Mark Cuban says AI hacking agents are like cockroaches, but businesses can fight back with AI of their own

Speaking at Reuters Total Health on 23 October, billionaire investor Mark Cuban said he is 'not a doomer' about AI, comparing AI-driven hacking attempts to cockroaches: spray once and more will still find a way in. His point: if bad actors use brute-force AI to probe for weaknesses, defenders can use the same brute-force approach to patch and monitor just as relentlessly.

• Ask whoever manages your website or payment systems whether automated AI scanning tools are already watching for intrusion attempts, not just a once-a-year check.
• Turn on two-factor authentication everywhere you can; cheap automated attacks look for the easiest unlocked door first.

Source: The Economic Times. This is our short summary of their reporting. The paragraphs marked "Our read" and the things to do are SeedFoundry's opinion. The summary is drafted with AI tools. Image: Cost Plus Drugs, from its own announcement. How we source and credit