Thursday 7 December 2017

AI technology, IoT prone to get attacked by Hackers: Symantec

According to global cyber security leader Symantec, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are prone to get exploited by hackers in 2018. The report added that the Internet of Things (IoT) devices will be hacked and used in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.


According to Tarun Kaura, Director, Product Management, APJ, Symantec, "2018 is the first year where we will see AI versus AI in a cybersecurity context. Cyber criminals will use AI to attack and explore victims' networks, which is typically the most labour-intensive part of compromise after an incursion."

He added, "This is not expected to change with cyber-criminals looking to exploit the poor security settings and management of home IoT devices."

Hackers will feed audio, visual or other faked inputs to make these devices do what they want rather than what users expect them to do, the report said.

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