A year ago, it still took months—sometimes years—for adversaries to turn a newly disclosed vulnerability into reliable, scalable exploits. In 2026, that clock is broken. AI-assisted attacks have made time-to-exploit effectively “negative,” with a material share of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) weaponized within a day of disclosure and, at times, before patches are widely…
What happens when a novice cybercriminal gets an AI co‑pilot? In this case: a global smash-and-grab across more than 600 FortiGate devices, spanning 55 countries, executed in just a few weeks—and powered in part by off-the-shelf generative AI. According to reporting from Amazon Threat Intelligence, surfaced by The Hacker News, a Russian-speaking, financially motivated actor…
If it feels like you’re sprinting a marathon just to keep your organization safe, you’re not imagining things. Cybersecurity researchers reported more than 14,400 exploits tied to about 10,500 unique CVEs in 2025—up 16.5% from the prior year. Over half of the CVEs linked to ransomware were first identified as zero-days. And a single vulnerability,…
What happens when advanced AI stops being just a productivity tool and becomes a force multiplier for well‑funded adversaries? According to Google’s latest findings, that future is already here—and it’s moving faster than most defenders realize. Researchers found evidence that nation‑state hacking groups are incorporating Google’s Gemini AI at nearly every phase of the attack…
What happens when nation-states fuse deep pockets, patient tradecraft, and cutting-edge AI? According to Google, you get a faster, smarter, and more adaptive wave of cyber operations—and it’s not a distant future scenario. It’s happening now. In an advisory highlighted in February 2025, Google warned that state-backed threat actors increasingly integrated artificial intelligence into their…
