An AI-Driven Industrial Attack Is Upon Us: Here's What Leaders Must Know

Source: thefastmode.com
Published on: 2024-11-27 04:16

Operational technology (OT) refers to the hardware and software controlling physical infrastructure, devices, and processes -- from robotics on manufacturing floors to Industrial IoT devices monitoring water systems and electrical grids to digitally integrated equipment used in rail and aviation. As adversarial AI proliferates on the dark web, cyberattacks targeting this kind of technology are sharply increasing. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) recently issued ten industrial control systems advisories describing major digital vulnerabilities in key infrastructure equipment, impacting utilities, chemical facilities and critical manufacturing. GenAI models and other AI algorithms can be used to automate and dramatically speed up the search for security flaws in OT and IIoT systems, and attackers can analyze defenses they hit, then pivot their attacks in re...

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