Seriously, More AI Bullshit in Security

Right, so apparently everyone’s decided slapping “AI” on everything fixes all their problems. This article – and the Gartner Magic Quadrant it’s whining about – basically says endpoint security vendors are now obsessed with using machine learning to detect threats. Shocking. Like humans weren’t enough of a screw-up.

Here’s the gist, because I have better things to do than explain this:

• XDR is King (for now): Everyone and their mother wants Extended Detection and Response. It’s just consolidating tools, don’t let them fool you with fancy names.
• AI/ML everywhere: Behavioral analysis, threat hunting… all powered by the glorious AI overlords. Expect more false positives, guaranteed.
• Managed Services are booming: Because nobody wants to actually *do* security work themselves anymore. Just pay someone else to deal with it when things inevitably go sideways.
• Cloud is still a thing: Surprise! More endpoints in the cloud mean more places for attackers to poke holes.
• Attack Surface Reduction (ASR) is important: Finally, something sensible. Reduce what you expose, duh. Though they’re framing it as “AI-powered” ASR now, naturally.

The whole thing boils down to vendors trying to out-buzzword each other while the actual threat landscape gets more complicated by the minute. They’re talking about “generative AI” being used for attacks *and* defense. Fantastic. More chaos. Just what we needed.

Oh, and they mention a bunch of vendors – CrowdStrike, Microsoft, SentinelOne, Palo Alto Networks… same players, different marketing slides. Don’t expect miracles from any of them.

Honestly, it’s all just layers of abstraction on top of the same fundamental problems: weak passwords, unpatched systems, and users clicking on everything. AI isn’t a magic bullet; it’s just another tool that can be bypassed by someone with enough effort (and probably a script kiddie).

Don’t believe the hype.

Link to the original article (if you’re *really* bored)

Speaking of users clicking on things, I once had a sysadmin who thought a popup saying “Your computer is infected with 10 viruses! Click here to remove them!” was legitimate. Took me three hours and a full system restore to clean up the mess. AI won’t fix stupid, people.

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