The AI War Is Already at Your Front Door

There is an AI war going on, and some of it is being fought over the websites, computers and accounts we use every day. People are using AI to help find weaknesses, break into systems and demand money. Other people are using AI to find those same weaknesses and close them. The work happens quietly, until somebody loses access to their files or discovers that a stranger has control of an account. I have helped people secure their systems. In the cases I have dealt with after something went wrong, basic protections were missing. That experience is why I keep coming back to the basics. Good security reduces risk; it cannot remove it altogether. But leaving it undone gives an attacker something to work with. AI gives them more help doing that work. ## AI Makes the Attacker's Work Easier Hacking did not begin with AI. Neither did ransomware. What concerns me is how much of the work an attacker can now get help with: researching a target, writing a convincing message, finding a weakness or…