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AI is helping hackers make new malware faster and more complex than ever - and things may only get tougher

  • Sead Fadilpašić--TechRadar
  • published date: 2026-02-18 22:15:00 UTC

Social engineering is still the number one attack vector, but ransomware operators are stepping away from encryptors.

<ul><li>Palo Alto warns GenAI accelerates malware creation and complexity </li><li>AI reduces data exfiltration time from five hours to 72 minutes</li><li>Identity weaknesses and SaaS supply chains d… [+2671 chars]