Threat actor abuse of AI accelerates from tool to cyberattack surface

Threat actors are now embedding AI into their cyberattacks to make them more effective and precise, rather than just faster. AI is helping attackers craft better phishing emails (resulting in 54% click-through rates versus 12% traditionally), develop malware, and steal data more efficiently, while humans still oversee the operations. Organizations face a major security challenge because AI-enabled phishing is now far more targeted and harder to defend against at scale, especially when combined with systems designed to bypass multifactor authentication (MFA, a security method that requires multiple forms of verification).