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Mar. 25, 2026

Not a vibe: The rise of the agentic AI hacker in cybersecurity

Cybersecurity has always sounded like a thriller--and AI has just handed every would-be operative a new set of lethal capabilities to exploit the attack vectors and surfaces that make networks vulnerable.

Laila Paszti

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Polsinelli LLP

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Not a vibe: The rise of the agentic AI hacker in cybersecurity
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Cybersecurity has always had a talent for making itself sound like a thriller. We often talk about attack vectors, the methods hackers use to infiltrate networks that store your data. We also talk about attack surfaces, which include every exposed, unsecured or vulnerable entry point within a network that can be exploited. The more vectors at a hacker's disposal, the more pr...

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