Sponsored Feature Artificial intelligence: savior for cyber defenders, or shiny new toy for online thieves? As with most things in technology, the answer is a bit of both.
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AI is the latest and most powerful example of a common technology trope: the dual-use tool. For decades, tools from password cracker to Metasploit have had a light side and a dark side. Penetration testers have used them for good, highlighting holes in systems that administrators can then patch. But cybercriminals – from script kids to nation-state invaders – are also using the same tools for their own nefarious purposes.
Likewise, AI gives cyber defenders the chance to further automate threat detection, speed up incident response, and generally make life more difficult for attackers. But those same black hats are only too happy to scale up attacks in multiple ways using AI.
The rise of AI-enhanced cyber attacks
