On January 24, 2024, the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Security Center (“NCSC”) announcement he had published a report on the impact of AI on the effectiveness of cyber operations and the cyber threats posed by AI over the next two years. The report concludes that AI “will almost certainly increase the volume and intensify the impact of cyberattacks over the next two years.” The report also notes that all types of cyber threat actors, including state and non-state, and of varying skill levels, are already using AI to some extent. The report further notes that AI improves reconnaissance and social engineering capabilities, which will likely make them more effective and harder to detect, and that AI “lowers the barrier” for entry-level cybercriminals, hackers computer science and hacktivists, which is probably the case. will contribute to the threat of ransomware on a global scale.
UK National Cyber Security Center warns of ransomware threat set to rise with AI
