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Bankless · Saturday, October 24, 2026

Offensive AI Agents Needed to Counter Automated Cyber Threats

Hari Mulackal and Odysseus Lamtzidis argue that because human defenders cannot keep up with AI-driven attacks, companies must use offensive security agents like Cantina's Apex product to attack themselves first and fix vulnerabilities.

personHari MulackalpersonOdysseus LamtzidiscompanyCantina SecuritycompanyPhylax

The tape

2 quotes
“So we have a product called Apex. It's an offensive security agent. It can take in your websites. It can take in your source code. It can take in any information that you have and it will simulate an attack.”
Hari
“The only way to combat this is with AI. And so our AI defense has to go, it has to be faster than AI offense. So the defenders have to be moving as quickly as, or faster than the attackers.”
David
Heard on Bankless — “Black October! What Is Happening to the Internet? | Hari Mulackal & Odysseas Lamtzidis”, published Saturday, October 24, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Offensive AI Agents Needed to Counter Automated Cyber Threats — Heardvine