The Biggest-Ever Internet Security Threat Has Been Known for 22 Years
OpenAI offered several suggestions in its disclosure about the PHP patch, all of which basically boil down to: write better, more secure code from the start.
Companies need to treat every single business operation like air traffic controllers treat their surroundings, said Madhu Shashanka, cofounder of security company Concentric AI.
“Everything is a potential vulnerability,” Shashanka said. “Every business operation is a high-stakes operation.”
For example, companies that leave certain software unpatched, even for a few days, are exposing themselves to vulnerabilities that are no longer too difficult or expensive for bad actors to exploit.
“Lots of vulnerabilities are out there that are never exploited because it takes effort,” said Shashanka. “AI has rendered that effort meaningless.”
Source: CNN, "The biggest-ever internet security threat has been known for 22 years. AI made it a crisis in 2 days."
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