'AI-powered' cyberattacks are on the rise

AI-powered software will soon be powerful enough spearhead advanced cyberattacks, prompting IT teams to deploy smarter security solutions, themselves, new research has said. Polling 300 C-level executives on their views of the future cybersecurity landscape, cybersecurity AI company Darktrace found that almost all respondents (96%) are preparing for an onslaught of AI-powered cyberattacks. Nearly two-thirds (68%) are under the impression that cybercriminals will be deploying AI on impersonation and spear-phishing attacks. To prepare for future attacks, most of the executives polled for the report said they started deploying AI-powered defenses, mostly because they don't believe (60%) humans are a match for automated cyberattacks, even if they could find enough, due to the ever-growing talent drought. They also believe current security solutions are a liability because they're unable to anticipate new attacks.