For the past eight years, the Bugcrowd hacking platform has surveyed its users to produce a report called “Inside the Mind of a Hacker” which reveals the year-on-year evolution of the ethical hacker. From hacker community neurodiversity to the rise of the hacker as influencer, many surprising aspects of the hacking life have emerged. This year, with some 1,300 hackers taking part, the biggest surprise is likely just how many are embracing AI as a tool, tactic and threat.
Inside The Mind Of A Hacker 2024
“Celebrating hackers is at the core of what we do at Bugcrowd,” the company CEO, Dave Gerry, said. The latest Bugcrowd report confirmed the view that the AI threat landscape is evolving too fast to be adequately secured, with 81% of those hackers questioned agreeing. Yet, at the same time, the number who felt that AI enhances the value of hacking has jumped from just 21% in 2023 to 71% this year. The latter shift in hacker mindset can best be seen in the fact that 1,000 of those asked said that they are now using AI tools in their hacking work.
Source: Forbes