NCSC warns UK organisations of AI-powered ransomware attacks
Original title: UK organisations warned to brace for AI-powered ransomware attacks
AI will increase speed, scale and efficiency of attacks on critical national infrastructure within two years.
GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre head warns that AI-powered malware is highly likely to be used in ransomware attacks on Britain’s critical national infrastructure within the next two years. AI will continue to be integrated into threat actors’ cyber operations, increasing the speed, scale and efficiency of existing attack methodologies rather than autonomously conducting end-to-end attacks. The NCSC reports that up to 88% of all attacks originate from phishing, exploiting public-facing applications, misuse of valid accounts, and exploiting external remote services.
- Variations on phishing and public-facing application exploits represent the same failures for decades
- AI acts as force multiplier for existing organisational weaknesses
- UK government pledged £70 million for new National Exposure and Real-Time Vulnerability Centre
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- United Kingdom
From the original article
2 min read at csoonline.com
AI-powered malware is “highly likely” to be used in ransomware attacks on Britain’s critical national infrastructure within the next two years. The head of GCHQ’s National Cyber Security Centre, Dr. Richard Horne, warned that abuse of AI technologies is making it much easier for attackers to rapidly expose and exploit long-neglected security weaknesses.
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