On a recent typical day, 2.6 million people in 232 different countries, encounter newly discovered malware – a Microsoft investigation found. These attacks were comprised of 1.7 million distinct, first-seen malware and 60% of these campaigns were finished within the hour. Today, malware is on a scale that human cyber security efforts simply cannot handle, raising the question – can we use artificial intelligence (AI) to stop hackers? This question was posed by cybersecurity experts at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas last week and, at first, it may seem straightforward but it gets a little more complicated when you consider it more deeply. AI is often considered as being able to do anything and everything but hackers are experts at exploiting such technologies, so relying on AI too much could be playing into the hands of the people you are trying to stop say critics. “What’s happening is a little concerning, and in […]