Cybersecurity is entering a period in which attackers and defenders increasingly rely on the same technology. AI agents can search for vulnerabilities, test potential exploits and coordinate attacks with far less human intervention than previously required. Security companies are responding by developing autonomous systems that continuously examine infrastructure, identify weaknesses...
AI Doesn’t Have to Rebel to Take Control Away From Humans
For years, the most dramatic warnings about artificial intelligence have involved systems that become dangerously autonomous, escape human oversight or deliberately pursue objectives that conflict with humanity's interests. These scenarios dominate popular discussions of existential AI risk because they are relatively easy to imagine. A powerful intelligence takes control, humans...
AI Agents Just Made Cybercrime a $50 Problem
A single attacker reportedly compromised more than 100 organizations using commercially available AI agents, spending an estimated $5,000 on the entire campaign. The agents attempted intrusions against more than 1,200 websites, spending hours investigating vulnerabilities and developing ways to exploit them with remarkably little human direction. According to an October...