Malicious Use of AI Poses a Real Cybersecurity Threat

Could the same automated technologies cybersecurity professionals are increasingly using to protect their enterprises also fuel attacks against them? The research bears that out, according to a report my colleague Marc Bruce and I recently completed for the Swedish Defence Research Agency. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to analyze data and predict outcomes has been a boon for many industries, including the cybersecurity and defense industries. More and more, antivirus and cyberthreat intelligence systems are using machine learning to become more efficient. For example, both the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the European Defence Agency (EDA) are seeking to integrate AI technologies into their cyberdefense response capabilities.