India, March 2 -- CrowdStrike has announced the general availability of FalconID, extending its Falcon platform with risk-aware multi-factor authentication designed to address AI-accelerated phishing and credential abuse at the point of authentication.

The move reflects a broader shift in identity security: from fragmented, static access controls to continuous, risk-based authorisation embedded directly into the endpoint.

Identity has become the primary attack surface. According to the company, adversaries are using AI to scale social engineering campaigns and bypass traditional defences, including conventional multi-factor authentication.

Tactics such as MFA fatigue, AI-enhanced phishing and session hijacking are now common. At the sa...