Security News > 2023 > December > Google Cloud’s Cybersecurity Predictions of 2024 and Look Back at 2023

Generative AI can be used by attackers, but security professionals shouldn't lose sleep over it, according to a Google Cloud threat intelligence analyst.

Google Cloud's team recently spoke about the most notable cybersecurity threats of 2023 - multi-faceted extortion and zero-day exploitation - and predicted more zero-day attacks in 2024, during two public, virtual sessions.

Multi-faceted exploitation includes ransomware and data theft, although the number of ransomware attacks tracked by Google Cloud fell in 2023.

Rew Kopcienski, principal threat intelligence analyst at Google's Mandiant Communication Center, talked about nation-state threat actors, zero-day attacks, movement between cloud environments and credential theft during his presentation about cyber threats in 2024.

Google Cloud expects to see North Korea-affiliated threat actors' attacks broaden in 2024.

Attackers in 2024 may use tactics, techniques and procedures that allow them to travel across different cloud environments, likely due to the increasing use of cloud and hybrid environments.

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