Emerging Cybersecurity Trends: AI, Ransomware, and Zero Trust Security
Generative AI and Deepfakes
Generative AI is becoming a critical tool in disinformation campaigns, creating realistic audio, video, and text that challenge content authenticity.
- Potential for real-time AI-generated content
- Risks of political manipulation
- Efforts by C2PA to combat deepfakes
Ransomware Evolution
Ransomware continues to be a significant threat, with attackers using sophisticated double extortion tactics.
- Increased targeting of healthcare sector
- Focus on critical infrastructure
- Rise of ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS)
Zero Trust Security
Zero Trust security models are becoming essential in remote and cloud-based work environments.
- Continuous verification for all access requests
- Defense against insider attacks
- Adoption by major tech firms like Microsoft and Google