Cyber experts warn AI will accelerate attacks and overwhelm defenders in 2026

Cybersecurity experts are offering warnings about the year ahead, and while they come from different backgrounds and companies, their predictions all point to AI changing the nature of attacks, speeding up intrusions and forcing defenders to rethink how they work. Most analysts expect 2026 to be the first time that AI-driven incidents outpace what the majority of teams can respond to manually, and some see the biggest changes coming from attackers who use fully autonomous systems. Loris Degioanni, CTO and founder of Sysdig, expects AI to become central to both sides of the fight: “For defenders, we’ll see end-to-end, agentic… [Continue Reading]