96% Of Security Professionals Preparing For AI-Powered Cyber-Attacks
Study by MIT Technology Review Finds Businesses Expect Offensive AI
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom, April 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Darktrace, a leading autonomous cyber security AI company, today announced that a study conducted by
MIT Technology Review finds that 96% of security leaders are now preparing for the emergence of AI-powered cyber-attacks, with many embracing AI defenses.
MIT Technology Review Insights surveyed over 300 C-level executives, directors and managers worldwide between December 2020 and January 2021 to understand how they address present and future cyber-threats. Key findings include:
The top 3 most concerning attacks were email attacks (74%), ransomware (73%) and cloud-based attacks (68%)
AI Wars: 96% of Companies Using AI to Combat AI-Powered Cyberattacks
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The nation state threat to business
The SolarWinds hack shows the widespread damage possible from a nation state cyber attack. What is the threat to business and how can it be mitigated?
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In December 2020, it emerged that IT firm SolarWinds had been hacked by a nation state adversary believed to be Russia, leading to the compromise of multiple US government agencies.
Thought to have been active since March, the details of the successful supply chain attack were extraordinary. Hackers had stealthily injected an updated version of SolarWinds’ monitoring software with malicious code, which was then installed onto around 18,000 customers’ systems.