AI compresses cyberattack timelines, targets ungoverned AI identities
Attackers are operationalising artificial intelligence (AI) to collapse attack workflows from weeks to days, according to the latest Sophos AI Security 2026 Report, which adds that AI’s most immediate impact on cybercrime is speed, as well as a rise in attacks using identity as the primary initial access vector (IAV), rather than inventing new attack types at this stage. “Attackers still need initial access, still move laterally, and [...] The post AI compresses cyberattack timelines, targets ungoverned AI identities appeared first on IT-Online .
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