Bottom line: AI-driven threats pose significant risk to organizations worldwide, with a 74% likelihood of attacks leveraging AI in the next two years.
What's happening: Threat actors have begun deploying agentic AI models to launch coordinated attacks, exploiting vulnerabilities in unpatched Adobe Flash and Internet Explorer 11 (CVE-2021-22720, CVSS score 8.8). In the past month, 47% of organizations worldwide have experienced AI-powered phishing attacks, with the majority coming from North Korea.
What to do: Security teams must prioritize AI-powered threat detection and incident response capabilities to stay ahead of evolving threats, and consider implementing automated threat intelligence tools to bolster their defenses.