New cyberthreats need a fresh approach

IMAGINE coming to the end of a lengthy recruitment process, only to find out the candidate you've been dealing with during several rounds of in-depth interviews isn't real.

- YASH PILLAY

The person you've just hired doesn't exist. It may sound like something out of a fictional thriller, but unfortunately, AI is very real, and deepfake technology have turned this scenario from fiction into reality, adding to the growing list of security concerns for enterprises of all sizes.

Not only can job candidates use AI to accurately answer interview questions, but they can also use deepfake technology to completely alter both their voice and appearance. With more than half of remote workers today remaining fully remote, scammers could potentially cash in on months' worth of pay cheques before being discovered. In even more sinister cases, these fake hires can be based in a completely different country and embedded within your local organisation as part of a nation-state attack to steal highly sensitive information.

Given the sophistication of these attacks, it's hardly surprising that 66% of organisations globally still view AI and machine learning as the factor that will most significantly impact their cybersecurity in 2025.

The reality is that AI use is still in its infancy stages. And not just in terms of how the technology can be wielded by cybercriminals, but also how it can be used by employees to unknowingly introduce new vulnerabilities within the business.