The Rise of ‘Vibe Hacking' Is the Next AI Nightmare

The Rise of ‘Vibe Hacking’ Is the Next AI Nightmare | WIRED

In the very near future, victory will belong to the savvy blackhat hacker who uses AI to generate code at scale.

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TL;DR: AI is about to supercharge hackers’ abilities—what security pros are calling “vibe hacking.” Tools like XBOW are already auto-scanning and exploiting web flaws, and purpose-built or jailbroken LLMs (think WormGPT, FraudGPT, even ChatGPT clones) can spit out malicious code with a simple prompt. As generative models get smarter, virtually anyone—even script-kiddies—can tell AI “cook me up an exploit” and watch the malware roll off the assembly line.

The real worry, though, is seasoned cybercriminals using AI to scale attacks they already know inside out. What used to take days of tinkering can now be done in 30 minutes, supercharging zero-day strikes, polymorphic malware, and mass automated break-ins. While OpenAI, Anthropic, and others keep tightening guardrails (and even offer bug bounties for jailbreak hunters), the arms race is on—and the next big cyber nightmare might just be an AI prompt away.