Agentic hacking looks like breadth-first search over misconfigurations, not exploits
dyn___ · x · 2026-10-12
Infosec researcher thegrugq argues most organizations get hacked through vectors that don't involve memory corruption exploits. Agentic hacking doesn't look like exploits — it looks like breadth-first searches for every possible mistake and misconfiguration, a task AI agents are well suited for. The observation implies AI-era security will shift focus toward configuration hygiene and attack-surface reduction.
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