Why Hackers Now Call You Instead of Emailing | The X-Ops Brief

Every defence we rely on assumes there's time to check: verify the person on the call, vet the new hire, review the access request, patch the flaw. This video looks at how AI took that time away, in three parts.

Built from the Sophos 2026 AI Security Report. Read the full report: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/content/sophos-ai-security-2026-report

Chapters

0:00 Why cybersecurity suddenly feels like it's losing

1:00 Faked: voice phishing overtakes email, and a courier arrives in 24 hours

2:20 Granted: AI agents grew 466.7% in a year, and one click let attackers into Vercel

3:35 Exploited: a 3-day patch deadline beaten in 24 hours, and what pushes back

5:30 What's next

Built from the Sophos 2026 AI Security Report. Read the full report: https://www.sophos.com/en-us/content/sophos-ai-security-2026-report

Sources cited in this video: Sophos AI Security Report 2026, Mandiant M-Trends 2026, BeyondTrust, Saviynt / Cybersecurity Insiders CISO AI Risk Report 2026, CISA BOD 26-04, UK AI Security Institute.