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Critical Vulnerabilities Found in 100% of AI Systems Amid Rapid Enterprise Adoption

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Zscaler's 2026 AI Security Report reveals that 100% of observed AI systems and applications had critical vulnerabilities, with 90% compromised in under 90 minutes. The report highlights a 91% growth in AI usage across 3400+ applications, with significant data privacy violations and the emergence of autonomous AI-driven cyber-attacks. The finance and insurance sectors lead in AI/ML traffic, while engineering and IT departments are the primary users. The US, India, and Canada are the top regions for AI transactions, with OpenAI, Codelium, and Perplexity being the leading LLM vendors. The report underscores the urgent need for AI governance and warns of the potential for AI agents to automate cyber-attacks at machine speed.

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  1. 28.01.2026 13:45 1 articles · 23h ago

    Zscaler 2026 AI Security Report Reveals Critical Vulnerabilities in AI Systems

    Zscaler's 2026 AI Security Report, published on January 27, 2026, analyzed 989.3 billion AI and machine learning transactions in 2025. The report found that 100% of AI systems and applications had critical vulnerabilities, with 90% compromised in under 90 minutes. The median time to first critical failure was 16 minutes, with some flaws occurring in a single second. The report also highlighted a 91% growth in AI usage across 3400+ applications, with significant data privacy violations and the emergence of autonomous AI-driven cyber-attacks.

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  • Zscaler analyzed 989.3 billion AI and machine learning transactions in 2025.

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  • AI usage grew by 91% across 3400+ applications.

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  • Finance and insurance sectors accounted for 23% of all AI/ML traffic.

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  • Technology and education sectors saw 202% and 184% year-over-year growth in AI transactions, respectively.

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  • Engineering departments represented 48.9% of all AI usage, followed by IT (31.8%) and marketing (6.9%).

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  • The US accounted for 38% of AI transactions, followed by India (14%) and Canada (5%).

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  • OpenAI was the top LLM vendor in 2025, followed by Codelium and Perplexity.

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  • 100% of AI systems and applications had critical vulnerabilities, with 90% compromised in under 90 minutes.

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  • The median time to first critical failure was 16 minutes, with some flaws occurring in a single second.

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  • 18,033 TB of enterprise data was transferred to AI/ML applications, a 93% year-over-year rise.

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  • Grammarly and ChatGPT were identified as major repositories of corporate intelligence, with 410 million DLP policy violations tied to ChatGPT.

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  • AI agents are anticipated to increasingly automate cyber-attacks, including reconnaissance, exploitation, and lateral movement.

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