Cisco Systems Inc. warned that artificial intelligence software such as OpenAI\u2019s ChatGPT will make phishing attempts much harder to detect, requiring companies to adopt new defences.<\/p>\n
About 80% of illicit access into computer systems already comes via phishing, where hackers send email or texts to people hoping to trick them into opening a malicious link.<\/p>\n
AI tools can quickly customise those missives, luring more people into hackers\u2019 schemes, according to Jeetu Patel, the head of Cisco\u2019s security and collaboration units.<\/p>\n
\u201cAttacks are going to get much more bespoke,\u201d he said during a briefing in San Francisco, which is hosting the RSA Conference this week.<\/p>\n
Until now, phishing emails have been relatively easy to spot because they\u2019re not tailored to individual recipients.<\/p>\n
They often have spelling mistakes and other giveaways.<\/p>\n
With the new generation of attacks, it will be harder to count on human users to spot the ruse, increasing the threat of network shutdowns and extortion attempts.<\/p>\n
The solution, Patel said, is to rapidly sift through internet traffic data and identify patterns that indicate something bad is about to happen or has just happened.<\/p>\n
Cisco sees this as an opportunity. The company, which leads the market for networking equipment, can use its position to analyze data flows, he said.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s a pitch that Cisco has made to customers in the past, but it looks to better capitalise now.<\/p>\n
\u201cSecurity is a data game,\u201d he said. \u201cThe more data you have, the better the anomaly detection you have.\u201d<\/p>\n
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