### How Hackers Leverage AI
1. **Phishing Attacks**:
- **AI-Generated Emails**: Creating personalized, convincing phishing emails.
- **Chatbots**: Using AI chatbots to extract sensitive information.
2. **Password Cracking**:
- **Brute Force**: Using AI to predict and crack passwords efficiently.
- **Social Engineering**: Guessing passwords based on personal data.
3. **Malware Development**:
- **Polymorphic Malware**: Creating malware that changes its code to evade detection.
- **Evasion Techniques**: Studying antivirus software to bypass security.
4. **Exploiting Vulnerabilities**:
- **Automated Scanning**: Using AI to quickly identify system vulnerabilities.
- **Adaptive Exploits**: Developing exploits that adapt in real-time.
5. **Social Engineering**:
- **Deepfakes**: Creating realistic audio/video to impersonate trusted individuals.
- **Behavior Analysis**: Crafting attacks based on predicted human behavior.
6. **Network Intrusion**:
- **Evasion**: Using AI to bypass intrusion detection systems.
- **Traffic Analysis**: Analyzing network traffic to find weak points.
7. **Data Mining**:
- **Big Data Analytics**: Sifting through large datasets for valuable information.
- **Pattern Recognition**: Identifying patterns to predict weaknesses.
8. **Ransomware**:
- **Targeted Attacks**: Customizing demands based on the victim’s value.
- **Automated Spread**: Using AI to optimize ransomware spread.
9. **Botnets**:
- **Smart Botnets**: Creating AI-powered botnets that mimic legitimate traffic.
- **C&C Management**: Using AI to manage and hide command servers.
10. **Attacking AI Systems**:
- **Data Poisoning**: Corrupting AI models with manipulated data.
- **Evasion Attacks**: Crafting inputs to deceive AI systems.
AI enhances the sophistication, scale, and effectiveness of cyberattacks, presenting new challenges for cybersecurity.
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DHS - United States Secret Service - LES-I
2wI had a similar conversation the other day. Too many experts in the market copy/pasting theories!