Cybersecurity Predictions for 2025 and Insights from Microsoft Ignite and AWS re:Invent

Episode 13   Published December 12, 2024 9 minute watch

Summary

A CISA report found that in 2023 the majority of the most frequently exploited vulnerabilities were first hit as zero-days. That is up from less than half in 2022. Automox CTO Jason Kikta traces the shift to how easy mass exploitation has become. Attackers keep continuous scans and databases of exposed internet-facing appliances, so a single zero-day can be queued against every vulnerable instance at once. His 2025 prediction pairs aggressive patching with faster automated mitigation and tighter collaboration between security and IT. He also reports back from Microsoft Ignite and AWS re:Invent, where vendors are finally chasing realistic AI use cases and moving past simply bolting on large language models.