Cisco Talos: Cybercriminals Increasingly Exploit AI and Language Models to Enhance Attacks

Cisco Talos: Cybercriminals increasingly exploit AI and language models to enhance attacks

The report explores how threat actors are bypassing built-in safeguards legitimate AI tools use

AI-Enhanced Attacks Require Increased Vigilance from Government Security Officers

An unfortunate side effect of the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence technologies is that criminals are already using them to craft and customize their cyberattacks — with potentially devastating results. CrowdStrike’s 2025 Global Threat Report emphasized the growing prevalence and effectiveness of phishing, deepfake and other social engineering attacks generated by AI. For example, AI-generated phishing emails achieved a staggering 54% …

AI: A New Tool For Hackers, And For Preventing Attacks

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss hardware security challenges, including new threat models from AI-based attacks, with Nicole Fern, principal security analyst at Keysight; Serge Leef, AI-For-Silicon strategist at Microsoft; Scott Best, senior director for silicon security products at Rambus; Lee Harrison, director of Tessent Automotive IC Solutions at Siemens EDA; Mohit Arora, senior director for architecture at Synaptics; Mike Borz…