HIMSSCast Trend Micro presents: Get a look at 2025’s upcoming cybersecurity trends
Feb 12, 2025
In this episode, Jon Clay, Vice President of Threat Intelligence at Trend Micro, shares his expertise on the future of cybersecurity. He discusses how AI is reshaping cyber threats, making it crucial for organizations to adapt their defenses. Traditional methods like phishing remain popular among cybercriminals, highlighting the need for enhanced user education. Jon emphasizes the importance of collaboration between security tools and organizations, advocating for embedding security in AI development projects to mitigate risks and ensure effective protection.
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Open-Source Intelligence Gathering
- AI models like ChatGPT, trained on internet data, enable open-source intelligence gathering.
- This allows attackers to craft highly personalized phishing attacks by analyzing online information about individuals and organizations.
Mitigating Human Vulnerability
- Human error and complacency make individuals vulnerable to cyberattacks.
- Organizations should strengthen defenses and automate threat detection to minimize the human factor.
Avenues of Least Resistance
- Cybercriminals exploit vulnerabilities in publicly facing infrastructure and use phishing for initial access.
- Organizations face multiple attacker groups within their networks due to access-as-a-service.