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AI accelerating offensive security and vulnerability research

March 31, 2026The Hacker News, Thomas H. Ptacek, Gadi Evron

The Hacker News says AI shrinks cyberattacks to hours, while Thomas H. Ptacek and Gadi Evron argue frontier models will find generation-defining RCEs and automate vulnerability research faster than defenders can respond.

AI is shrinking cyberattacks to hours.
Threat actors use AI to automate phishing, find vulnerabilities, and chain exploits faster than human response.
use a frontier model to find your generation-defining Sendmail RCE vulnerability.
the illusion that vulnerability research won’t be automated away has passed.
The Hacker News
Thomas H. Ptacek
Gadi Evron
Justin Elze
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