The short answer is no — but the more useful answer is "it depends on what you do." AI is already changing specific security tasks, making some roles more productive and making others less necessary at current staffing levels. My experience working with security teams: organisations are hiring security professionals who understand AI, not replacing teams with AI. Here is the honest breakdown of what is changing, what is not, and exactly what to do if you are building or…
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Cracking Passwords using AI in 2026 – How AI Makes Weak Passwords Even More Dangerous
A password that would have taken traditional cracking tools 5 years to crack by brute force can now be cracked in minutes using AI-assisted techniques. PassGAN — a neural network trained on real leaked passwords — generates new password guesses based on the patterns in billions of real passwords that people have actually used and exposed in breaches. This isn't science fiction; it's 2023 research from Home Security Heroes that has been replicated, extended, and incorporated into real-world attack tooling.…
LLM05 Improper Output Handling 2026 — XSS, RCE and SSRF via AI Output | AI LLM Hacking Course Day 9
🤖 AI/LLM HACKING COURSE FREE Part of the AI/LLM Hacking Course — 90 Days Day 9 of 90 · 10% complete ⚠️ Authorised Targets Only: Testing for XSS, RCE, and SSRF via LLM output must only be performed against systems you have explicit written authorisation to test. Never execute or trigger payloads against production systems beyond what is necessary to confirm a finding exists. SecurityElites.com accepts no liability for misuse. A developer showed me their new AI customer support tool…
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
How to Use AI for Cybersecurity Without Creating New Risks in 2026
AI is the most significant capability change in defensive security since endpoint detection and response emerged as a category. My experience over the past two years is that the organisations getting the most value from AI security tools share a common characteristic: they defined measurable success criteria before deployment, not after. The organisations I work with that are getting the most value from AI security tools share a common pattern: they deployed AI to augment existing capabilities rather than replace…
LLM04 Data Model Poisoning 2026 — Corrupting AI From the Training Phase | AI LLM Hacking Class Day 8
🤖 AI/LLM HACKING COURSE FREE Part of the AI/LLM Hacking Course — 90 Days Day 8 of 90 · 8.8% complete ⚠️ Authorised Research Only: Data poisoning and backdoor testing involves modifying training pipelines and testing model behaviour under adversarial conditions. All exercises use controlled environments — your own models, your own training runs, or academic research datasets. Never introduce poisoned data into production training pipelines or third-party model repositories. SecurityElites.com accepts no liability for misuse. A researcher at a…
What Does AI Know About You? More Than You Think 2026
Every conversation you have with an AI assistant is potentially stored, analysed, and used to improve the model you're talking to. Beyond that, the AI companies building these tools are part of broader ecosystems — Google, Microsoft, Meta — that have been building detailed profiles of you for years. What AI systems actually know about you depends on which tools you use, which accounts they are connected to, and whether you have ever changed the default settings. Here is the…
Tuesday, May 5, 2026
Can AI Write Malware? What the Research Shows — And What Defenders Must Know (2026)
Yes — AI tools can assist in generating malicious code, and security researchers have been documenting this capability since 2022. My assessment after tracking this research closely: the threat is real, the defensive adaptations are working, and the honest picture is more nuanced than most headlines suggest. The important nuances: what AI produces still requires human expertise to weaponise effectively, existing defences are adapting, and the documented threat looks different from the sensationalised version in headlines. Here is what the…
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