While defenders debate AI, attackers are already using it at scale.
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While defenders debate AI, attackers are already using it at scale.
In this week's Intel Chat, Chris Luft and Matt Bromiley discuss how a Russian-speaking threat actor used generative AI to compromise over 600 Fortinet FortiGate firewalls across 55 countries in just two months.
Matt breaks down the impact: AI allowed this relatively unsophisticated actor to move through attack phases at unprecedented speed. An adversary that used to operate on a timeline of one month can now complete operations in one day.
His message to defenders with negative opinions about AI: walk into an incident response room for an organization dealing with this threat and tell them it's not a real industry threat. They'll disagree.
If adversaries can use AI to force multiply their operations, so can defenders.
The episode also covers North Korean IT worker operations generating $1.64M in fraudulent revenue, Cisco SD-WAN zero-day exploitation, and a controversial prediction about AI's economic impact.
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