Check Point report says AI shifts from assisting hackers to running autonomous intrusions

• Check Point published its Annual AI Security Report 2026, warning AI has shifted from assisting cyber criminals to running live intrusions.
• Documented cases showed autonomous exploitation workflows generating 5,317 AI-executed commands across 34 attack sessions with minimal human direction.
• Vulnerability-to-exploit timelines have compressed to hours, driving regulators to mandate remediation windows as short as 12 hours for critical internet-facing systems.
• Detections of long malicious prompt-injection payloads rose about fivefold from March to May 2026, signaling rising enterprise exposure via AI systems.
• High-risk enterprise AI prompts doubled to about 1 in 25 interactions; 87%-93% of organizations saw at least one high-risk AI interaction monthly.

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