"Black October": cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking
In a post on X, Prince said CloudFlare, a security provider, had seen evidence of thousands of people trying to exploit the PHP flaws in the 10 hours before…
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However, in the same way AI will be used to aid in identifying security vulnerabilities at an unprecedented pace, tech leaders worry it’ll also be…
“I no longer think we’re going to be able to patch all bugs,” said Sam Altman on Thursday evening, joining the chorus of executives.
However, in the same way AI will be used to aid in identifying security vulnerabilities at an unprecedented pace, tech leaders worry it’ll also be used by malicious actors to exploit those bugs at an unprecedented pace.
In a post on X, Prince said CloudFlare, a security provider, had seen evidence of thousands of people trying to exploit the PHP flaws in the 10 hours before it was announced. In a blogpost, researchers at AI security platform Wiz said that this was “among the most severe vulnerabilities discovered in PHP, and arguably in software history”.
“I no longer think we’re going to be able to patch all bugs,” said Sam Altman on Thursday evening, joining the chorus of executives.