Security News > 2023 > August > Cybercriminals turn to AI to bypass modern email security measures

Cybercriminals employ artificial intelligence to create complex email threats like phishing and business email compromise attacks, while modern email security systems use AI to counter these attacks, according to Perception Point and Osterman Research.

Cybercriminals have shown rapid adoption of AI tools to their favor with 91.1% of organizations reporting that they have already encountered email attacks that have been enhanced by AI, and 84.3% expecting that AI will continue to be utilized to circumvent existing security systems.

Traditional email security approaches have proven less effective over time: 96.9% of respondents implemented AI-enabled email security because their traditional defenses were ineffective against emergent threats.

AI-powered security is not just for email: Buyers of AI-enabled email security want the ability to better protect other communication and collaboration apps, such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Zoom, and Slack, Salesforce, and more, with AI. AI-enabled detection without responsive mitigation is misguided: Strengthening capabilities for detecting threats in email via AI is an essential first step, but it can't end there.

Nine out of ten organizations have implemented an AI-enabled email security solution beyond what is offered by their cloud email provider.

"With cybercriminals leveraging AI to make email attacks ever more dangerous, all organizations must ensure they have the right defenses in place to detect and stop attacks that are missed by traditional email security methods," said Michael Sampson, Principal Analyst at Osterman Research and the author of the report.

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