Team Wabbi
July 23, 2025
Weaponized AI Is Already Here. Is Your Security Strategy Ready?
The cybersecurity arms race has taken on a new dimension. With artificial intelligence accelerating innovation on both sides of the equation, it’s no longer just a question of who has the best tools — it’s who can use them the fastest and smartest. While AI enables developers to build and deploy software more efficiently, it’s also enabling attackers to move at unprecedented speed. That’s why proactive, continuous security has become more critical than ever.
Wabbi’s founder, Brittany Greenfield, recently shared her insights with Forbes, spotlighting one of the most overlooked yet impactful vulnerabilities in the tech industry today. Her perspective sheds light on how balancing speed with efficiency can help businesses and consumers maintain access to the technology they rely on every day.
“Hackers are weaponizing AI to rapidly analyze large volumes of code and uncover vulnerabilities — often before they’re even detected. By shifting security left and right, organizations can operationalize security continuously throughout the SDLC to prevent weak or misconfigured security controls, closing gaps from code to deployment that make them vulnerable to AI-powered adversaries.”
As Greenfield points out, attackers are no longer waiting for public exploits or misconfigurations to be disclosed — they’re using AI to find them first. These machine-powered scans can crawl through massive volumes of source code and deployment environments in minutes, uncovering potential weaknesses faster than any human team (or traditional security tool) ever could.
Shifting Security Left and Right: The Key to Outsmarting AI-Powered Threats
To stay ahead of these threats, organizations must evolve beyond the idea of security as a gatekeeper. Instead, they need to embed it as a foundational component of their software delivery lifecycle. This is where shifting security both left (into development) and right (into deployment and operations) comes in. By treating security as a continuous operational process — rather than a final sign-off — teams can prevent vulnerabilities before they exist and catch gaps before they’re exploited.
The takeaway? AI may be fueling attacks, but it can also drive better defenses — if security becomes a mindset, not just a milestone.
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