{"id":222071,"date":"2026-03-10T15:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/fbi-says-even-in-an-ai-powered-world-security-basics-still-matter\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T15:45:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T19:45:15","slug":"fbi-says-even-in-an-ai-powered-world-security-basics-still-matter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/10\/fbi-says-even-in-an-ai-powered-world-security-basics-still-matter\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI says even in an AI-powered world, security basics still matter"},"content":{"rendered":"

FBI says even in an AI-powered world, security basics still matter<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/fbi-operation-winter-shield-ai-cyber-defense-jason-bilnoski\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-03-10 15:32:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: cyberscoop.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Artificial intelligence may be enhancing cyber threats, but the defensive approach to those AI-amplified attacks remains the same, a top FBI official said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have seen actors both criminal and nation-state, they\u2019re absolutely using AI to their advantage,\u201d said Jason Bilnoski, deputy assistant director at the FBI\u2019s cyber division. \u201cBut the way attacks unfold have not changed. Cyberattacks still follow basic steps. It just becomes an incredible speed now.\u201d<\/p>\n

The best way to deal with those attacks is to implement all the traditional defenses, like those the FBI has been emphasizing as part of its Operation Winter SHIELD media campaign, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t worry about the speed and capability\u201d of AI attacks, Biloski said at a Billington Cybersecurity conference. \u201cIf you\u2019re focused on the basics, it\u2019ll help prevent the actual intrusion from occurring.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a message that the acting director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, Nick Andersen, also shared at the conference. Sophisticated attackers are out there, he said, but the agency\u2019s recent binding operational directive for federal agencies to get rid of unsupported edge devices was a way of shoring up basic vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe continue to see any non-zero-days continuing to be exploited within this environment,\u201d he said. \u201cThe very least that we can do is harden that edge and make it just a little bit more difficult to take advantage in that regard.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

His advice to state and local officials was to take a \u201cback to the basics\u201d approach, such as adopting multi-factor authentication.<\/p>\n

Bilnoski offered further warnings about the threat, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cIdentity is the new perimeter. You\u2019re hunting legitimate traffic on your network,\u201d he said. \u201cSo we\u2019re no longer seeing malware drop. We\u2019re no longer seeing these very noisy TTPs [tactics, techniques and procedures]. It\u2019s legitimate credentials moving laterally…<\/p>\n

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