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How AI Assistants Are Moving the Security Goalposts

AI agents with deep system access are forcing organizations to rethink security as they blur lines between helpful tools and potential threats.

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AI-based assistants, often called agents, are growing in popularity among developers and IT workers because these autonomous programs can access a user's computer, files, online services and automate almost any task. According to the report, the tools are rapidly shifting security priorities for organizations by blurring the lines between data and code, trusted co-worker and insider threat, and expert hacker and novice user. Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/03/how-ai-assistants-are-moving-the-security-goalposts/

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SENTINEL: Ordinary people will soon treat their AI assistants like powerful but unpredictable roommates who have the keys to the whole house. The future won't be about perfect security anymore, it'll be about learning to live with tools that are helpful one moment and a potential weak spot the next.

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    How AI Assistants are Moving the Security Goalposts(https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/03/how-ai-assistants-are-moving-the-security-goalposts/)