5 Pivotal Cybersecurity Trends For 2024
HelpNet Security, Thursday, December 28,2023
In 2023, cyberattacks surged both in terms of frequency and sophistication. The proliferation of cutting-edge hacking tools and technologies - now more accessible than ever thanks to advances in generative AI - created an environment conducive for cyber threats to flourish, forcing organizations to adopt proactive measures to keep their digital assets secure.
Heading into 2024, the attack surface is set to expand even further, with threats likely to grow more and more elusive. Considering the increasing power and accessibility of tools based on artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs), it will be imperative to stay several steps ahead of threat actors and know what tactics to expect in the coming year.
1. Custom ChatGPT-like bots: Crafting convincing social engineering attacks
2. SaaS apps as stealthy attack vectors: Learning from TeamsPhisher
3. AI-driven automation in cyberattack campaigns: A glimpse in the future
4. Deepfakes and multi-modal ML models: The evolution of deception
5. Guarding against adversarial prompts in LLM-powered services: A startup frontier