SMBs vulnerable to AI-powered cyberattacks and complacent about ransomware

A new report from Cork Protection looks at the security challenges facing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), backed up by comment from a range of industry leaders. Challenges include an asymmetric threat landscape, defined by the misuse of artificial intelligence and relentless exploitation of human vulnerabilities. Among the findings are that AI-powered adversaries are launching automated, sophisticated campaigns at unprecedented scale. Also the financial fallout of a breach now extends far beyond ransom, often resulting in business-ending costs. As a result the traditional model of IT support is giving way to a new model centered onproactive, specialized security, embodied by… [Continue Reading]