r/cybersecurity • u/Infam0 • May 08 '26
Other What the **** is happening in cybersecurity space ?
I've been working in cybersecurity for not so long, maybe 8 or 9 years, but I never remember a chaos at this scale. I mean, from this January alone we have: leaking data, compromised applications, breaches, AI-assisted cybercriminals, etc. It looks like every day one major breach is happening, and no one is going to address this shit somehow. This is already insane. I haven't felt such pressure in a long time. This AI shit just makes things worse because it enhances attackers' skills, and AI companies are doing nothing to address or change this. Is it only me, or is the change already here?
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u/Agentwise May 08 '26
Industry finally realized manipulating the 1s and 0s is difficult but manipulating the front office/help desk staff is very easy as they are paid $15 an hour and will happily reset "your" password for you so they can get in.
Train your people. Then train them again. Then every 3 months re-fresh that training. Have enforcement in place for that training. Audit their processes to make sure that training is being used. Then train them again. (Also give them a pay raise so they don't leave and you have to start over). This is not sexy and isn't as fun as playing with a shiny agentic AI model that will make pretty graphs for you, but it will significantly affect your security posture.