Full story published originally on January 11, 2024 by Jane Anderson on Cosmos.
Bad actors will continue to exploit known and unknown vulnerabilities, launch phishing attacks and deploy ransomware in 2024, experts say. However, there’s a new, worrisome twist as privacy and security professionals ponder the year ahead: artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to make all the threats much, much worse.
AI tools such as ChaosGPT—a malevolent version of the popular tool ChatGPT—can help hackers craft more effective cyberattacks. These tools also will help new generations of bad actors try their hands at the craft, experts say.
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‘More People Will Turn to Cybercrime’
In addition, the “as-a-service” model of cybercrime—which has cropped up in ransomware in the health care field—will become even more widespread, said. “The developers, these corporations that are raking in all this money, they don’t really do any work anymore,” he said. “They just maintain their base of software so that everybody else can use it, and more people will turn to cybercrime.”
Still, AI offers promise for covered entities (CEs) and business associates (BAs) to bolster security, said Ashley Leonard, CEO of Syxsense, a company that markets a cloud-based security and IT management platform. “Health care organizations have been on the forefront, in some ways, of leveraging AI to enhance medical diagnoses and more,” he said…“Health care organizations can get constant insight into the security posture of all endpoints across their network, including desktops, laptops, medical devices and servers,” Leonard said. “Automated scanning is available now, meaning you can identify vulnerabilities and suspicious activity quickly, enabling you to patch and remediate vulnerabilities, containing threats before they escalate or are exploited.”
Find the full story, published in the “Report on Patient Privacy Volume 24, Number 1. January 11, 2024,” on Cosmos.
