Recently, the National Cyber Security Centre published a report on the impact of AI on cyber threats in the next two years.
What is important to emphasize from this report?
- 1. Most cybercriminals already use AI in some way in their activities.
- 2. Cyberattacks using AI are generally more effective and harder to detect.
- 3. In the coming years, existing attacks will evolve and become more sophisticated. Artificial intelligence will help analyze data breaches faster and more efficiently, which can then be used to train AI models.
- 4. Artificial intelligence will lower the barrier for entry into the profession for novice cybercriminals. This may lead to a trend of increasing information extortion in the coming years.
But there is also good news!
If cybercriminals are improving their AI skills, nothing stops us from doing the same.
Experts from the National Cyber Security Centre believe that more sophisticated uses of AI in cyber operations are highly likely to be restricted to threat actors with access to quality training data, significant expertise, and resources.
It is necessary to continue monitoring the development of this technology and work on improving mechanisms for protection against AI-based cyber attacks. Let's not forget to keep our finger on the pulse. We have time to become more advanced and stay one step ahead in this AI race.
