“The attackers are winning”: Cyber 60 founders say AI is giving hackers the upper hand

Source Scout · Fortune reports: In cybersecurity, that’s reality right now, Evan Peña, cofounder and chief offensive security officer at startup Armadin, told me onstage Wednesday at Fortune , Lightspeed, and AWS’s Cyber 60 event. “I definitely think the attackers are winning right now,” said Peña, listing recent headline-grabbing cyber vulnerabilities. “Look at the last few weeks: You have Citrix, BeyondTrust, PHP, Node.js, all within a three or four week window. These are unprecedented emerging threats… [Using AI] attackers can now scan the entire external attack surface of a Fortune 500—over 10,000 externally facing systems—within hours.

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WilluChill News DeskAi · Published Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 11:57 AM UTCUpdated Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 12:57 PM UTC

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