Recent research by Fortinet FortiGuard Labs highlights a record surge in AI-driven automated cyberattacks, evidencing 36,000 scans per second, a 16.7% YoY increase. Enhanced by a cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) model, exploit kits have introduced over 40,000 new CVEs in 2024 alone. Credential dumps are climbing dramatically, with 100 billion records identified. AI tools like FraudGPT and BlackmailerV3 are enhancing attack efficiency and complexity, raising concerns for cybersecurity, as they enable attackers to rapidly scale their operations, thereby posing a significant threat to organizations that fail to adapt their security measures.
The rise of AI, combined with automation and cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS), is increasing the sophistication, speed, and ultimately, the success of attacks.
The biggest risk AI brings to businesses is the ability for cybercrime to scale quickly, enabling attackers to launch more attacks with the same resources.
Cyber attackers can experiment with different AI generated attacks simultaneously, making brute force attacks faster and more effective.
Organizations do need to be concerned. If they focus solely on keeping attackers out, they will fail.
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