10/28/2024

AI in cyber attacks: a potential wildfire?

Techzine

In the security world, there is much talk about artificial intelligence’s impact. But what is AI doing on the attackers’ side? How is it being deployed within security products designed to make companies more secure? Is it also possible to secure the AI used within organizations? We will address those questions on Techzine.

We will address each question in a separate article featuring experts from the field. They participated in a roundtable discussion at the beginning of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The participants are: André Noordam of SentinelOne, Patrick de Jong of Palo Alto Networks, Daan Huybregts of Zscaler, Joost van Drenth of NetApp, Edwin Weijdema of Veeam, Pieter Molen of Trend Micro, Danlin Ou of Synology, Daniël Jansen of Tesorion and Younes Loumite of NinjaOne. The roundtable participants discuss AI as a cyber threat in this first article.

How big is the threat?

As the discussion begins, it becomes immediately clear that AI significantly impacts refining cybercriminals’ campaigns. They know they can use technology to increase the impact of their attacks. This can be done in several ways, with hackers primarily seeking higher levels and frequency of attacks. Companies should prepare for the worst if they can use AI to perform better attacks and strike more frequently.