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Cybersecurity leaders across all levels of government are growing increasingly alarmed by the rise of cyber attacks fueled by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Cybercriminals are now incorporating machine learning and automation into their strategies, significantly boosting the scale, efficiency and sophistication of their attacks. According to a recent survey of over 800 IT leaders, a staggering 95% believe that cyber threats have become more advanced than ever before.

The FBI issued an advisory on December 3rd warning the public of how threat actors use generative AI to more quickly and efficiently create messaging to defraud their victims, echoing earlier warnings issued by Trustwave SpiderLabs. The FBI noted that publicly available tools assist criminals with content creation and can correct human errors that might otherwise serve as warning signs of fraud.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warns that threat actors are increasingly using generative AI to increase the persuasiveness of social engineering attacks. Criminals are using these tools to generate convincing text, images, and voice audio to impersonate individuals and companies. “Generative AI reduces the time and effort criminals must expend to deceive their targets,” the FBI says.

IDC has positioned Trustwave as a Major Player in the just released IDC MarketScape Worldwide Cloud Security Services in the AI Era 2024–2025 Vendor Assessment (IDC, November 2024) for its comprehensive set of offensive and defensive cloud security services. IDC said organizations should consider Trustwave when “Enterprises with varying levels of security maturity that require customized hybrid approach and depth of offensive and defensive security capabilities should consider Trustwave.

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