The Attack Surface Is Expanding. Enter Cyber AI

The stakes are now higher because bad actors are engaging in organized crime, akin to cyberwarfare by nation-states. We've seen hospitals targeted during COVID-19 outbreaks, pipelines unable to deliver fuel, and other highly targeted attacks. The bad actors' new paradigm is to present two extortion threats on stolen enterprise data: holding the data hostage and threatening to leak sensitive information, including customer records and intellectual property. Such threats are especially salient for large organizations, which have the money and data desired by cybercriminals. Moreover, the attack surface for such crimes is ever-expanding as trends such as the adoption of 5G mobile networks and work-from-home policies push enterprise technology beyond its traditional borders.