You’ve boarded a plane. The airline CEO walks down the aisle with a microphone. “Ladies and gentlemen, we’ve done extensive testing on this aircraft. We believe there’s a very good chance you’ll arrive safely. There are some risks because we don’t fully understand aerospace science and there’s a chance that any plane in flight, or…
Don’t worry, be happy! I was just trying to scare you with all that doom and gloom. The same AI systems that can find vulnerabilities can also fix them. The same AI tools that can write exploits can write patches. The same machine intelligence that helps attackers break into systems can help defenders seal the doors faster…
Last week Google said a criminal hacking group launched a zero day cyberattack created by AI. It’s the first known example of a zero day bug being put to malicious use by hackers enabled chiefly by AI, according to Google and researchers contacted by The New York Times: “Security experts have feared for years that malicious hackers could…
There used to be a pause in the rhythm of digital security. A software bug was found; the vendor created and tested and released a patch; and businesses had a comfortable few weeks to install it before hackers figured out how to use the flaw. In between there was time. Time for software companies to…