{"id":16907,"date":"2024-05-15T10:59:18","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T09:59:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=16907"},"modified":"2024-05-15T10:59:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T09:59:18","slug":"threat-actors-tap-social-engineering-and-ai-to-drive-more-cyber-attacks-in-2024-says-globaldata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomkh.info\/?p=16907","title":{"rendered":"Threat actors tap social engineering and AI to drive more cyber attacks in 2024, says GlobalData"},"content":{"rendered":"

A major trend in cybersecurity is the speed and adeptness with which hackers adapt their techniques to take advantage of technological advances. Attacks leveraging social engineering have become more frequent and more expensive in 2023. The profitability and the ease with which social engineering-related cyber attacks are launched will drive an even higher volume of these incidents in 2024, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company<\/strong><\/p>\n

GlobalData Advisory Report \u201c2024 Enterprise Predictions: Secure by Design,\u201d predicts that cybercriminals will be quick to innovate and expand their use of methods like social engineering, and deceptive practices used to influence people to release sensitive or personal data for illegal purposes.
\nAmy Larsen DeCarlo, principal analyst, Enterprise Technology and Services, at GlobalData, comments: \u201cCybercriminals are exploiting the biggest vulnerability within any organization: humans. As progress in artificial intelligence (AI) and analytics continues to advance, hackers will find more inventive and effective ways to capitalize on human weakness in areas of (mis)trust, the desire for expediency, and convenient rewards.\u201d
\nIn 2023, concern about AI being used for nefarious purposes increased with the unprecedented developmental progress in areas like generative and synthetic AI. Threat actors can apply AI to change up malware algorithms so quickly that security software doesn\u2019t recognize the potential danger associated with tactics like deepfakes.
\nLarsen DeCarlo adds: \u201cBut it is not all bad news. More vendors and managed security services providers (MSSPs) are outlining plans to incorporate generative and other forms of AI in their solutions as a means to not only expedite and improve threat identification but also to streamline and optimize incident remediation.\u201d
\nAs employees, particularly those in IT and security, become more comfortable with AI use in their job functions, they will be more receptive to it as an important tool in the defense against cyberattacks. Vendors will need to offer proof points of effective AI outcomes in trials and production to reassure their clients that it can potentially be a very effective defensive measure.
\nLarsen DeCarlo concludes: \u201cIn 2024, enterprises contending with challenged markets will need to tighten IT budgets. This will jeopardize some cybersecurity investments at a time when organizations can\u2019t afford to not prioritize fortifying their defenses.
\n\u201cEnterprises will continue to work toward deploying Zero Trust Architectures that apply the \u201cnever trust, always verify\u201d principle to each access request. Enterprises will also continue to work on better integrating security into all of their network services via wider secure access service (SASE) implementations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A major trend in cybersecurity is the speed and adeptness with which hackers adapt their techniques to take advantage of technological advances. Attacks leveraging social engineering have become more frequent and more expensive in 2023. The profitability and the ease with which social engineering-related cyber attacks are launched will drive an even higher volume of … <\/p>\n

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