The darker side of generative AI is becoming evident in the rising cyber threat landscape. Significant companies are sounding warning bells of AI-generated threats. In 2024, there are anticipations that AI-generated threats will accelerate as companies explore its usage more.
A report by Trend MicroSecurity Predictions for 2024 mentions that the increasing role of generative AI (GenAI) in the cyber threat landscape is a warning for enterprises in 2024.
The coming tsunami of refined social engineering tactics, identity theft-powered GenAI tools, and spear phishing is only the tip of the iceberg in seeing Gen AI’s potential in cybercrimes.
The predictions say they are already taking center stage in scams! As generative AI advances in sophistication, accessibility, and scalability, it will grow and make it difficult to trust what we see and who we interact with online today and in the future.
Attackers will use AI to create fake news and phone calls that will actively interact with people by making content and materials appear more legitimate. In fact, LLMs and other generative AI tools will increasingly be used as a service to compromise targets for paid services through phishing campaigns.
Enterprises relying on generative AI tools to boost their business productivity are required to stay sharp for the associated real-time threats. It will be extremely important for them to remain watchful, practice resilience, and adopt preventive measures at every point of possible threats. It’s because these will be a multi-dimensional security strategy for companies to enforce across their systems.
