With the relentless progression of artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the cybersecurity landscape is encountering unprecedented challenges. Matthew Prince, the CEO of Cloudflare, has sounded the alarm, stating that the recent PHP security vulnerability—which prompted a global rush among websites to deploy emergency patches—might merely be the tip of the iceberg. In the years ahead, AI is poised to expedite the identification of high-risk vulnerabilities in even more critical software, potentially thrusting internet security into a prolonged era of instability. AI technology has markedly enhanced the efficiency of vulnerability mining, compelling traditional security protection systems to undergo a transformative overhaul and escalating the technological arms race between attackers and defenders.