Information technology specialists have confirmed that the entry of artificial intelligence into the field of cybercrime has turned the balance of cybersecurity upside down, as digital attacks have become characterized by extreme speed, increasing complexity, and extreme difficulty in detecting them.
The report revealed that hackers are taking advantage of the capabilities of generative artificial intelligence to develop malicious software capable of self-evolving to bypass traditional protection systems, in addition to launching very sophisticated “phishing” attacks that are difficult for the average user to detect.
Experts pointed out that the danger is no longer limited to the size of the attacks only, but rather to the “intelligence” that characterizes targeting operations. Malicious systems can analyze security vulnerabilities within a few seconds, and penetrate critical infrastructure before defense teams can react.
In contrast, cybersecurity companies find themselves forced to adopt “defensive artificial intelligence” to confront attacks with the same level of speed and efficiency, which has turned the digital world into a battlefield between competing algorithms, where traditional and human solutions alone are no longer able to confront continuous threats that do not stop around the clock.
