AI is increasingly being used as both an attack tool and a target, with AI-enabled cyberattacks rising 89% in 2025, according to CrowdStrike's annual Threat Hunting Report. Criminal groups and nation-state actors — most notably North Korea's Famous Chollima — are leveraging AI to launch sophisticated attacks, including credential theft, supply-chain compromises, and the creation of fake companies to support insider threat operations. AI is also accelerating vulnerability exploitation, with 88% of observed attacks using public proof-of-concept code occurring within 48 hours of release, effectively rendering traditional 30-day patching windows obsolete.
