2024-01-01 14:40:00
With the official end of 2023, a year marked by the exponential growth of cyber attacks, 2024 arrives promising to be equally or more challenging when it comes to online security, especially with regard to the protection of personal data and corporate operations. According to consultancy IDC, for example, although the forecast shows a 12% growth in digital crimes in the IT market in 2024, the percentage will possibly be much higher — part of this due to the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI).
According to the manager of Cipher, a cybersecurity company in the Prosegur group, Alexandre Armellini, AI will be one of the biggest challenges for the new year. In addition to the new emerging technology, vulnerabilities in IoT (Internet of Things) networks and the mass exploitation of RaaS (Ransomware as a Service) are also at the top of the threats expected for 2024.
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We can expect innovations in the offering of ramsonware as a service, RaaS, and in attacks with psychological advantages.
In the year 2023, devices connected to networks such as TVs, promotional totems, sensors, microphones and cameras, among hundreds of other equipment, were the gateway to real attacks, and we expect a similar or even worse scenario next year.
Alexandre Armellini, manager of Cipher.
AI allows the exploration of advanced algorithms to carry out personalized attacks and has been applied to automation in attacks on networks and devices through phishing, ransomware and social engineering.
Regarding this, the expert explains that it has become “It is common to use AI to create videos or audios (deep-fake), which support social engineering scams. Furthermore, AI has been used to improve intelligent malware and even crack passwords”.
According to the most recent report from Europol, (a European entity that works to combat international organized crime), AI-driven cyber scams have increased by more than 40% in the last two years, highlighting the urgency of proactively addressing this issue.
For Armellini, identifying scams with AI is a complex matter, which depends on pattern recognition, understanding the methods used by algorithms to exploit vulnerabilities and detecting suspicious activities and deviations from usual patterns in a network.
In corporate networks, I recommend recurring pen tests to reduce the risk perimeter, linked to the maintenance of the technology park, with trained professionals applying the necessary updates.
AI has made cybercrime more sophisticated, but it has also brought IT solutions
Although international consultancies Gartner and IDC point to AI as the main problem for 2024, it should also be the solution for Information Technology next year. IDC’s FutureScape report, which maps the top 10 predictions about the future of IT, reveals that “AI Everywhere” will affect technological decisions in organizations committed to expanding digital businesses.
Given this scenario, the Cipher manager points out that the advancement of technology has helped to “sophisticate” cyber crimes, but it is also a strategic tool for data protection, including changing behavioral paradigms.
In short, despite the risks it poses when used by the wrong hands, AI is also an ally of data security and is being applied to improve proactive threat detection, adds Armellini. Furthermore, Zero Trust approaches and other Minimum Trust Security Architectures should remain strong in the list of tools used to protect against internal and external threats.
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