Fortinet warns AI is 'supercharging' cybercrime

Some 58% of organisations in Thailand reported facing artificial intelligence (AI)-driven cyberthreats over the past year.

- SUCHIT LEESA-NGUANSUK

The intensity of these attacks is rapidly escalating, with 62% witnessing a twofold increase in attacks, while 34% reported attacks have tripled.

The five most prevalent AI-driven threats in Thailand comprise: credential stuffing and brute-force attacks; phishing/malware; adversarial AI and data poisoning tactics; reconnaissance attack surface scanning; and deepfake impersonations such as compromised business emails, according to a survey commissioned by global cybersecurity firm Fortinet.

"Complexity is the new battleground in cybersecurity, and AI is both the challenge and the frontline defence," said Peerapong Jongvibool, senior director for Southeast Asia at Fortinet.

He said the complexity arises as four out of five enterprises use AI or multi-cloud strategies, or companies' use of an average of 43 different security tools leading to "tool sprawl", while one in four top breaches have no clear cause.