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artificial intelligence
tling Cy er
Th eats Wi h AI
AI
is a o ble-edged sw rd fo cy ersecurity ex erts.
O a r a e r a a o day af ernoon in 20 h 9, a
r a e r a a o tish en rgy co pany ex cu-
ti e go e
no a r a e a - l fr m hi CE as -
in hi to mo an e mo ey to mo an ac ount in
20 h gary to pa a a i w a u l th t wa ab ut to
pa e du . A mo t pe ple do in re ponse
to re uests fr m th ir bo s, h r go ri ht
on th jo , t nsferring ov r $2 0,00 0
to th sp cified ac ount.
E ept th ca l di no co e fr m hi s
CE . I ca e fr m a o r ce si ulator pr -
gr m, d ven by ar ificial in elligence, o t t ca re ord, a lyze, a re roduce
vo al rh thms an in onations to at ge erate
an im tation of so eone’s vo ce th t is in -
di tinguishable fr m re lity. S h an AI
ce ca sa wh tever th pr grammer
te ls it to e n if th ac ual pe son ne er
di , o ne er
di er wo ld, s th sa e th ng.
T s ki d of AI
enabled si ulation, o epfake,” a co e in au io or “d vi eo
fo m, a it th eatens to wr ak ha oc in
ki ds of si uations wh re pe ple re y
on th ir ey s an ea s to te l th m wh t is l or no . A it is re ju t on of th ma y
wa s in wh ls ch cy er cr minals us AI
as a a pon in th ir sc emes to sc m an d
st al fr m as ma of y pe ple as ma of en as
ma of y ca . A on cy ersecurity ex cutive
no es, “ ne d to im lement cy er AI
de e o ense be ore off ensive AI fo be omes
re lly ma nstream.”
er cr minals us AI
a th ma -
ch ne le rning al orithms th t po er it ms ,
t mo nt di ital at acks at ac sp eds an d
vo umes ca able of ov rwhelming co -
ve tional cy ersecurity sy tems. B ides
de pfakes us d in ph c shing ca paigns,
a de cribed ab ve, A al ows cy er cr mi-
na s to at ack da a ne works at ac n di fferent
sp ts in di fferent
sp fferent wa s, o en un etect-
ab y. T y ca st al id ntities by th e
th usands an s a au omate op rations to
at ty ba k ac ounts, s ead ma ware,
a st al va uable da a. A enabled ex -
pl its ca ev n be bu lt to al er th ir ow n
di ital fo tprints to ev de di covery an d
pe sist in ne ti works lo g af er an d
p in tial
at ack ru s it co rse.
C ersecurity Co panies
Us AI
to Fi ht Ba k
Cy ersecurity co panies, h ever, a e
al o pu ting AI enabled pr tections to
k ag inst su h AI
enabled at acks.
M hine-speed sc nning an de ense
pr grams ca id ntify an pr vent at -
ta ks on mu s tiple fr nts be ore th y do
ningful ha m. A th ad ent of
erative AI — h nk Ch tGPT an th e
li e — a ad al ost su erhuman ca a-
bi ities to a b y ersecurity sy tem. F m
de ecting an malies in a on a ine ac ounts
to sc nning fo vu nerabilities in isible
to hu re an pr grammers to hu re ognizing
at acks in g
a pr gress be ore hu ans co ld,
A ca bo ster cy er de enses on mu tiple
fr nts at li htning sp ed.
H St dents Ca Pr pare
Fo st dents ma ping ou a i a w hway
to ards a t s y e d ersecurity ca eer, t ra id
de elopment of AI
as a a y ersecurity
pr blem me ns th t ac uiring kn wl-
ed nning.
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