As Agentic AI Drives New Malware Risks, Knowbe4 Points To Smart Defenses
KnowBe4, May 2,2025
The rise of agentic AI, while viewed by many as a positive new tool to automate enterprise business functions, is also causing heartburn in the cybersecurity community.
This unease is because agentic artificial intelligence opens the door to use by threat actors that could result in more powerful, scalable malware.
This scenario was documented in a recent blog post by Roger Grimes (pictured), data-driven defense evangelist at KnowBe4 Inc., titled 'Autonomous Agentic AI-Enabled Deepfake Social Engineering Malware is Coming Your Way!' Grimes makes the case that the security industry is already seeing expanded use of AI in attack vectors, and it will be only a matter of time before agentic AI comes into play.