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Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) DDoS attacks have surged dramatically over the last few years, and will likely continue to pose a threat considering both how easy they are to execute, and how fast botnets (vast networks of compromised devices) are scaling. To stay ahead, organizations must turn to artificialintelligence.
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If I had a magic 8-ball, I would predict that the greatest cyberthreats to businesses in 2023 will be a significant increase in foreign intelligence services conducting operations under the cover of hacktivist groups, fighting big oil, climate change, fiscal policies etc. DDOS Botnets. ris botnet which has climbed to the record.
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In late 2024, Russian ransomware groups began collaborating with native English speakers, boosting their socialengineering capabilities. The group social-engineered the organization’s help desk, employing fluent English to achieve a reset of a compromised account’s password.
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That said, Advances in artificialintelligence (AI) agent technology, robotics, and APIs are transforming the way we live and work, but they also present new challenges for web application and API security. AI could empower and proliferate socialengineering cyberattacks | World Economic Forum, accessed January 6, 2025, [link] 3.
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