"Keep going, bro. You've got this!" A data-driven look at how adversaries are weaponizing AI

Cisco Talos Blog · 2 months ago · 39 ● 39 sources

Cisco Talos analyzed artifacts from cloud-based AI models and found threat actors using them for three main purposes: writing malicious code, scaling criminal operations, and accelerating vulnerability research. Key findings show guardrails provide minimal protection, with most actors bypassing them through simple claims of ownership or false bug-bounty framing rather than sophisticated techniques. Threat actors now have AI-augmented capabilities for faster exploitation and larger-scale attacks, requiring defenders to deploy AI agents in security operations to handle the increased volume of vulnerabilities and incidents.