Summary Enterprises are increasingly adopting both generative AI applications and agentic frameworks to unlock robust levels of security automation, visibility, and runtime protection, and the operational efficiencies are astounding. The recent emergence of Frontier models represents the next evolution of AI. It can scan enormous codebases at machine speed to assist defenders in prioritizing existing vulnerabilities and discovering new ones that require critical patching. However, it is abundantly clear that bad actors will also use the same tools to fully automate attack campaigns. The discovery, exploitation, infiltration, compromise, sophistication, and scale of cyberattacks are expected to accelerate exponentially as Frontier AI is weaponized. Additionally, these models are moving beyond simply…
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Summary Generative and agentic AI is quickly reimagining security operations. Natural language copilots are providing highly valuable ways to evaluate looming threats, apply breach mitigation, and improve posture. In parallel, agents can be deployed to automate critical runtime tasks at machine speed, such as red teaming, to fight AI with AI. However, bad actors are simultaneously moving from AI-assisted to AI-autonomous campaigns to improve the sophistication and scale of attacks. This illicit activity is also resulting in a dramatic reduction in the time to discovery and exploitation of critical organizational vulnerabilities. Recent highly publicized reports of rogue agents carrying out autonomous, unsanctioned AI-driven attacks are instilling a new sense of…
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As the summer vacation season winds down, Black Hat’s early August event in Las Vegas marks a return to big tech industry trade shows. It is a somewhat unique gathering relative to other industry cybersecurity events, one that is heavily focused on security practitioners and the challenges they face in protecting organizational operations. To no surprise, many of the conversations and announcements this year focused on the weaponization of Frontier AI. Let’s examine three big takeaways and unpack what several cybersecurity infrastructure providers announced at Black Hat USA 2026 to address an ever-growing and AI-infused threat landscape. An Emerging Agentic Attack Surface The first big takeaway that emerged from…
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I recently attended Microsoft Security’s Project Perception launch event in San Francisco. The software giant continues to refine its broad cybersecurity platform, offering a diverse set of defensive capabilities across its Entra identity, Defender endpoint, email, and cloud-native application protection suite, Sentinel security operations, Purview data security, and secure service edge network security offerings – all informed by Microsoft’s deep threat intelligence. Project Perception is a logical next step for Microsoft, given the growing threats posed by the weaponization of frontier AI that aims to exploit both known and undiscovered vulnerabilities at machine speed. It is designed to add depth and breadth to Microsoft’s already well-established AI security portfolio, which…
