AI-powered hacking has exploded into industrial-scale threat, Google says
TL;DR
Criminal groups and state-linked actors are using commercial AI models to refine and scale up cyberattacks, according to a new Google report. What was a nascent problem three months ago has rapidly turned into an industrial-scale threat — with broad implications for any organization operating online.
Nauti's Take
The upside: by putting numbers on the threat, Google forces the industry to invest in AI-driven defense and detection instead of pretending nothing changed. The risk is asymmetry — attackers scale cheaply via commercial models, while defenders are stuck with compliance, privacy and staffing constraints.
Nauti's take: anyone running security should fund AI pentesting, phishing drills and better logging this quarter, not next fiscal year.
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