21 Oct The Best Cybersecurity Lies In Artificial Intelligence
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This week in cybersecurity from the editors at Cybercrime Magazine
Sausalito, Calif. – Oct. 21, 2026
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Cybersecurity Ventures estimated that global cybercrime costs hit $10.5 trillion in 2025, and a World Economic Forum report warns in 2026 that “AI is supercharging the cyber arms race.”
Recently, it’s become clear that modern AI systems are quite adept at discovering software vulnerabilities and finding ways around cybersecurity defenses.
Unintended real-world breaches executed by models from leading AI companies like OpenAI and Anthropic during training exercises have drawn widespread concern, and while those companies have restricted access to their most capable models, experts have indicated it’s only a matter of time before less constrained AI systems have similar capabilities. Already, businesses are seeing a rise in cyberattacks, at least partly attributed to AI assistance.
Fast Company reports that increasingly, the best defense lies in . . . artificial intelligence.
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