May 20, 2026
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Platform Update
Automatic model routing for offensive security, workspace indexing with hsk-emb embeddings, auto top-up billing, and dozens of threat intelligence MCP tools—built into the editor.
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May 14, 2026
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Product Demo
One prompt, no follow-ups: from CVE-2026-21858 research and a confused Content-Type PoC to Docker lab validation, the full file-read to RCE chain, and a technical report—with failures on camera.
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May 9, 2026
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Product Demo
Watch the full session: one prompt, no follow-ups—CVE-2026-23918 research, Docker lab, Python PoC, RCE exploration, validation harness, and a technical report with detection guidance in about forty minutes.
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April 28, 2026
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Platform
From our Open WebUI web app to the new desktop and the enterprise fusion server: how the pieces fit, what "fusion" means, and which path is right for you.
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April 23, 2026
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Company
Now that we're posting again: the past eighteen months - how Hacker Sidekick started, the Open WebUI rebuild, conference feedback, enterprise and desktop, Chicago workshops, the Cyphercon sprint, and why the IHE is the product.
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April 14, 2026
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Platform Update
What an integrated hacking environment is, why the public web chat experience is going away in favor of Hacker Sidekick on the desktop, and how enterprise deployments keep their web tier as the fusion backend-integrations and org knowledge feeding one platform for the agentic desktop app.
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November 29, 2025
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Community
At DEFCON 33, Sanaan and his team used Hacker Sidekick during Adversary Wars and secured first place. Learn how Hacker Sidekick helped them excel at binary reversing and CTF challenges.
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August 15, 2025
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Community
We're excited to launch the Hacker Sidekick CTF Win Bounty program-win up to $1,000 for first place at select CTFs. Meet us at conferences or apply now.
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August 3, 2025
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Platform Update
Revolutionary cybersecurity intelligence expansion with three powerful new tools: MITRE ATT&CK threat mapping, Exploit-DB vulnerability research, and EPSS risk scoring. Transform your threat intelligence and vulnerability management workflows with industry-standard frameworks.
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July 17, 2025
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Platform Update
Major platform expansion with 6 powerful new security tool integrations including the complete Shodan suite, Certificate Transparency, AbuseIPDB, and Have I Been Pwned. Enhanced reconnaissance, threat intelligence, and security research capabilities now available to all users.
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June 23, 2025
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Technical Analysis
General-purpose AI models lack the specialized knowledge, context, and safety constraints required for effective cybersecurity operations. Explore the technical limitations of ChatGPT and Claude in security contexts, and why purpose-built models like Hacker Sidekick deliver superior results for vulnerability analysis, threat detection, and security research.
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June 19, 2025
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Tutorial
Transform VS Code into an AI-powered offensive security platform. Learn how to enable AI-powered penetration testing workflows, crack hashes, gain root access, and execute complex attack chains using AI agents under your control.
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