5 AI vulnerabilities that can break your security posture

By Sharda Tickoo, Country Manager for India & SAARC, Trend Micro

Artificial intelligence promises efficiency and protection, but it brings new vulnerabilities. As AI systems become ubiquitous across organisations, they’re increasingly targeted by threat actors who exploit the same capabilities designed to defend us.

Numbers tell a darker story. 93% of security leaders are now preparing for daily AI onslaughts in 2025. The threat landscape has shifted from human adversaries probing for weaknesses to autonomous systems that learn, adapt, and strike at machine speed. Traditional cybersecurity operated like a chess match. It was strategic, deliberate, with time to think between moves. Today’s reality resembles speed chess against an opponent who sees a thousand moves ahead and never misses.

Trend Micro’s recent research has revealed five critical vulnerabilities that are already rewriting the rules of engagement, from elite hacking contests to exposed production servers and ...