Artificial Intelligence is quickly becoming more integrated into our daily lives. You can find AI embedded from chatbots that provide support to generative solutions that provide valuable insights into our data. As the technology evolves, we can start to observe both its positive impacts as well as the ways it can be misused by bad actors. Businesses must quickly adapt to the changing landscape of cybersecurity to ensure they are not left behind and potentially compromised by the emerging threats.
Assessing AI’s Influence in Cybersecurity and Cyberthreats
While AI enhances security measures, it simultaneously presents fresh challenges as cybercriminals leverage its capabilities to evolve their attack methodologies. This complexity calls for a deep understanding to effectively leverage the benefits of AI while addressing any potential threats.
How Artificial Intelligence is being exploited by bad actors
National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) reported that by 2027, AI-enabled tools will almost certainly enhance threat actors’ capability to exploit known vulnerabilities, increasing the volume of attacks against system. The NCSC emphasises the importance for businesses to keep their software and infrastructure updated, protecting them from vulnerabilities, with a particular focus on zero-day attacks.
In more recent developments, artificial intelligence played a crucial role in exposing a vulnerability within Microsoft 365 Copilot. The EchoLeak vulnerability, designated as a “zero-click” artificial intelligence (AI) exploit, enables malicious entities to extract sensitive information from Microsoft 365 Copilot. Microsoft has resolved the vulnerability, yet this incident underscores how bad actors could misuse AI for their benefit.
How AI is Revolutionising Threat Detection and Response
On the other hand, companies such as ESET have integrated AI for solutions such as Advanced Threat Detection to provide businesses with proactive monitoring, real-time alerts as well as zero-day threat detection. The multilayer solution analyses your environment using artificial intelligence to understand file behaviour and even detect unknown threats.
Balancing Artificial intelligence and Human Expertise in Cyber Security
While AI introduces advanced approaches to uncover vulnerabilities and monitor threats, the role of human intelligence is vital in understanding and acting upon the insights it generates. Training cybersecurity personnel alongside AI advancements ensures they remain equipped to combat sophisticated threats, forming the backbone of a resilient cybersecurity strategy.
Join Us for our special webinar
Cloud Central invites you to join us for our Securing the future webinar in collaboration with ESET where we will be discussing in more detail the threat of AI as well as how your business can follow a “Prevention First” approach for cyber security. The webinar will be held on, Tuesday, June 24th 2025 at 10:30am.
In the webinar we will be discussing:
- Real AI Threats: Understanding the Landscape
- Exploring the Consequences of Cyber Threats
- Best Practices for Safeguarding Against Breaches
- Importance of Cybersecurity in the Digital Era
- Equipping Your Organisation to Combat Risks
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