ReliaQuest Report: AI Lowers Cost and Speeds Up Cyber-Attacks Without Changing Core Intrusion Methods
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Phil Muncaster
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A new ReliaQuest report reveals that AI is making cyber-attacks cheaper, faster to scale, easier to customize, and harder to detect. While AI is being used to polish phishing emails, generate scripts, and power tools like FraudGPT, it has not fundamentally changed the core tradecraft of intrusions. By mid-2025, the threat landscape has expanded to include deepfake services, AI-assisted scripts, and a growing underground market for AI-enabled attack tools.
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In 2024, AI was mainly used for 'polishing' phishing emails, generating basic scripts, and in malicious tools like FraudGPT
By mid-2025, that picture had expanded to include 'deepfake services, AI-assisted scripts, and a growing underground market for AI-enabled attacks'
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