How AI-Assisted Attacks Are Breaking Legacy SIEM Tools
Summary: Google's Threat Intelligence Group observed malware nicknamed PROMPTFLUX contacting an AI model every hour it runs to request a new version of itself, with each version returning in a different form, in late 2025. IBM's 2026 X-Force Threat Intelligence Index found attackers using AI for reconnaissance, vulnerability scanning and on-the-fly rewriting of phishing emails and malware, while the number of active ransomware groups grew 49% in a single year.
What's compelling: IBM's 2025 Cost of a Data Breach report puts the average time to spot and shut down a breach at 241 days, roughly eight months an attacker can sit inside a network, and the same report found AI and automation in security operations cut response time by 80 days and saved close to $1.9 million per breach.
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