How AI can be used for malicious purposes SC Media

The amplified efficiency of AI means that, once a system is trained and deployed, malicious AI can attack a far greater number of devices and networks more quickly and cheaply than a malevolent human actor. Given sufficient computing power, an AI system can launch many attacks, be more selective in its targets and more devastating in its impact. Currently, the use of AI for attackers is mainly pursued at an academic level and we have yet to see AI attacks in the wild. However, there is much talk in the industry about attackers using AI in their malicious efforts, and defenders using machine learning as a defense technology. AI-based Cyberattacks: The malware operates AI algorithms as an integral part of its business logic.