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ANALYSIS
Attacks are becoming systematic, scalable and reproducible, like software manufacturing. This is the era of‘ AI attack factories’.
The convergence of these two forces produces a dangerous outcome: more attackers can execute more sophisticated attacks, simultaneously increasing both attack volume and velocity. The timeto-exploit window will collapse to near zero day.
Why this is important
We all should be alarmed by the leak associated with the new Claude model, but we should not be surprised. many realise. An AI system capable of generating sophisticated software can be trained or prompted to identify vulnerabilities within it. This capability, combined with exploit development and the ability to chain multi-step attacks, creates an entirely new threat surface.
Reassess your security posture now
In response to this evolving threat landscape, we urge security leaders to conduct a rigorous reassessment of their security foundations. This isn’ t only about implementing new tools. It’ s also about ensuring that your security tools themselves are secure.
Jonathan Zanger, CTO of Check Point Software Technologies
Check Point has been continuously evaluating AI model capabilities and anticipating this evolution. We’ ve known that advanced models would eventually demonstrate proficiency in code review, vulnerability discovery and reverse engineering, and could integrate with tools and APIs that enable penetration testing and exploitation.
What’ s important to understand: the gap between writing code and analysing code is narrower than
Where to start:
• Assess the security efficacy of your first line of defence. Networks, firewalls, WAF, endpoint and email security are critical. But are they tuned for zero day protection? Default security configurations are not optimised to defend against previously unknown exploits. If your perimeter and endpoint security are running standard baselines, you’ re exposed
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