CrowdStrike, Palo Alto hit records after Black Hat cyber conference illuminates rising AI threat

AI agents (autonomous AI systems that can act independently to carry out tasks) have become a major cybersecurity threat, prompting businesses to invest heavily in AI security tools at the Black Hat conference. Cybersecurity companies like CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks are seeing increased demand for new defensive tools to protect against these AI-powered attacks, as the threat landscape has become significantly more dangerous and fast-moving.