Artificial intelligence companies including OpenAI and Anthropic could, within six months, roll out advanced models capable of finding software vulnerabilities at scale, sharply lowering the barrier for sophisticated cyberattacks, Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) CEO Nikesh Arora has warned.
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In a blog post published Monday, Arora said these AI models will be easily accessible to anyone possessing a credit card and a computer, thereby enabling even a single malicious actor to carry out campaigns that previously required entire teams.
The cybersecurity firm’s top boss said that companies’ heavy reliance on multiple vendors and aging open-source dependencies creates a large attack surface, with new AI models increasingly adept at uncovering overlooked vulnerabilities.
AI-powered attacks could go from breach to data theft in just 25 minutes, while most firms take days to detect intrusions, stressing that …
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