Palo Alto Networks Report Reveals AI Is Driving A Massive Cloud Attack Surface Expansion
Palo Alto Networks, Monday, December 29th, 2025
99% of organizations have experienced an attack against AI apps and services in the past year; Security teams can't keep pace with the surging volume of insecure code
The rapid adoption of enterprise AI is fueling an unprecedented surge in cloud security risks. To help organizations understand and combat escalating threats, Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, released its annual "State of Cloud Security Report 2025," exposing how AI is driving a massive expansion of the cloud attack surface.
As cloud infrastructure grows to host the influx of AI workloads, it has become a critical target, with 99% of respondents reporting at least one attack on their AI systems within the past year. Simultaneously, the rise of GenAI-assisted vibe coding, used by 99% of respondents, is generating insecure code faster than security teams can review it. Of the 52% of teams that ship code weekly, only 18% are able to fix vulnerabilities at that pace, leaving unaddressed risks compounding rapidly across cloud environments.