Security Leaders Cite AI-Driven Phishing Attacks as a Top Concern

A VikingCloud report covered by Help Net Security highlights rising concern among security leaders over AI-enabled social engineering, naming agentic AI-driven phishing (51%), prompt hacking (45%), and AI-powered vishing (43%) as top threats. Leaders cite AI creating new attack points (53%), attackers’ technology outpacing defenders (36%), and adversaries being more advanced than internal teams (36%) as key challenges. The report also notes nation-state actors using AI to scale long-term access, IP theft, and espionage, outstripping detection and defense capabilities of many organizations.