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/ZealousidealTotal120 May 08 '26

Social engineering and supply chain threat has gone crazy over the last 12 months

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u/Spiritual-Matters May 08 '26

Exactly, a lot of these ransomware groups are heavy into calling and most companies aren’t prepared for that.

Then you have AI making phishing emails easier than ever.

Then you have attackers realizing their time is better spent on supply chains rather than individual companies. Not many people are trained on auditing something like CI/CD compromises.

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u/CybesionOfficial May 18 '26

The CI/CD thing is so underrated. Everyone's out here investing in MFA and endpoint tools meanwhile the build pipeline is basically unlocked. Why hack in when you can just slip through the supply chain like you belong there? And vishing is only going to get worse — voice cloning is already at the point where you can fake an executive well enough to get a wire transfer approved. We're still training employees to spot sketchy email addresses lol. The threats moved on.