

## About

Candid Wüest is a cybersecurity expert with over 25 years of experience, currently focusing on Phishing & AI threats as the Principal Security Advocate at xorlab. He previously led the creation of Acronis's security department and spent over 16 years at Symantec analyzing high-profile malware like Stuxnet. An ETH Zurich graduate holding ten patents, Wüest is also a published author, the organizer of AREA41, and a frequent speaker at top conferences like RSAC and BlackHat.

## Connect

- [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/candid-wueest/)

## Sessions

### The rise of AI attacks – what we should know about AI powered threats

**What you will learn:** • Gain practical insight into how agentic malware operates (prompting, orchestration, tool usage), including where it can adapt to defenses and where it breaks.  Enabling better threat modeling and detection engineering.

• Learn how to identify and detect AI powered malware using existing behavioral signals and reputation systems, and understand why most current samples do not evade well-configured EDR/XDRs.

• Understand the current AI powered threat landscape and be able to differentiate the marketing hype from reality.

## Speaking At

- [RBLN Europe 2026 - Amsterdam](https://www.rbln.com/events/2026/europe)

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*Source: [RBLN (Rebellion) Cybersecurity Conference – Technical Security Event for Hackers, AI Builders & Operators](https://www.rbln.com/speakers/candid-wuest)*