Subj : CISOs are nervous Gen AI use could lead to more security breaches
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Date : Thu Apr 25 2024 10:45:05

CISOs are nervous Gen AI use could lead to more security breaches

Date:
Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:38:58 +0000

Description:
Malicious Gen AI use is on top of everyone's mind, as hackers create 
convincing phishing emails.

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Chief Information Security Officers (CISO) are becomingly ever more concerned 
the increasing use of Generative AI tools could lead to more cybersecurity 
incidents. 

A new pape by security experts Metomic surveying more than 400 CISOs in the 
UK and the US found security breaches linked to generative AI worry almost 
three-quarters (72%) of the respondents. 

But thats not the only thing CISOs are worried about, when it comes to 
generative AI, the report warns, as they also fear people will use sensitive 
company data to train the Large Language Models (LLM) used to power these 
tools. Sharing the data this way is a security risk, as there is a 
theoretical possibility that a malicious third party might extract this 
information somehow. Spotting malware 

CISOs have every right to be worried, though. Data breaches and similar 
cybersecurity incidents have been rising quarter into quarter, year after 
year. Since the introduction of generative AI tools, these attacks have 
gotten even more sophisticated, some researchers said. 

For example, poor writing, as well as grammar and typing errors, were the 
best way to spot a phishing attack. Today, most hacking groups use AI to 
write convincing phishing emails for them, not only making them harder to 
spot, but also significantly lowering the barrier for entry. 

Another example is the writing of malicious code. Be it for a landing page, 
or for malware , hackers are constantly finding new ways to abuse the new 
tools. Generative AI developers are fighting back, putting limits in place 
that prevent the tools from being used this way, but threat actors have so 
far always managed to find a way around such roadblocks. 

Good news is that AI can also be used in defense, and many organizations have 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/cisos-are-nervous-gen-ai-use-could-lead
-to-more-security-breaches


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