Trend Micro has issued a warning regarding the evolving risks posed by AI-powered cybersecurity threats, forecasting that highly customized attacks will supercharge scams, phishing, and influence operations in 2025 and beyond. As AI continues to deepen its integration into enterprises, Trend Micro emphasizes the need for heightened vigilance against hyper-personalized attacks and AI-driven subversion of security.
Key highlights from Trend Micro’s 2025 predictions include:
AI-Powered Cybersecurity Risks:
- Malicious “Digital Twins”: Personal information used to create AI models that mimic the identity and behavior of victims, combined with deepfake technology and compromised biometric data, could lead to identity fraud or manipulation.
- Hyper-Personalized Attacks: Generative AI can enhance Business Email Compromise (BEC), romance scams, and misinformation spread via AI-generated personas.
- Vulnerability Exploitation: Increased AI adoption raises risks such as AI agent manipulation, unintended data leakage, and denial of service through malicious AI agents.
Other Threats in 2025:
- Exploitation of Vulnerabilities: Including bugs in memory management, APIs, and older exploits like cross-site scripting (XSS) and SQL injections.
- Ransomware: A shift in ransomware tactics involves bypassing EDR tools, leveraging new attack chains, and creating stealthier, faster attacks.
Trend Micro’s Recommendations:
- Risk-Based Cybersecurity: Centralize asset identification, prioritize threats, and mitigate risks more effectively.
- AI-Assisted Security: Use AI to manage threat intelligence, asset profiles, and predict attack paths.
- Updated User Training: Educate employees on the evolving threat landscape, including AI-driven cybercrime techniques.
- AI Technology Protection: Implement safeguards for AI input and output validation, including multi-layered defenses against prompt injection attacks.
Trend Micro stresses that the future of cybersecurity lies in a collaborative effort to address these emerging AI-driven threats, while proactively securing organizational infrastructures against evolving risks.
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