“The same qualities that make AI revolutionary – accessibility, adaptability and sophistication – also make it a powerful tool for criminal networks,” Europol says.
“The same qualities that make AI revolutionary – accessibility, adaptability and sophistication – also make it a powerful tool for criminal networks,” Europol says.
In 2024, women accounted for 22% of global security teams on average, compared to 17% in 2023, according to ISC2.
The cyber security firm reported in its latest annual report that their researchers found more than 30.4 million phishing emails last year.
Ransomware payments dropped 35% in 2024 due to law enforcement crackdowns and stronger cyber defenses, forcing attackers to adapt with new tactics.
AI-enhanced malicious attacks are a top concern for 80% of executives, and for good reason, as there is a lot of evidence that bad actors are exploiting the technology.
This indicates that the most prominent ransomware groups are succumbing to law enforcement takedowns, according to researchers from Cyberint.
Nearly half of respondents blamed remote work for these incidents.
On average, it takes adversaries just 42 seconds and five interactions to execute a GenAI jailbreak, according to Pillar Security.
The scale of the potential disruption from a successful attack on CNI is all too tempting for cyber attackers.
The finding is linked to a lack of visibility of the business’s app estate and decentralised security governance.