How AI misuse is fanning digital crime in businesses

Across Sub-Saharan Africa, password-stealer attacks rose by 56 percent while spyware attacks climbed 53 percent. Experts say some of these attacks are increasingly linked to AI-themed lures targeting unsuspecting users and employees.

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From personalised fake emails to malware that can make decisions independently, cybercriminals are increasingly abusing artificial intelligence (AI) to target businesses, opening a new frontier in digital fraud and cyberattacks.

AI is becoming one of the most powerful offensive technologies that crooks use to orchestrate attacks that are cheaper to launch, harder to detect and significantly more convincing.

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