AI has just lowered the bar to hacking. In this episode, cybersecurity founder Peyton Smith explains how script‑kiddie teenagers, China, and Russia are all using AI to probe critical infrastructure – and what defenders have to do next.
If you work in tech, security, or you just want to know how vulnerable our systems really are, this conversation will change how you think about AI and cyber risk.
Peyton spent years on CrowdStrike’s red team, paid by Fortune 1000 companies to break into “secure” environments and show them where their defences really failed. Now he’s building an AI‑powered platform to continuously stress‑test legacy infrastructure before attackers find the holes.
We get into:
– How AI has lowered the barrier to entry for hacking and made “script kiddies” far more dangerous.
– Why China and Russia are systematically targeting US and Western critical infrastructure.
– Why older, more complex organisations – from airlines to the energy grid – are often the least secure.
– The reality of red teaming: breaking into large, well‑funded companies in a two‑week window.
– Where AI actually helps defenders, and why “autonomous cybersecurity” is mostly marketing (for now).
– How Peyton is using large language models to automate proactive security without removing the human from the loop.
– What founders should focus on when building signal‑over‑noise security products in an AI‑noisy market.
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