CrowdStrike reports that AI is accelerating cyberattacks — helping criminals write more convincing phishing, find weaknesses faster and operate at greater scale. The tools that make defenders more productive are doing the same for attackers.
The Foresight take
In practice this means fewer tell-tale signs. AI-written phishing has fewer spelling mistakes and better context, and the time between a vulnerability being disclosed and exploited keeps shrinking. Speed is now the attacker’s advantage.
Defenders have to answer with speed too: faster patching, automated detection and response, and awareness training that reflects how good modern phishing has become. We use AI-assisted monitoring on the defensive side to help clients keep pace.
Source: ITPro, 24 February 2026.