Infosec Pros: AI Could Soon Be Used Against Us

A majority of information security professionals believe that artificial intelligence (AI) technology will be used in attacks against them in the next 12 months, according to new research from Cylance. The security vendor polled Black Hat USA attendees last week to gauge their thoughts on the rapidly emerging technology. It revealed that 62% of them believe there's a high possibility that AI will soon be used offensively by hackers. However, this will only accelerate the use of the same tech for defensive purposes as organizations look for smarter ways and more efficient ways to stop increasingly automated attacks, claimed Cylance. The vendor provides AI-based advanced threat protection rather than more traditional detect and respond approaches, claiming it enables customers to switch on "pre-execution attack prevention".