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CrowdStrike CEO Kurtz says cyberattacks are shifting from ‘malware’ to prompt-driven tactics

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published October 22, 2026 · No Priors Podcast · The New Apex Predator: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on Adversaries Armed With AI Agents
CrowdStrike CEO Kurtz says cyberattacks are shifting from ‘malware’ to prompt-driven tactics
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The New Apex Predator: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on Adversaries Armed With AI Agents

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"And what people have to keep in mind is it's not malware anymore. It's prompts. So they can basically engineer prompts that would uniquely create create a totally unique signature of what direction they're going to go in, how they gather information, where they pivot."

George Kurtz argues that some adversaries are increasingly using prompts to drive actions and reconnaissance, producing highly variable behaviour that may not match reusable malware signatures. He says this rapid iteration makes it harder to distinguish and track attacks using traditional signature-based approaches.

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George Kurtz · guest
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The New Apex Predator: CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz on Adversaries Armed With AI Agents
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