Ai Threats

2026-03-24
AI Threat Landscape2024–2025
Cloudflare

The Threat Has Evolved

AI enables attackers to move faster, scale further, and evade traditional defenses

AI-Powered Bots

Bots mimic human behavior with ML — bypassing CAPTCHAs, rotating IPs, and simulating real user journeys to scrape, scalp, and abuse.

+168% · bot traffic YoY

Synthetic Identity Fraud

Generative AI creates convincing fake identities at scale — combining real and fabricated data to open accounts, file claims, and make purchases.

$6B+ · annual US losses

Credential Stuffing

Automated tools test billions of leaked username/password pairs across every login endpoint — your web, mobile, and API surfaces all at once.

193B · attempts per year

Deepfake Social Engineering

AI-generated voice and video impersonate executives, support agents, and customers to bypass KYC checks, authorize transfers, and manipulate staff.

3000% · increase since 2022

Prompt Injection

Attackers embed malicious instructions in user inputs to hijack AI assistants and chatbots — redirecting actions, leaking data, or escalating privileges.

New · AI-native attack class

Data Exfiltration via APIs

Attackers enumerate object IDs and exploit broken authorization in APIs to harvest customer PII, payment data, and proprietary product information.

83% · breaches involve APIs