Once the genie is out of the bottle

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AI-enabled cyberattacks are a reality. “On the one hand, we see that the characteristics of existing malware are constantly improving, on the other hand, specialized AI is learning to understand context on the fly. The combination of these factors means a paradigm shift for the cybersecurity industry. Legacy tools can no longer protect companies from serious threats like ransomware. The only thing that can counter AI cyberthreats is deterrent, defensive AI. , it can’t be put back,” says Heinemeier.

Artificial intelligence will help hackers improve cyber attacks
Sergey Stelmakh | 08.11.2018
The information security company Darktrace, which guatemala mobile database self-learning AI to identify and respond to cyber threats, has released a report describing the current situation on the information security market. It says that if hackers manage to "tame" AI, they will receive the perfect tool for carrying out cyber attacks. In general, experts assess the situation on the information security market as difficult - users and corporate organizations suffer from mass attacks, starting with the use of relatively simple malicious scripts, more complex targeted attacks and extremely complex attacks carried out by special government cyber units and professional hacker groups.

The situation is aggravated by the fact that the capabilities embedded in AI are enough to increase the destructive potential of cyberattacks in the future. The company has documented three cases of proactive threats that were discovered over the past 12 months and modeled scenarios for attacks on networks using AI. Max Heinemeier, director of proactive threat detection at Darktrace, expects that AI-embedded malware will learn to imitate human behavior using contextualization, i.e., change its behavior based on the current situation. At the same time, we should expect professional hackers to get their hands on AI implants that will complicate their detection and increase the attack effect, he noted.