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AI maturation is leading to more malicious hacking attacks. Like thousands of cybersecurity thought leaders, I’ve been speaking about AI being used maliciously since OpenAI released ChatGPT in November 2022. I’m far from alone. The entire cybersecurity industry has been warning about it nonstop. We’ve known that as AI progresses, attackers would use those same productivity features, thereby harming us.

Application Security Testing (AST) services use automated tools and manual techniques to find and fix security vulnerabilities in software, integrating security into the entire development lifecycle (SDLC) to prevent threats and protect applications from attacks. Key services include Static Application Security Testing (SAST) for code-level analysis, Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) for runtime testing, and Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) which combines both.

AI has transformed both how attackers operate and how defenders must respond. Today’s adversaries use AI to shift tactics in real time, forcing defenders to react at unprecedented speed. Many SOCs struggle to keep pace due to the limits of legacy automation. Even the most mature playbooks can’t anticipate every scenario or data variation, because playbooks are predictable — but adversaries aren’t.

CrowdStrike is accelerating our vision for the SOC with the launch of new, specialized agents built to tackle some of the toughest modern challenges in security operations: faster data pipeline creation, simpler custom app creation, and continuous, authenticated exposure scanning. Earlier this year, we charted a path toward the agentic SOC — where security teams command fleets of intelligent agents that reason, decide, and act at machine speed while under defender control.

CrowdStrike Falcon for XIoT is gaining new innovations to protect operational technology (OT) and XIoT environments as they grow larger and more interconnected. The rapid expansion of industrial systems has led to blind spots across segmented networks, unmanaged devices, and legacy infrastructure. Most OT security tools, siloed by design, fail to see which assets are connected or how they communicate.

The healthcare sector remains one of the most targeted industries for cyber attacks due to its critical role in national infrastructure and its extensive repositories of sensitive data containing personally identifiable information (PII). It’s widely assumed that threat actors target healthcare and related organizations because they are perceived as more likely to pay a ransom to restore critical systems and protect patient safety in the event of an attack.

The launch of OpenAI Atlas, an AI-powered browser that merges ChatGPT’s intelligence with a full web experience, marks a major leap in how people interact with the internet. Instead of typing queries or clicking through pages, users can now ask, act, and automate, delegating browsing tasks to AI agents capable of retrieving data, filling in forms, or performing actions on their behalf. For businesses, Atlas represents both opportunity and risk.

Artificial Intelligence has rapidly evolved from a niche research field into an everyday workplace tool. In many cases, this adoption has outpaced previous technology waves, with employees across industries embracing AI to boost productivity in almost every aspect of their work and life.

In today’s evolving threat landscape, a stack of security tools isn’t enough. MSPs need a partner that helps them scale, differentiate, and deliver exceptional security outcomes. That’s why Arctic Wolf launched a purpose-built MSP program earlier this year, designed in close collaboration with our MSP partners to empower them to grow faster and more profitably.