Lightning Talk: AI as the Attack: Weaponizing APIs

When AI Becomes the Attack: How Threat Actors Weaponize AI APIs to Hide Their Tracks 🎙️ Bryant Pickford, Security Specialist Solutions Architect, AWS 📍 Presented at SANS AI Cybersecurity Summit 2026 Problem → risk → action structure: Problem: Threat actors exploit AI APIs to generate overwhelming traffic that appears legitimate Risk: Traditional defenses can't distinguish between legitimate AI crawlers and weaponized ones Action: A 3-step detection framework attendees can implement immediately Explore upcoming SANS Summits to continue learning from leading voices in cybersecurity: https://go.sans.org/summits