{"id":190610,"date":"2026-02-25T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/crowdstrike-reports-89-increase-in-attacks-by-ai-enabled-adversaries-meritalk\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T15:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T20:40:11","slug":"crowdstrike-reports-89-increase-in-attacks-by-ai-enabled-adversaries-meritalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/crowdstrike-reports-89-increase-in-attacks-by-ai-enabled-adversaries-meritalk\/","title":{"rendered":"CrowdStrike Reports 89% Increase in Attacks by AI-Enabled Adversaries \u2013 MeriTalk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/articles\/crowdstrike-reports-89-increase-in-attacks-by-ai-enabled-adversaries\/\">CrowdStrike Reports 89% Increase in Attacks by AI-Enabled Adversaries \u2013 MeriTalk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/articles\/crowdstrike-reports-89-increase-in-attacks-by-ai-enabled-adversaries\/\">https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/articles\/crowdstrike-reports-89-increase-in-attacks-by-ai-enabled-adversaries\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-25 15:15:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.meritalk.com\">www.meritalk.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The report from cybersecurity services provider CrowdStrike highlights an alarming 89% year-over-year increase in AI-enabled cyberattacks.<\/li>\n<li>AI-driven attacks not only target but also utilize generative AI tools manipulated by adversaries to steal credentials and cryptocurrency.<\/li>\n<li>Adversaries have exploited vulnerabilities in AI development platforms to maintain access, deploy ransomware, and set up fake AI servers to capture sensitive data.<\/li>\n<li>There is a significant reduction in the time it takes for attackers to move laterally within systems, dropping to 29 minutes on average, a 65% increase from the previous year.<\/li>\n<li>CrowdStrike emphasizes that 82% of detections were malware-free, highlighting the tactics of attackers using trusted systems and pathways to evade detection.<\/li>\n<li>Activity linked to actors connected to the People\u2019s Republic of China rose by 38%, with a large portion targeting internet-facing edge devices.<\/li>\n<li>CrowdStrike warns that defending against AI-accelerated threats and securing AI systems requires operations at machine speed.<\/li>\n<li>The findings are particularly relevant as federal agencies and industry partners are pushing for expanded AI adoption in line with the president\u2019s AI Action Plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CrowdStrike Reports 89% Increase in Attacks by AI-Enabled Adversaries \u2013 MeriTalk https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/articles\/crowdstrike-reports-89-increase-in-attacks-by-ai-enabled-adversaries\/ Publish Date: 2026-02-25&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.meritalk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/shutterstock_1121466524-min.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[19],"class_list":["post-190610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-generative-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190612,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190610\/revisions\/190612"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}