Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #irisscon, aggregated by home.social.
AI Overreliance Erodes Cyberattack Sophistication, Researcher Warns
Relying too heavily on AI can actually make cyberattacks less sophisticated, not more, as it introduces new and often glaring errors that reduce their effectiveness. This surprising finding contradicts the common narrative that AI will automatically make attackers better, faster, and stronger.
#AiOverreliance #CyberattackSophistication #EmergingThreats #Irisscon #ArtificialIntelligence
@selenalarson, who currently focuses on threats delivered via email, says her team is seeing a noticeable uptick in AI slop. But, she notes, it hasn't changed detections because the language is the same, what they are asking for is the same, and the attachments and the behaviors are the same as they were pre-AI.
Dr. Nicola Fox Hamilton spoke at #Irisscon today about the psychological vulnerabilities we ALL have that make us open to scams and phishing. Also, mistakes and near-misses happen, and talking about them is important, both on a personal level and a professional one. Falling victim is not a reflection of our intelligence or of how much we care about our organization.