AI is compressing exploit development from months to hours, and vulnerability use has overtaken stolen credentials
FinanceYF5 · x · 2026-07-26
- The thread argues that AI is compressing the offensive security timeline from months to hours.
- It cites Verizon’s 2026 report saying exploit use has overtaken stolen credentials as the top initial access method for the first time.
- The post also says AI agents can scale attacks by letting one operator run thousands of agents in parallel.
- It frames the offensive stack as three rapidly improving paths: vulnerability discovery/exploitation, phishing/social engineering, and privilege abuse.
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