'The major risk remains a human-directed attack', cyber threat expert warns RFI

Engineers use virtual reality to examine digital data. As AI reshapes cybercrime, security specialists are developing new ways to detect and track attacks. © Magnifik

Artificial intelligence is changing the pace of cybercrime, helping attackers hunt for security weaknesses, break into computer systems and steal valuable information. For the specialists trying to stop them, the challenge is to keep up. Cyber threat expert François Deruty told RFI this means finding ways to turn the same technology to their advantage.

Much of the concern centres on artificial intelligence (AI) agents: systems that can carry out a series of tasks without a person directing every step.