New, by me: How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts

AI-based assistants or “agents” — autonomous programs that have access to the user’s computer, files, online services and can automate virtually any task — are growing in popularity with developers and IT workers. But as so many eyebrow-raising headlines over the past few weeks have shown, these powerful and assertive new tools are rapidly shifting the security priorities for organizations, while blurring the lines between data and code, trusted co-worker and insider threat, ninja hacker and novice code jockey.

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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/03/how-ai-assistants-are-moving-the-security-goalposts/

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@briankrebs

When I taught systems architecture, one of the main aphorisms was "design the security layers first, especially if you can't control all the application code".

Now it's "deploy AI, with totally unpredictable behaviour, and don't worry about security"

@alice

@briankrebs

I'm sure you know, but for those who don't, the second aphorism is a slogan from the data thieves' marketing team.

@alice