Security News > 2024 > January > National Cyber Security Centre Study: Generative AI May Increase Global Ransomware Threat

The U.K.'s National Cyber Security Centre has released a new study that finds generative AI may increase risks from cyber threats such as ransomware.

The report sorted threats by potential for "Uplift" from generative AI and by the types of threat actors: nation-state sponsored, well-organized and less-skilled or opportunistic attackers.

Figure A. The generative AI threat extending to 2025 comes from "Evolution and enhancement of existing tactics, techniques and procedures," not brand-new ones, the report found.

Threat actors can use generative AI to gain access to accounts or password information in the course of a phishing attack.

How defenders can use generative AI. The NCSC pointed out that some of the benefits generative AI provides to cyberattackers can benefit defenders as well.

In order to improve global defenses against attackers using generative AI, the UK organized the creation of the Bletchley Declaration in November 2023 as a guideline for addressing forward-looking AI risk.

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https://www.techrepublic.com/article/generative-ai-ransomware-threats-uk/