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Editor’s Note: Excellent topical article by Ilan Paretsky of Ericom Software on Internet security threats. The article calls out and elaborates on salient areas of security concern to include:

  • Advanced Persistent Threats
  • Weaponized Artificial Intelligence
  • Phishing
  • Mobile Malware
  • Ransomware in the Cloud
  • IoT Botnets

Provided below is an extract from the article highlighting the concern of machine learning and as a cybercriminal tool.

Weaponized Artificial Intelligence

The cybersecurity industry is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to provide better solutions, but meanwhile, cybercriminals are using AI for nefarious purposes — and to avoid those very solutions. According to Gizmodo, in a poll of attendees of the Black Hat USA 2017 conference last July, 62 percent of the respondents said that believed bad actors would try to use AI in the coming year. And TechRepublic reports that a 2017 poll by Webroot found that 91 percent of cybersecurity professionals are concerned about hackers using AI in cyber attacks.

In just one example, researchers from security vendor ZeroFox demonstrated how a spear phishing Twitter campaign used AI for automation and to increase success rates. As cybercriminals innovate, it won’t be long before they adapt machine learning to create ever more effective new threats.

Read the complete article at Internet Security Threats to Watch For in 2018

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