AI Is Making Attacks Cheaper, Faster and More Covert, Says ReliaQuest - Infosecurity Magazine

A new report from cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest has found that artificial intelligence is making cyber-attacks cheaper, faster to scale, and harder to detect. The report, covering current threat landscape observations, details how adversaries are using AI to generate phishing pages, build web shells, and improve social-engineering content. However, ReliaQuest notes that AI is not fundamentally changing cyber-attack tradecraft.

The findings are based on ReliaQuest's analysis of threat activity patterns. The report specifically highlights that AI tools are being employed to automate and enhance existing attack methods rather than creating entirely new ones. For example, AI is used to craft more convincing phishing emails and to streamline the creation of malicious web pages.

ReliaQuest's assessment suggests that while AI lowers the barrier to entry for conducting attacks, the core techniques remain familiar. The company did not provide specific quantitative data on cost reductions or detection rates in the released excerpt.