---
id: 1470
title: "Trail of Bits Advances to AIxCC Finals"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/08/12/trail-of-bits-advances-to-aixcc-finals/"
published_at: "2024-08-12 23:23"
tags: ["ai-security", "def-con", "darpa", "trail-of-bits", "aixcc", "buttercup", "automated-vulnerability-discovery"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1470"
lang: en
---

# Trail of Bits Advances to AIxCC Finals

## Summary

Trail of Bits' Cyber Reasoning System Buttercup placed top 7 of 39 teams in the DARPA AIxCC semifinal at DEF CON 2024, excelling at patching nginx vulnerabilities and advancing to the finals.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2024-08-12 23:23
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/08/12/trail-of-bits-advances-to-aixcc-finals/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1470