Security News > 2025 > April > Widely available AI tools signal new era of malicious bot activity

Rise in accessible AI tools significantly lowered the barrier to entry for cyber attackers, enabling them to create and deploy malicious bots at scale, according to Thales. Automated bot traffic surpassed human-generated traffic for the first time in a decade, constituting 51% of all web traffic in 2024. This shift is largely attributed to the rise of AI and LLMs, which have simplified the creation and scaling of bots for malicious purposes. As AI tools … More → The post Widely available AI tools signal new era of malicious bot activity appeared first on Help Net Security.

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