AI may be good at finding security vulnerabilities, but it can't beat human stupidity
KETTLE AI commands all the headlines nowadays, but the biggest security story of the week is all about human laziness and poor password habits – just like the good old days.
This week on the Kettle, host Brandon Vigliarolo is joined by US editor Avram Piltch and security editor Jessica Lyons to talk about the Klue breach, which was blamed on a "compromised legacy credential" that ought to have been deleted a while ago. The hole allowed cybercriminals to access the SalesForce environments of hundreds of companies, say researchers. The incident has caused trouble for security firm Huntress, which admitted to the breach early on, and the situation over there wasn't caused by AI either.
That said, AI is playing a role in what's being described as "the summer from hell" by one security professional, but while top-tier AI models are spotting troublesome vulnerabilities, the amount of damage they've...
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