Cybercriminals are leveraging artificial intelligence to optimize their attack strategies, particularly through automated bots and techniques like account takeovers. A report from Gartner highlights that weak authentication, such as reused passwords, facilitates these attacks. After a password breach, AI bots can swiftly test credentials across various platforms to identify lucrative targets. As this trend continues, Gartner anticipates that the efficiency of such attacks could improve significantly, predicting a 50% reduction in the time it takes to execute account takeovers within the next two years.
Account takeover (ATO) remains a persistent attack vector because weak authentication credentials, such as passwords, are gathered by a variety of means including data breaches, phishing, social engineering, and malware.
Attackers then leverage bots to automate a barrage of login attempts across a variety of services in the hope that the credentials have been reused on multiple platforms.
With AI now in their arsenal, attackers can more easily automate the steps required for an account takeover.
Gartner predicts that the time needed to take over an account will drop by 50% in another two years.
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