Security News > 2024 > March > AI weaponization becomes a hot topic on underground forums

Threat actors automate attacks with AI. The use of AI to accelerate these attacks is gaining significant attention among major cybercriminal forums with growing interest in weaponizing this technology.

AI systems can now replicate a voice using a sample, and video-call deepfakes are aiding threat actors.

Researchers have noted that a growing number of threat actors are automating various stages of their attacks, or the entire attack chain - particularly the Citrix Bleed exploitation.

ReliaQuest noted a significant threat from suspected nation state actors using so-called 'living off the land' techniques.

"As the threat continues to evolve, defenders must stay agile, using AI and automation to keep pace with the latest attack techniques. Time is the enemy in cybersecurity. To proactively protect against these risks, companies should maximize visibility across their networks and beyond the endpoint, fully leverage AI and automation to better understand and use their own data, and equip their teams with the latest threat intelligence. With this approach, in the next year we expect customers who fully leverage our AI and automation capabilities to contain threats within 5 minutes or less," said Michael McPherson, ReliaQuest's SVP of Technical Operations.

Cybersecurity in 2024 will be heavily influenced by GenAI and the creation of malicious AI models, and widespread automation in cyberattacks that enhance threat actors' capabilities.

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