AI Attacks Expose Limitations of Traditional Security Tools

Lumen Technologies' Nayak and D'Abreo on Why Firewalls and WAFs Fall Short Michael Novinson (MichaelNovinson) • November 26, 2025

Artificial intelligence-based attacks continue to grow in scale and sophistication, and security teams are struggling to counter threats that evolve faster than their tools. Enterprises relying on firewalls and web application filters aren't able to keep pace with adversaries who use AI to probe environments and exploit vulnerabilities.

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"AI is able to incredibly find zero-day vulnerabilities much cheaper, better, faster than humans … and that exposes those vulnerabilities in a shape and form that security teams find it difficult to plan to mitigate," said Susmita Nayak, senior director of product for gen AI and cybersecurity at Lumen Technologies.

Threat actors are also adopting virtual private servers, or VPSs, to increase attack volume. Cybercriminals are ignoring compromised home devices in favor of VPS ...